Monday, December 8, 2008

New sterling silver hoop earrings in my shop.

I've been trying my hand at making hoop earrings, lately. And these earrings suddenly emerged. (Yes, they really do that. New designs have a way of making themselves. It's almost like I have nothing to do with it.)


I don't know why, but they somehow remind me of the paintings of Mondrian. I know he mostly worked with squares and right angles. But if he had painted circles instead of squares, I could image this design element in his work.

I really like the way the spaces around the smaller circles and larger circles are balanced. And the way that small hoop on the bottom hangs down. I think I need to do a bracelet in this pattern - but with heavier silver.


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25 comments:

  1. These are beautiful! I love circles. Great design, I love the composition.

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  2. Another great design! A bracelet would be awesome.

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  3. very nice design, I love circles...by the way off topic here, do you know of a great place to get Silver Tubing from, 5mm tubes?
    thanks, Jelveh...Peace

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  4. Thanks! I probably won't have anytime for a bracelet until after Xmas. The Christmas rush has hit my shop plus I have a couple of orders I need to finish.

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  5. Jelveh Designs,

    Try monsterslayer.com for tubing.
    http://www.monsterslayer.com/Metals/SSTubing.aspx

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  6. Those are wonderful!! Great job of designing!

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  7. These are awesome. I like and simple design. Sometimes that is what we need. They are airy and hang nicely.

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  8. good morning,
    Your new earring design is fabulous. Very modern look to them. I am partial to geometric designs & love the your composition.

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  9. Thanks!

    I'm getting more into geometrics. I'd like to do something similar with rectangles, but haven't quite figured out how to get them to hang properly. (Drill them maybe? Hmm.)

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  10. Those are really pretty, I love big dangly earrings!

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  11. Those are beautiful! I totally understand the whole "designs themselves" thing :P

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  12. I'm not into wearing big dangly earrings - but I love making them and seeing others wear them!

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  13. Thanks. I made 2 pairs of these at the same time. I'm hoping my notes were good enough that I can make them again! (Don't you hate when you can't repeat a design!)

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  14. Thanks. I made 2 pairs of these at the same time. I'm hoping my notes were good enough that I can make them again! (Don't you hate when you can't repeat a design!)

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  15. I love your creations! So lovely! Makes me wish more and more to learn metal smithing :) anyway, found u via EC drop:)

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  16. Zen Ventures.

    Thanks so much. And I've found a lot of great blogs through Entrecard. It's been a great experience.

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  17. I think your work is just stunning. An yes I hate when I do something and then can't remember, I now always make notes on a certain piece I want to do again. Of course then I have to remember where I left my notes. LOL

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  18. These are great. I love jangly things.

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  19. "Jangly". I like that word. Half way between jingly and dangly. LOL

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