Welcome to a tour around the world ..well some parts of it..!
So...finally the day is here for a small celebration of our planet
Our Mother Earth
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and I think the time chosen is good with all strange weather going on around the planet........
A wake up call for us to take better care of what is "under our feet" and the host of our physical bodies down here...
In this post I will show what four different artists ( including me) made with those special ceramic pieces as focals and further down in the post You will find the list of the other participants with blogs !
A BIG thank You to the participants and those of You taking the time to look around It has been so much fun and I look forward to see the rest of the creations...
well :-)
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time to look at what all the lovely artists participating in this challenge have been working on ...
You will find links to Etsy shops if You click on the names of the artists !!
Starting with my friend
Julie Thelen who was one of the winners of the ceramic parts from the original post. She made this gorgeous necklace...with river stones, silk, silver and more..
This is what she writes about it ;
The necklace comprises the following "natural" elements from different parts of the world:
- Silk ribbon
- Sterling silver wire and handcrafted links
- Beach stones from Lake Michigan
- Recycled glass disk beads from Ghana, Africa
- Modern Indo-Pacific glass beads, handcrafted in Indonesia using an old technique ("ancestors" of seed beads)
- Recycled glass rondelles from Java Island in Indonesia
- Beads handsculpted from polymer clay, textured, buffed and aged -- made by Fox at One Urban Tribe (etsy) in New Hampshire
- Rustic porcelain disk beads, handmade by Ginny at Ginpins (etsy) in California
-and the pièce de résistance... Ceramic Mother Earth focal by my dear friend, Birgitta Lejonklou in Sweden
And now something different with a bracelet focal won by the artist Kaushambi Shah now on her way to India to get married (how romantic is that!!) ..She made this wonderful feminine "Festive Earth Goddess Bracelet" with pearls and silk and more while preparing to fly home for the marriage .........
she writes ;
Hi Birgitta,
First of all THANK YOU very much for picking me - thoroughly enjoyed designing with this lovely focal :)
"Festive Earth Goddess Bracelet" is a delicate
mix of pastel and earth tones to celebrate a wedding, the holiday season
or happy occasion!
To enhance the soft pastel green of the ceramic
focal showing the calm and bountiful countenance of the Earth Goddess, I
have designed with champagne pearls, amazonite beads, antiquated brass
chain and matte gold sari silk ribbon.
While the ceramic focal truly celebrates Mother Earth and her bounty,
the pearls, amazonite, silk and brass remind us of the multitude and
variety she offers us.
who made this fantastic piece to a very special lady who is the lucky owner of it now. Just got a message from her that is it even more beautiful IRL !
Lynn writes ;
I tried to use all natural materials given the theme of Mother Earth;
hemp twine, sea shells, glass beads, coconut shell, paper bead from
African, bury seed, silk, bone, carved soap stone and natural Howlite.
And finally I have my Mother Earth necklace to show You
" Do I dare to open my eyes"
I have been working wit natural un-waxed eco linen here and I did LOVE it :-) + bone wood, my ceramic button, lampwork beads and Czech glass beads in that ancient looking new style hard to resist. Also added some pearly beads to bring out the feminine side ! It is a long one and hard to capture in pictures ..You can recognize the focal from my header on the blog ..been holding on to it..
I have braided some and a small part is macrame ...
Working a bit with needle and linen reminds me of when I was Young before I got my kids and did a lot of embroidery and even made laces using one of those knyppeldyna (swedish)
Also I have a 25% OFF SALE in my supply shop during the weekend !
The code You will find in the shop!
And a giveaway of those focals :
I will randomly draw a winner of this focal next weekend! You only have to leave a comment to be in!
Well...that was all jewelry for todays HOP on this post and the rest You will find in the list below
Birgitta Lejonklou lejonklou.blogspot.se
Thank You so much for taking Your time to visit and I love comments of course :-)
in peace and love
Birgitta
well I add this song to the post now as I have been interested in "saving the world"since High School
Did buy this record on a trip to England 1969 just when man landed on the moon .....and I am afraid the world is far from cleaner now!!!
I am a member of Green Peace but wold like to do more!
