Anyways, the original draft was solid gold, and of course, being custom peices, i would either have to make myself, or have them made. After realizing that this is an expensive endeavour when your not the goldminers daughter, i had to sacrifice. Also, time. time time time. i dont exactly have the extra hours in my day to cast metals in the kitchen! Sooo, i decided to take a different route. I made clay peices of all the jewels to begin with , and i was going to paint them gold, but could not find a gold application that would be smooth, shiny and yellow enough to look like a peice of gypsy jewel.
UGH! so at this point i had been a wee bit stressed. The concept has to be there or the whole collection is pointless.
Upon a recent trip to Victoria for a weekend of festivities, i found my good friend had taken up a new hobby. Glass blowing. Glass art. Brilliant! She melts glass and makes things. Sooo the gold peices will be made of glass. This is very much my esthetic, simple and clear, it is a heavy weight , but has an airy presence, I can either fill with gold flecks or a gold backing. Now, to find someone who can make this...
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| Size samples of peices needed made of glass. New-small and sterling on Granville Island..BEAUTIFUL gallery, very helpfull!! |
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