The Bead swap and hop is here once again and my partner is Kelly Hosford Patterson of Pyxeestyx- The travelling Sideshow. You might remember her as the winner of my BNB challenge on Kolam where she made an exquisite hand piece with a peacock focal. As a fellow mixed media artist specializing in artisan jewelry,…
For the past few months, everytime I look at the “Earrings everyday” challenge announcements, I tell myself that this time I’ll participate. Then time flies away so quickly that it is the third Friday of the month, with the reveal, due. I don’t really make earrings in isolation as I mostly sell sets and really…
Remember the second jasmine jewelry set I showed you in this post Jasmine jewelry for weddings(?) well the bride wanted me to create a set of Silk thread wedding jewellery in pink color for her mehendi function. Like Haldi and Sangeet, Mehendi too is a pre-wedding function, where henna patterns are applied on the hands…
South Indian weddings are usually a riot of colors. The only “Color theme” I have ever seen at a wedding is “multicolor”. Infact people gazing or “saree gazing” to put it not so elegantly is a favourite past time at weddings, where women (and sometimes men) check out the sarees and jewelry worn by other…
Jewelry around the world tell stories and today, mine will entertain you with the story of Madras. August 22nd 2015, sees Chennai, the city where I live, celebrate its 376th Birthday. Fondly celebrated as “Madras Day” this was the day (in 1639) when Francis Day, a colonial administrator, struck a deal with a local ruler,…