France’s Sonya Girodon’sBoudoir necklace has a softer, more romantic way with designs and doodles. Sonya explains that boudoir means, “Little bedroom or study adjacent to the lady’s main bedroom of the castle – a place to hide away and be alone amongst the things she loves. Bouder means to sulk in French.”
Sonya takes Sutton-slice accented pieces of polymer and rolls them into dimensional tube beads. The coral and beige colors add to the sulky mood and the square metal bezel adds intrigue.
Sonya usually gravitates to ethnic designs and you may enjoy her pages on the EthnicJewels ning site. Here’s her Rain Dance necklace where she carves designs into polymer. You might have guessed that she grew up in South Africa. See the range of her strong and unusual designs on her Flickr site.
France's Sonya Girodon calls her spare, minimalist, mixed-media brooch Silent Night. It's made of wood, paper, polymer, acrylic paint and stainless steel. Sonya is addressing issues with its waterproof qualities and new brooch mechanisms. As the season ratchets up to a frenzy, it's a relief to consider Sonya's calmer view.
Autumn colors are appearing on your sites this month. Orange is becoming your new black. Here are a few examples for you to enjoy. Beads from Klio Tsaliki (love the end caps), obelisk shapes from Sonya, Mari O'Dell's extruded blossoms, and Ceilie Fago's signature bangle that jangles with metal rings. There's…
Colored laser transfers are popping up again on all kinds of shapes. France's Sonya Girodon transferred some favorite image patterns onto square beads to create these fetching earrings. Then Australia's Wendy Jorre de st Jorre (who is a caner at heart) couldn't resist putting her dogs on her arm using…
What can I say? You’ve made my day!! I also want to say that I’ve learnt a lot from Christine Dumont’s online course on Voila, and that I am eternally stiving towards Lynda’s perfection…
I am lucky to be able to see Sonya’s designs close up, own some of them and benefit from her advice and inspiration for my own (beginners) creations. Her work is really stunning and so diverse in colour, style and texture. For a working Mum she can be very proud!
Oh how happy I am to see your work featured here on PCD – so well deserved! This is amazing, and your work is amazingly beautiful, you are a natural born artist from what I can say. – keep going.
Christine Dumont ,
Congratulations Sonya! It’s a lovely piece!
Lynda Moseley ,
Congratulations, Sonja! Your work is stunning, and I am so happy to see you featured on PCD!
Sonya's Polymer Creations ,
What can I say? You’ve made my day!! I also want to say that I’ve learnt a lot from Christine Dumont’s online course on Voila, and that I am eternally stiving towards Lynda’s perfection…
Cynthia Clayworth ,
Went to her Flickr site – wonderful work!
Marie ,
I am lucky to be able to see Sonya’s designs close up, own some of them and benefit from her advice and inspiration for my own (beginners) creations. Her work is really stunning and so diverse in colour, style and texture. For a working Mum she can be very proud!
Sandra D. ,
Sonya I like your romantic bead work.
Chifonie ,
Sonya’s work is very rich in colors, textures and shapes,
Bravo !
Jursvi ,
wow, it´s so beautiful and unique! BRAVO!
Handmade Daily ,
Very impressed with Sonya’s attention to detail and how the textures really come through. The pieces speak for themselves! Truly beautiful work:)
Jenn ,
So happy to see her fantastic work featured here!
Michele Norine ,
Congratulations Sonya!! Doing the happy dance for you – well deserved friend
Barb Lessen ,
Love the jewelry collection!!! Wonderful!!
Somima ,
Oh how happy I am to see your work featured here on PCD – so well deserved! This is amazing, and your work is amazingly beautiful, you are a natural born artist from what I can say. – keep going.
Sonya's Polymer Creations ,
Thanks so much to all of you for your kind words!! And to you, Cynthia, for having featured my work!