Australia’s Kate Lee Foley gives us sweet innocence with pastel gradations on bell earrings. Flat two-sided cutouts with curved edges wrap around and overlap to form a soft cone shape. Circular holes cut out of the polymer let light through as the earrings dangle. Simple and sweet.
These swirl earrings from Russia’s RockyHollow on Instagram mix soft blends of color with lively patterns. The pinwheel-like patterns lead your eye around in circles. There are lots more mixes on her Russian site. Gently coaxing triangles into swirls was a challenge when I tried it recently to make a bowl following Christine Kaczmarek’s instructions. […] Read more
Australia’s Bonnie Gilmore (HatchingSparrows) launches us into the weekend with a frenetic Instagram video that will kick your Friday into high gear. She cuts, positions, layers, textures, smooths and readjusts at high speed. The resulting earrings carry that energy and brightness with them. Here she is on Etsy. If you’re looking for energy and brightness […] Read more
These arty, carefree collaged earrings from Germany’s Bettina Welker feel playful with their contrast and deep texturing. Bettina offers a whole collection of these springy Patchwork accessories on Flickr. I’m having a hard time deciding which spring creations from Clayathon to include in this Saturday’s StudioMojo. There was so much going on and people were […] Read more
My polymer radar did a little shiver when Silvia Ortiz De La Torre’s Mandala earrings popped up on Etsy. Near the edges, the black shows up and frames the designs. The colors bounce off each other playfully. The hole in the middle offers a reprieve from the intensity of pattern. What a great use of […] Read more
These colors, favorites of California’s Barbara Jarman, speak to us this Monday morning.The blues and purples remind us that spring violets and bright dandelions will soon burst out on the lawn. Barbara spent twenty years as a commercial artist and the last ten as a multi-media jewelry artist. How unworried and unselfconscious Barbara’s compositions are! […] Read more
I don’t know about you, but I could use a break from the snow and the red and green holiday frenzy. It’s warmer more laid back in Melbourne, AU, where Peaches and Keen make their graphic, translucent, gold-leafed earrings. I’m not even sure that their thin “plastic” earrings are made from polymer. But they could/should/might be and […] Read more
Arden Bardol’s clever construction of these Wings earrings keeps you looking. Her training as an architect shows in her efficient and colorful designs that show a different curve and color from every direction and include a peek-a-boo in the middle. You can save 15% on her Artful Home offerings during their sale. Arden shows even more on her site and on Facebook.
Natalia Garcia de Leaniz is one clever and efficient artist. Look closely here and you’ll see that she built these polymer earrings right onto the findings. Her method is perfect for those of us who have trouble assembling and finishing earrings. She filled the earwire’s bezel with clay and textured it then wrapped slim strips over […] Read more
Germany’s Anke Humpert brightens a gray winter Friday with these cheery red polymer umbrellas. With a second week deadline looming, she whipped up these earrings for her 52-week challenge. The pressure of a deadline can force out surprising creativity. Determined to start the new year right, Anke’s been tackling the organization of her studio and […] Read more
