Maine’s Bonnie Bishoff adds a flutter to her Birch Tassel pendants. But her method doesn’t rely on cumbersome links or laborious wireworking.
The steel cable she bakes into polymer is lightweight and the dangles move like leaves in the breeze.
The polymer pattern here is Bonnie’s modern interpretation of birch. The tassel ends in circles of translucent clay mixed with metallic leaf.
Shop Bonnie’s page and see all the ways she incorporates cable into her jewelry.
I find myself gravitating to bigger and bigger earrings. Seems it’s the upside of these strange times. “Why not?” I ask myself.
These lovelies are from Dallas’ SmallTalkHandmade. The Dive line is her take on a modern-day tassel made entirely of clay. Hard and soft, light, and heavy. The extruded strings hanging from a cutout square call to me. You too?
Anna Hanzalkova (YellowJacketAngel) posted her spring collection on Facebook. Her menagerie of charming animals is constructed mosaic style in geometric gradients. Then she adds texture so that the pieces appear almost quilted. It’s a fresh effect that’s sure to be a hit.
Anna is from the Czech Republic and she’s part of the gang who published the Polymer Clay Heaven book/tutorials on their Etsy shop.
If you click through her pictures on the IPCA post, you’ll see that she’s also using tassels and fibers as jewelry findings in her new line – another trendy approach for spring/summer.
