Friday, January 13, 2012

Antique Key Necklaces

January is now upon us. I've been busy with a mix of crafts. A little photography, collage boards and jewelry. I've now completed 4 of my inspiration/collage boards. They are all currently on display at the Greenville Public Library for the month of January, along with some of my jewelry and photographs. I have some ideas for what my 5th board will be but I'm not in the design phase just yet.

                                                               4th Inspiration Board

I have started up jewelry making again. After talking with a friend about her project with skeleton keys it inspired me to finally track some down and make my own items. I had thought about doing this for years but it just never happened. I have far too many projects in my head, and unfortunately many never come to be. So I hunted through antique stores in Connecticut and Rhode Island and found some beautiful treasures. I ended up with a mix of antique keys, and I've made 5 necklaces to date. I have more in the works and I've already sold a few, and kept a couple for myself of course. I will be posting them all on my Etsy Shop by February. Feel free to contact me regarding any custom necklaces. This has re-sparked my interest in jewelry, and I plan to continue making jewelry with skeleton keys and other antique inspired items.



I only have a couple new astronomy photos. I just posted a photo of the waning moon and played around with it to make an inverted version of the photo. For some reason the inverted version reminds me of Jupiter's moon, Io. I also have a few new photos of the skeleton keys I'm using. I try to photograph each key before using it for a jewelry creation. Lastly, I have a dance album on my facebook page from a recent photo shoot. I hope to have more astronomy photos in the coming months, as long as we don't have large amounts of snow fall. I hope to capture the Pleiades and the Orion Nebula.


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