Showing posts with label Gandhara Collection. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gandhara Collection. Show all posts

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Solid Foundation

I finally got my act together the last two weeks and put my rear in the saddle again.  I've been busy assembling pieces that I made at the beginning of summer, photographing the finished pieces and loading them onto Esty.  My creative juices are flowing again.... I'm sketching, pulling out my beads and ordering more findings and clay. And, I sent my first order to a jewelry fabricator to have some of my original pieces duplicated with molds and the lost wax technique so I can create more elaborate pieces with better price points!  I can't wait to see the results.


Considering I've been under the weather the last week it's a miracle that I've been so productive .... maybe it's the new birthday year cycle getting in gear (my birthday was Monday the 20th).  I'm 44 years young now and I've heard that 44 is a powerful number. The number four "vibrates with paying attention to detail and building a solid foundation for the future.  In 44, the effect is doubled".  Well, that's what I'm doing!


Here's some of what I've been working on... all available on my Etsy shop...










"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him."
 ~ David Brinkley ~

Friday, June 4, 2010

Manifest Your Dreams and Desires..... with Amazonite!



I have another love.  Amazonite.  It's similar to turquoise but more translucent and a bit brighter, really similar to an opaque emerald. I made a necklace a few years ago for my dear friend Shelley when she turned forty.....long hand knotted necklace of faceted carnelian beads with a gorgeous amazonite pendant.  Since then, I haven't seen many amazonite pieces that caught my eye until this last bead show in Santa Barbara.  They had sweet little smooth briolettes... perfect drops for my Afghani pendants.  I just finished a necklace and before I could list it on Etsy, my friend Jenny snatched it up today, her first PK Studios purchase.   Thanks Jenny!  I'll just have to make another.  


Here is a little peek at her purchase.




"Amazonite is a stone of harmony, both within the self and among people. It is a truth-teller and a peacemaker, assisting one in communicating one´s true thought  and feelings without over-emotionalism. This is the first step towards both inner and outer peace. The second step is activated by Amazonite´s awakening of compassion through stimulation of the heart chakra. Once one has expressed one´s truth, it is necessary to assume the other person’s point of view in order to achieve harmony, and Amazonite facilitates this. A similar process operates within oneself, as the competing factions of one´s personality with their separate motivations and desires come to awareness through self-examination. Sleeping with Amazonite  can bring these inner components into focus through the symbolism of dreams. Meditation with amazonite makes everything more conscious, so one can listen to and integrate all aspects of the self. Because it is a stone of truth, one can thrust the visions, dreams and institutions that surface while working with Amazonite.
Amazonite can also empower us in a manifesting our dreams and desires. It is a magnifier of our intentions, and because it works through the throat chakra, these intentions must be spoken aloud. Holding an Amazonite while forcefully affirming aloud what one wishes to create can powerfully enhance one´s ability to bring it into being. The power of the spoken word is a great mystical thing-remember that Genesis affirms that the Universe was brought into being by the word of God. Amazonite teaches us to speak the truth and to make what we speak come true.
For throat chakra activation and enhancement of communication, Amazonite works well in combination with Aquamarine, Ajoite, Larimar, Aqua aura Quartz, Chrysocolla and Turquoise. For deepening insight into truth, adding Moldavite, Phenacite and/or Nuummite inner journeys to alternate realities, as well as the  information and insights acquired there."
From: "The Book of Stones", Robert Simmons and Naisha Ahsian

Monday, March 22, 2010

Sparkling Starburst Mandala



Here's my latest creation for the Gandhara Collection on Etsy.  I'm calling this fine silver metal clay pendant the "starburst mandala".  I'm having fun experimenting with tiny cubic zironias in metal clay before I try using the real thing...diamonds.  These CZs are so small that setting them is NOT easy... especially with my deteriorating eyesight...  that these days I need to work through the magnifying glass!  This design is from a sketch I did several years ago that was inspired by an ancient Indian jewelry design.


Anyone interested in east Indian jewelry should own the incredible book called Traditional Jewelry of India.  It is one of my treasured possessions. You can peek through the book on Amazon.


Friday, March 19, 2010

Fine Silver Springtime Dream









I just finished this new metal clay Gandhara Collection necklace last night and  I posted on Etsy this morning.  I call it Springtime Dream... a little corny I know.   I usually get excited to list something new to sell but I'm having a difficult time because I do not want to part with it!  It's so spring-y and I'm in such a spring-y mood.... 


I found the beads on EBay. They look like colored glass but they're real stone.  I have never used  rainbow fluorite but now I think it may be added to my favorite stone list.  This stone reminds me a bit of tourmaline as it can go from pale pink to green but rainbow fluorite also has purples, aquas and lime-y greens and pale blues.... just amazing.  The colors are even reminiscent of beach glass.... and Easter!


According to Krystal Love,  rainbow fluorite "brings order to chaos, and elevates intuition and mental achievement. It also provides for the purification, cleansing and elimination of disorder, both physical and mental. Various colours have particular effects: blue- orderly thoughts, calm, clear communication; green- cleanses chakras, eliminates negativity from a room; purple- rationality, psychic and spiritual growth. Fluorite aids in dissipating colds, flu, staph infections, herpes and ulcers, and to protect against contagion. Blue- eye, ear and throat infections; green- stomach and intestinal disorders; purple- bone and bone-marrow disorders."


Check out the following groovy rainbow fluorite items...




carved rainblow fluorite bowl from gem-dragon



egg from ebay