Pendant Parade

In my last post, I talked about the work I threw out. Fortunately, not everything went into the trash. I have finished a number of pendants destined for sale at the Bead Bazaar, plus a pair of pendants that are already spoken for.  I’m just posting the highlights here, if you want to see more, check out my Gallery.  I’ll be adding to it as I finish and photograph pieces.

This pink circle pendant is my favorite of the week’s work. Simple and very wearable.  It’s just under 2 inches in diameter and it’s quite light for its size.  I’s going to be hard to part with this one, but the focus for the week has been work to sell at the Southern CT Polymer Clay Guild’s booth at the Bead Bazaar, Sept 15-16 in North Haven, CT.  If you’re in the area, stop by and check it out.  It’s a great bead show held at the North Haven Holiday Inn, just off of I-91.

I have more finished and in process pieces, but here are some of the highlights.  Continuing in the magenta mode:

Switching to green -  I am calling this pendant “Sue’s Leaf” because it is going to my friend Sue.

This last piece is destined for my sister. She really liked my Copper Falls necklace, so this purple triangle donut pendant is for her. (the beading will happen soon, I promise)

We drove up to Boston yesterday afternoon, kind of a last hurrah to enjoy the kid-free time. It was a bit of an artist date and date-date combo. We had a lovely lunch at Legal Seafood, poked in a couple of stores and enjoyed a walk over to the Museum of Fine Arts. The impetus for going to the MFA was the Daphne Farago Artist Jewelry exhibit. I had read about the exhibit in Ornament magazine, but seeing it in real life was so much better. It’s exciting to see jewelry as art showcased in such a wonderful museum.  There was even a single impressive polymer clay necklace by Steven Ford & David Forlano. The range of materials was really fascinating, everything from the expected silver and gold, to incredibly unusual materials. The shapes and designs are truly inspiring. If you have any reason to go to Boston before the exhibit ends in March 2008, stop by the museum and check it out.

Our field trip was a perfect cap to a low key, but creative week. While I am sorry we didn’t get away as planned, it has been a week of relaxation and creative recharge. I took advantage of the solitary days by spending quite a few hours in the studio.  The next two weeks are sure to be short on creative time as the girls come home, and we turn our focus to the start of a new school year.

It’s a challenge to stop and start like this.  Sometimes I feel like my creative path is like a car when you’re first learning to drive a standard transmission, lurching between smooth movement and stalling out.