Sleeping Beauty by Erté, 1983
I supplemented this with some of my very favorite pottery beads I've been saving made by Natalie Pappas. The red for "Sleeping Beauty's" dress, and the blue flowers to represent the snowflake flowers hanging from the limbs above her in the painting.
There are also small beads of blue, black and white scattered among these, and twisted black wire to represent additional hanging twigs with snow. All hang from two sizes of darkened chain. |
Thank you, ABS, for such an inspiring December choice!
Currently onsale at Sharyl's Jewelry |
A note about Natalie:
She is in the process of consolidating stores, so you can currently find her in two locations!
NKP Designs is where all her pottery and beads will soon be located! Notice the lovely cups added in addition to beads!
NKP Beads is where she has had her bead shop. Everything in THIS store is at 50% off until the beads are gone or are moved to the new store. There are still beautiful beads there, so be sure to visit there as well! Make sure you use the Coupon Code: BEADSALE50!
My thanks to Natalie for the beautiful beads used in this necklace!
Sharyl ~ Sharyl's Jewelry
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10 comments:
This takes me back to the very first comment i had left for you, Sharyl!
Lovely interpretation of the artwork. Not an exact copy of it, but drawing a LOT from it while making this design uniquely yours!
And one BIG difference from then and now: this time it is YOUR OWN art bead! That is a huge leap!
Love what you've done with the raw brass flower. It's spectacular. Gorgeous necklace.
Sharyl you have made a lovely jewellery piece. So good to be inspired by someone elses creativity like you were. Your beads and centre-floral piece are all so well attuned and combine to make a delightful original of your own making
The altered brass pendant is fabulous, and the necklace is gorgeous! I love that you took certain atributes of the inspiration art such as the movement and shapes.
I wish I could've seen that brass flower before you started, I bet it was such a huge contrast. The colors you used are just awesome, it is just beautiful. Thanks for the heads up on Natalie, I'm heading over there now...:)
Oooh - I LOVE your interpretation of Erte's serene scene. Your focal is just perfect - figuring out patinas has just gone on my "must learn this!" list for 2013.
Hi Sharyl,
The necklace is very pretty I like the soft colors with the dark chain.
Happy New Year!
Therese
Thank you all so much! As always, I love hearing from you!
Your focal is just incredible! It really makes the whole necklace.
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