Textile Intrigue - Yu-Ping Lin Jewelry

Laser cut jewelry by Yu-Ping Lin
blends aspects of traditional Chinese

 paper cutting with Japanese origami techniques.

Her Kaleido Collection
  builds repetitive, symmetrical patterns
of kaleidoscopic colors and shapes.
She uses felt, silk and other textiles to
create these elaborate bracelets, pendants and brooches.

 

 

 

 Her Kyoto and Origami Bloom Collections
 feature her own hand-painted fabrics
set into sterling silver.
She explains that each piece is decorated with red thread
 because red is a symbol of good luck in Chinese culture.
 

Prepare to be surprised at the range of work
she has created.
There are dozens more designs to see
at Yu-Ping Lin's website.

 

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Aleksandra Vali Jewelry

Aleksandra Vali describes her work

perfectly as "feelings carved into metal."

Her highly-textured work revolves
around experiments with silver

combined with various materials

like gold, shells, diamonds, gemstones, pearls,

corals, textiles, lava rocks, and plastics.

A variety of techniques allows her to
make the most out of these materials
through carving, casting, riveting,
oxidizing, etching and metalsmithing.

 

I especially like how

the rough texture of the metal

is contrasted by

smooth pearls and other gemstones.

 

Take a look at Aleksandra Vali's website

to see more of her wonderful work.

 

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Mixing the Precious with the Mundane - Elaine Cox Jewelry

 

Elaine Cox designs jewelry that suggests
 landscapes with especially irregular
 and eroded rock formations.

 

Working with silver and 18 kt gold
each of her pieces are created with
multiple layers of richly textured surfaces
 using both precious and nonprecious materials.
 

Her work explores contrasts such as,
 rough with smooth,
 matte with burnished, light with dark,
 and precious with non-precious.
 

And many of her pieces are usually encrusted
with non-precious materials like dirt or salt
giving her gemstones the appearance of
 having just been pulled from the ground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I believe the key to

creating art jewelry is

to find a way to express

one's inner vision.

This artist definitely does.

 There's alot more to see

at Elaine Cox's website.

 

 

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Mixtures of Materials - Celie Fago Jewelry

There's so much variety in the jewelry
created by Celie Fago.
She works with both precious metal clay
and polymer clay and highlights
everything with metal work.

The best parts of her work
emerge whenever she creates
unique textures. By layering
multiple processes and multiple materials
 upon one another she constructs pieces
that push creative and technical boundaries.

This pendant provides an example of
her focus on texture.
And I love the delicate calligraphy.

Again, texture is the

predominant effect.

Mixing polymer with metal produces

subtle colorations with striking effect.

Her work evokes a marriage of superb

quality and creative design.

Every piece provides a broad

range of visual interest.

The polymer work is exceptional.

The metal clay work is exquisitely designed.

The overall effect is amazing and inspiring.

And one of the best things about her
artistic journey is that she is willing
to teach all she has learned.

For more images and information
see Celie Fago's website.

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So Many Rings, So Little Time - Nora Rochel Jewelry

Sometimes it's all about

combining a love of vibrant texture with a

passion for botanical design.

Jewelry created by Nora Rochel

overflows with textural elements.

And it celebrates her vision of hidden gardens

 and botanical domains. 

Her exploration of these themes leads to

jewelry that, as the artist says,

"turns one‘s hands into small landscapes and gardens."

These are like country gardens where the

vegetation is allowed to grow with

wild abandon in secret corners.

Secret corners of those unkempt gardens

tend to shelter the most exquisite

specimens. Discovering those hidden gems is where

curiosity meets delight. That sense of

discovery exists in her jewelry.

 

 

The golden warmth in this ring

is almost luminous.

She uses different metals and several types

of patination to achieve

different effects.

The key to

 expressing one's inner vision

is to experiment and play.

And throw caution to the wind.

This artist definitely succeeds.

This work has a sense of playfulness

and discovery and enchantment

that's not easy to resist.

Each piece holds a tiny treasure within

its recesses

that begs to be explored.

It's jewelry that's off

the beaten path - where

being an adventurous tourist can be

rewarding.

You can explore more of Nora's

work at her website.

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Darcy Miro Jewelry

It was several years ago when
 we first saw jewelry cuffs created
 by Darcy Miro and we were immediately
attracted to their granular, organic, rough
surfaces and we've been enthralled
 by them ever since.

It's a difficult to resist collection.
One's natural inclination is to
reach out to each piece
and run one's fingers over each intricate
textural element. And there's something
very satisfying about her work - maybe it's
the extraordinary shapes and surfaces,
or maybe it's the primordial and
 wild nature of each piece. 
It's definitely provocative
and not for the timid.

These are textures found both in nature
and in dilapidated industrial settings.
There's a raw sense of erosion that feels
 like it's been captured
 in a moment of time.

We love how each of the pieces are
layered with jagged surfaces.

Some pieces are dangerous looking enough

to make one hesitate a moment.

Each one is evocative
and compelling.

Many designs. Many textures.
Many reactions.
We really find them difficult to resist.

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Caroline Viene Jewelry

Some people follow their own internal compass.

Caroline Viene unleashes her inner visions

by creating wonderfully decorative jewelry.

Drawing upon her on metalsmithing

background, and utilizing techniques

such as reticulation, fusing,

embossing and roller printing

she purposely sets out to explore 

her own processes in patination,

surface texturing and patterning on 

 metal. 

Her vision is then set free to create

pieces that are richly textured

with strong coloration.
And each piece is more
appealing than the last.

Multiple layers of metal and processes

produce complex pieces filled

with visual and textural interest.

These pieces highlight the techniques she

masterfully incorporates in her work.

True to her training, she uses traditional

metalsmithing techniques to display

her distinctly unique vision.

Color and texture are deftly handled

by this artist who creates not just a piece

of jewelry but a sculptural piece of art.

We believe that the key to

creating art jewelry is

to find a way to express

one's inner vision.

This artist definitely succeeds.

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