Eccentric Jewelry Designers

[jennifer~]

Beth Church, who won a Rising Star Award this year for her beadwork in the accessories category, is “kind of a romantic” and made jewelry for her dolls when she was a child. Her grandmother was a model, but Church didn’t start design until her children got older.

“I had always collected vintage jewelry,” she says. “I went to Europe and found vintage jewelry. I love unusual trinkets; they’re so much more interesting to me than new stuff.”
The History Channel is a source for many of her designs. “I watch it while I’m doing my work,” she says. Church is a fan of different time periods like the Renaissance. She searches the mall and eBay to get a theme going in her mind and holds on to trinkets she finds for future use.

“When I find good pieces, I think ‘how can I make them relevant so someone could use them,’” she says. She may use the unusual pieces that she finds by attaching them to a modern trend such as layered necklaces. Before that, the components may find themselves inspiring her while she sleeps.

“I carry [everything] in a black velvet bag and put it under pillow,” she says. “My designs come to me at night or in the morning, so then I’ll go and put it together. If I think of something at 3 in the morning, I get up, work on it until I get done, because if I put it aside I feel like I might lose some of those little ideas.”

(phoenixartspace.com)


(bethchurch.com)

 

[SomethingElse]

Jewelry made of pencils! images.etsy.com

 

[chaneladdict]

neato I have some earrings made of colored pencils that I love.

 

[ilaughead]

Those pencil things! Wow! I would have never thought of using them like that!

 

[Beautiful Stranger]

Is three of them brooches? that's so cool, i would totally wear them! (not the necklace tho)

 

[SomethingElse]

^ Yes, brooches and necklaces, mostly.

Anna Sofia makes jewelry from paper that I really like, and the pieces are virtually indestructible.

anna-sofia-designs.com

 

[chaneladdict]

I especially love the earrings

 

[MomentsHaveYou]

RE: http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/1478177-post19.html
Does anyone know how much they cost and where to buy these? I love them.

 

[Beautiful Stranger]

I love those number (n)'s! Check aloharag, perhaps? or browns.. hmmm..

 

[Marvystone]

Katharina Ludwig puts the emphasis on water’s value by incorporating it into her jewellery concept. The value of body warmth is also underlined, the energy that melts the ice. Some of the pieces, like the earrings and ring, have tiny cup-like forms built in, to catch the remaining drops of water, but others allow the ice to melt directly onto the wearer. Every time the jewellery melts, it must be recreated to be worn (or born) again. + kathyludwig.com

mocoloco

 

[katherine]

The water pieces are really creative but kind of pointless? You buy it and wear the piece, and then it melts. You have to buy it again? So it's like a one time thing basically. Refreshing for summer, though!

 

[chaneladdict]

I think you could probably freeze the water yourself onto the metal that's left?

 

[rawdingm]

opinions on these earrings?

http://www.bellezzabymelanie.com/luce_earrings.htm

http://www.bellezzabymelanie.com/luce_earrings.htm

 

[Navygreen]

^ They're pretty

 

[Crying Diamonds]

Andrew Grima
(all pictures printscreens from www.grimajewellery.com)

Carved tourmaline earrings with diamonds

18ct cast of pencil sharpenings, brooch, scattered with diamonds

Pink cabochon tormaline surrounded by diamonds, set in a 18ct 'tree bark' ring

An irregularly shaped pink tourmaline slice crystal, "Greenland" watch, 18ct yellow gold

"Gondola" watch in 18ct with curved smokey quartz crystal
(all pictures printscreens from www.grimajewellery.com)

Unfortunately Andrew Grima died last year on December 26th - a great loss to the design world, I think his daughter, Francesca, is taking the helm.

 

[jennifer~]

Couture Saboteur was spawned with
a desire to create one of a kind
couture neck adornments. The pieces
are all uniquely hand crafted by
designer and founder Thomas
Griffiths. Each necklace is layered
with found objects, vintage chains and
apparel components, and custom
fabricated objects. All elements are
hand selected and curated making each
piece a true one of a kind.

couturesaboteur.com

 

[seanutbutter]

The water pieces are really creative but kind of pointless?

They're not very attractive, either.