Posts Tagged ‘jewellery’

Strat Designs

Strat Designs are all about colour, style, wearability and fun.  A little different, boldly colourful, versatile and easy to wear.

Hand made by Wooloowin jewellery designer Sophie Straton-Ferrier featuring resin, glass, leather and silver.

Adjustable neck pieces.  Strong flexible bracelets for easy dressing.    Good quality silver ear wires.

www.stratdesigns.etsy.com
enquiries@stratdesigns.com
BrisStyle member – www.bris-style.com

Maryniky Designs

Maryniky Designs came about from Maryanne’s love of all things crafty and discovering the wonderful world of beading a few years back. Using seed beads, Handmade Lampwork beads, Swarovski Crystals, and semi-precious Gemstones, Maryanne specialises in creating beautiful one-off designer pieces. Inspiration for her pieces come from many places, but a love of the ocean and the beaches of the Whitsundays are her greatest influence.

email: marynikydesigns@gmail.com
website: www.marynikydesigns.com
Etsy: www.marynikydesigns.etsy.com
Mobile: 0407 162 051

Kimono Reincarnate

Kimono Reincarnate’s handcrafted jewellery is inspired by Japanese textiles and design and by the six years that Melanie, their creator, lived in Japan.

Vintage kimono fabrics coupled with bamboo or resin and silver create stunning one-off pieces.  Melanie, loves to imagine the fabric’s previous life before she breathes its next incarnation into it.

“Kawaii” cottons and original kimono inspired designs add an extra cuteness to the already sweet range.

Home: kimonoreincarnate.com
Blog: kimonoreincarnate.blogspot.com
Shop: kimonoreincarnate.etsy.com
Email: melanie@kimonoreincarnate.com
Phone: 0438 771 676

Runtil Studio

Jane’s passion is to work with metal, mostly silver, and she is keen to push the boundaries of what is considered modern day, jewellery acceptance. Her jewellery is usually quite large and organic… her rings being sculptures for the hand… necklaces art for the chest.

Website: www.runtilstudio.blogspot.com
Email: runtil@wideband.net.au
Mobile: 0411 618 716

A moment with Kimono Reincarnate

Where does the name come from?

The name Kimono Reincarnate actually came a while before the business. I had started collecting vintage kimono and obi textiles
with the intent of making bags and jewellery from them, but was still too scared to cut into these gorgeous fabrics. I was thinking about how I wanted to give a new life to these fabrics, and the name Kimono Reincarnate was born. I registered the name first, knowing I wanted to use in the future, then came the blog and then later the business.

Tell us about your past

What now feels like a few lifetimes ago, I used to be a professional photographer. When the analogue world of photography first starting
moving towards digital it was a huge investment to make the switch. I wanted to take a break, travel and think about what I wanted in life. I soon found myself in Japan and loving it. I had planned to stay there for a year, but that stint soon turned to three years. I had fallen in love with the culture, the food, the people, the papers, the fabrics, the sense of design. I did come home to Australia for four years but then moved back with my then new husband for another three years. It was the second time living in Japan that I really learnt about the vintage textiles, started sewing with them and entered the fabulous world of blogging.

anything new you’re working on at the moment?

Yes! And I’m very excited about them! One of the new ranges that I’m just releasing now is part of a “Cities of Japan” series. The first city I’ve worked on is Kyoto – such a gorgeous traditional city, the one where we chose to spend our honeymoon. Inspired by the bamboo grooves, tea houses and geisha, it’s a range of brooches and brooch/pendants. They are made with hand-coloured, laser-cut bamboo and vintage kimono fabrics. In the range so far are kokeshi dolls, butterflies, origami cranes, teapots and what I call my “Zen Garden”. The Zen Garden was inspired by the round windows looking out onto the gardens of tea houses that I visited in Kyoto. The next two cities to come are Tokyo; inspired by cosplay and crazy fashions from the streets of Harajuku, and Osaka; which will have a real modern, technological edge to it.

Another range I’m working on is my “Kimono Inspired” pieces. These are digital images I’ve created and will be embedded in resin and encased in silver.

And other exciting news… my husband is also designing a men’s range for the collection. I just need to give him a break from looking after our one year old (he’s the stay-at-home-dad), working on my website and accounts, so that can can start creating some of his new pieces!

highlights for your little business?

Well those firsts are always such a rush aren’t they! The first sale, the first stockist, the first time you run into a complete stranger on the street wearing one of your pieces… and recently, the great reception I had at my first trade fair! The Kimono Reincarnate range has now gone national! But I think for me (and sorry this is going to sound sappy), the highlight has been coming back to Australia to find such a fabulous and supportive crafting business community and the resurgence in people wanting handcrafted pieces. Without that, Kimono Reincarnate wouldn’t be where it is today!

Two Crows

One for Sorrow
Two for Joy

Art, Illustration, Jewellery, Accessories and more by Emma Hampton

e: twocrowsart@hotmail.com
w: www.madeit.com.au/TwoCrows
ph:0457052423

Rock Ribbons

‘Rock Ribbons’ is contemporary handcrafted semi-precious jewellery. The colours and designs I use in my jewellery are inspired by the stunning natural surroundings of Queensland and influenced by my upbringing in beautiful New Zealand.

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/RockRibbons?ref=ts
Online Store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/RockRibbons
Blog:  http://rockribbons.wordpress.com/

Harlewood Studio

Harlewood Studio is a blend of Brian Wood’s original, often thought provoking jewellery that is hand fabricated in sterling silver and Sue Harle’s stunning beaded objects and jewellery that are woven with Japanese beads and semi-precious gems.

Brian. www.harlewoodstudio.com
Sue. www.harlewood.com
Contact. harlewood@gmail.com

Cath Macauley

Cath Macauley is an Australian Ceramic Artist specialising in Jewellery and Sculpture.  Mostly her work has focused on sculpture, and in particular figure work, however in the past four years Cath has worked on her unique, award winning Ceramic Heart Necklaces that have become so popular.  The Hearts are a lovely gift; like flowers they can be given not only to yourself, but for Mothers Day, a Wedding, an Engagement, a Birthday, the Birth of Child, Sickness or Bereavement, and of course for Christmas and Valentines Day.  Also look out for the Blessing Beads; an individual Bead to be held during meditation or prayer or simply worn as an ornament.  And then there are the two piece Wall Plaques that follow a Goddess theme; they look great at an entry or on a feature wall and again they have their own individual attraction.

Harlewood Studio

How did Harlewood studio begin?

Harlewood Studio evolved when Sue Harle and life partner Brian Wood had completed a full time jewellery and silversmithing course at the “Jam Factory Workshops” in Adelaide.

They decided to combine surnames and creative talents and move to Queensland where their studio was born with our motto “Designed to be Different”

Sue: what led you to glass bead weaving ?

My love of colour and background in silversmithing and jewellery as well as in fashion, inevitably led to my passion for beading.

Sue: what are your favourite pieces ?

I love to create objects and jewellery with small, glass, Japanese cylinder and seed beads using ancient stitches such as peyote and brickstitch. They allow me to design and execute with precision the clean, abstract pieces with spirals and zig –zags often taking dimensional shapes . I am inspired by the Art- Deco period in particular and prefer a strong or monochromatic colour palette. The colours and finishes of the beads vary everytime they catch the light whether it be in sunlight or candlelight.

My beaded jewellery is designed to become “Your favourite pieces” to be worn everyday but special enough to take you through to the evening.

Brian: what is the inspiration behind your jewellery?

My love of music, science fiction and the quirky aspects of life combined with a dark sense of humour are representative of my individual style of jewellery.

I am passionate about the truly handmade, it makes the difference between Art and mass production and has an intrinsic value to most of us. Simply a creative gesture which gives shape to the imagination.

Brian: what type of materials do you prefer to use?

My main medium is sterling silver for its intrinsic properties. Where possible I like to combine it with recycled materials, circuit boards, LP records, vintage lino, and pretty much anything that speaks to me.

The jewellery I like to make usually has a message, either in the honesty and integrity of materials chosen or the form of the piece itself.