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HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN EARRINGS WITH EPOXY RESIN

Making your own resin earrings is fun, cheap and unique! Your options are
limitless as there is nothing to stand in your way creating the designs you
always dreamed of!

For creating your own resin earrings you will of course need a good quality
epoxy resin. Do not make compromises here, as some resin will leave yellowish
residuals and you do not want that to happen to your creations!

This is not a definite tutorial on how to create your first pair of earrings but
a broad outline of the steps you will need to do.

DIY Epoxy Resin Earrings

First, you will need to cut the ident for the shape of the earrings from plastic
and then a box will need to build a box that will be filled with blue wax so
that the cutouts are inserted and will act as the mould for the resin to be
poured into.

The box is then removed to leave behind the blue wax casing and plastic cutouts.
With the help of a cutter, we then remove the idents so that we can pour the
epoxy resin there. You can use any type of epoxy but at first a clear epoxy that
can be decorating with mica powder lately is best. Alternatively in a clear
epoxy, you can add anything else too such as gold foil.

Wait for the earrings to cool and sand down and polish the earrings to remove
any imperfections and ensure they are smooth.

Epoxy Resin Earrings

Epoxy is a widely used material and no special care is needed for the earrings
afterwards.

March 8, 2021March 8, 2021

A PERSONALIZED WARDROBE IN THE ERA OF FAST FASHION

Fashion is all about statements and there is no better way to make a statement
than through a personalized wardrobe.

On WearableArtBlog, I strive to present unique designs from independent artists
but I am aware that most of these designs are out of reach for most of my
readers as some of them are limited edition and some of them are not for sale.

Sites like etsy are good for finding original affordable designs but great care
must be exercised when shopping around as in the past few years it has been
inundated with cheap mass produced designs. It still remains a great resource
for inspiration.

When it comes to clothing, options are much more limited as the market was taken
over by fast fashion companies. There is no etsy of clothing to find unique yet
affordable ideas and designs for everybody, thus the only option we have is to
design our clothes ourselves.

Designing from scratch is not a job for anyone, yet plastering our pictures,
texts or logos over a piece of fabric is something anyone can do.

Companies like RushOrderTees let anyone customize their t-shirts, hats,
sweatshirts, towels or even tote bags the way we want. Creating the clothes is
an easy process, uploading the image over the desired piece of clothing and you
are ready to go.

However one needs to be extra careful to never use copyrighted designs. If you
can’t create your own from scratch, use images or designs from sites like
Unsplash or Pixabay to download high resolution photos with a license that
allows you to freely use it.

When the designs of fast fashion are lazy and repetitive, creating your own is a
fun yet distinctive way to stick out.

June 29, 2020June 30, 2020

FLOWER RINGS AND MORE BY NORA ROCHEL

Since this is when summer gardens are in full bloom, I thought I’d feature the
German jewelry artist Nora Rochel, who uses flower motifs in almost all of her
work. Here is the artist herself modeling some of her creations.

Nora Rochel flowers for hair

One of the most unique characteristics of Rochel’s work are the details of the
flowers enclosed by petals, like in the ring, below.

Ring of silver and red gold

The gray flower ring looks as if it’s been eaten alive.

Ring of patinated silver

How sweet that a little flower “lives” inside the encasement.

Ring of patinated silver and fair trade gold

There’s such a great variety of shapes, textures, sizes and colors in this
work – which makes these rings rather unique.

Ring of whitened silver

Rochel’s jewelry will be on display through August 31, 2013 at the Putti Gallery
international contemporary jewelry exhibition in Riga, Latvia.

Ring of bronze

Rochel also does a lot of work in colored porcelain, like this flower bowl.

Porcelain flower bowl

June 28, 2020June 28, 2020

SPRING HATS BY ROBYN COLES

Spring is just around the corner, and Welsh milliner Robyn Coles is in demand.
Check out these lovely hats from her 2013 spring collection, her second.

Spring Hats by Robyn Coles

Coles began making hats for her friends in a spare room after she lost her day
job. Less than a year later, at the London Fashion Week 2012, she made a splash
debut by having nude models of various shapes, sizes, and ages -including
a very pregnant model – parade her hats down the runway.

Spring Hats by Robyn Coles

Despite being a creative milliner and having worked for some big names in
fashion, Coles’ college degrees are in politics and economics. Beneath the
academic work, she had a strong need to express her creativity – and lots of
drive.

Spring Hats by Robyn Coles

Coles recently opened up a hat studio and boutique in the Cardiff Castle
Arcade (UK). According to her website, she can barely keep up with the orders
for the spring collection.

Spring Hats by Robyn Coles

I love the elegant simplicity of these hats. They just scream early spring,
don’t they, with their green backdrops and white flowers?

June 24, 2020June 24, 2020

KNIT ACCESSORIES FROM MARGOT

Here are some great handcrafted accessories – necklaces, collars and headpieces
– from the Margot label in Hamburg, Germany.

Jessica Schröder launched Margot in the fall of 2010 after completing her
studies in fashion design. She aims to preserve the traditions of
crocheting, hand-knitting and embroidery in her work.

The first two photos are from the Enchanged Garden Spring/Summer 2012 collection
– colorful pieces that are elegant and a little flower-like for the season.

Enchanged Garden Spring/Summer 2012 collection

Jessica designs and creates the prototypes of all the pieces, which are all
handmade in Germany.

The roses from this collection are made of individual knitted petals of cotton
yarn with crochet trims. The headpieces and necklaces look adorable together.

Enchanged Garden Spring/Summer 2012 collection

Jessica’s inspiration for this collection comes from Ernst Haeckel, an artist
and biologist from the late 18th and early 19th century who named thousands of
newly discovered underwater creatures.

The photos below are from Margot’s latest collection, the Put a Bow on
It Autumn/Winter 2012/13 Collection. Here, the mood is darker, even dreamy.

Put a Bow on It Autumn/Winter 2012/13 Collection

I love the old fashioned quality of these photos. The pieces are like classic
Elizabethan, but with a modern twist.

Several years ago, Jessica did an internship at an accessory label, where she
learned how to use a domestic knitting machine. She began to experiment with
different techniques like crochet, which she taught herself from an old book she
found at a flea market.

Knit Accessories Margot

Jessica explains, “I really love to crochet and knit. I think you have so much
freedom and possibilities, by creating your own kind of fabric using different
yarns and colours etc….”

June 23, 2020

ECO-FRIENDLY TEXTILES BY NUNO

We’ve all been reading about eco-friendly and the need to protect the
environment. Last week, I heard an inspiring talk by Japanese textile
designer Reiko Sudo at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts that made the idea resonate
in a way that it hadn’t before.

Sudo began Nuno in 1984 to make Japan’s “lost art” more accessible to textile
lovers in an eco-friendly way. Today, Sudo has 10 people working for her
designing and creating fabrics and finished products, like the scarf below.

Eco-Friendly scarf by Nuno

Nuno combines technology with artistry: “Threads with incompatible shrink ratios
are… tossed into a hot dryer to yield sculptural textures. Metallic films are
bonded to conventional threads, then melted to create transparent filigrees.
Computer-programmed looms dance to digitally-enhanced African tribal patterns.
Chemically-reprocessed Okinawan banana fibre-coated cottons complement
laboriously hand-finished synthetics.”

Sudo was good enough to bring a bunch of sample textiles created by Nuno for the
crowd to oogle (the next several photos are a few of the samples).

The red sample, my favorite, is made with strips of nylon tape stitched into
all-over patterns. Doesn’t this look like wall art?

Eco-friendly textiles (strips)

Sudo came to textile design almost by accident. She wanted to become a kimono
artist but didn’t pass the entrance exam. Instead, she began to study textile
design and became hooked on working with all kinds of materials, including
plastic. Her studies became the foundation on which Nuno is based.

Eco-friendly textile design (Sudo)

What also struck me is that Sudo applies the Buddhist belief of living lightly
in the world to Nuno’s products. This means reusing scraps.

You can see in the pattern below how Nuno reuses small scraps and combines them
with embroidery. Nuno also recycles polyester and nylon into new products in an
effort to reduce waste.

Recycled polyester and nylon

The white and black fabric below is made from Kibisio, a rough silk by-product
from the hard outer shell of the cocoon. When Sudo discovered that factories
typically throw away silk cocoons because they are hard to work with,
she figured out a way to create beautifully patterned and textured textiles out
of the cocoons to make use of the “waste.”

Recycled silk cocoons

In 2002, Sudo introduced Nuno Works, which offers handmade products, like
clothing, socks, pillows and the scarves and bag shown here. You can even pick
your own fabric and have Nuno adapt one of their patterns for you.

Handmade recycled clothes

The colorful bag below features Entasis-form classical Greek columns on densely
woven canvas sail cloth.

Recycled fabric bag

Here’s Reiko Sudo herself.

Reiko Sudo

What a great example Nuno is setting for the fashion world and consumers alike.

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020

LILIAN ASTERFIELD ECO-FRIENDLY TIE RUFFS

Here’s some great eco-friendly fashion that I happily found last week.

Lilian Asterfield is a ‘refashion label’ featuring ‘upcycled gentleman’s
neckties and vintage scarves’ that are hand sewn into ruffle scarves, brooches,
and jewelry for women and men.

The Elizabethan-like ruffle collars, which hug the neck and are hand-ruffled and
hand-stitched, are my favorites. Below is the Double Ruffle in Bubble Gum and
Black.

Double Ruffle in Bubble Gum and Black

Nicole Deponte is the woman behind Lilian Asterfield. Apparently, ‘Lilian
Asterfield’ is the nickname that Deponte’s stylish grandfather (who must have
worn some great ties!) gave to her mother. She gets the ties from eBay and
scavenges nearby Salvation Army outlets located near her Boston studio.

Deponte got the idea for doing the tie scarves during a collaboration with her
fashion desiger brother – he gave her a bag of ties, including some of her
grandfather’s, and the rest, as they say, is history.

The Triple Ruffle, below, brings together three very different ties – each
with soft colors – into a fun pattern of its own.

The Triple Ruffle

Two satin silk neckties are hand ruffled and hand sewn into the lovely white
violet ruffle collar, below.

Two satin silk neckties

Here’s a vintage silk scarf that’s been hand stitched in a 1900’s style hair bow
and then stitched onto on a silk and leather lined headband.

vintage silk scarf

Finally, would you believe there’s even a Doggy Ruffle Collection? Your doggie’s
scarf will be custom sized to fit your pooch’s neck. This scarf is modeled by
“Bugs.”

Doggy Ruffle BY “Bugs”

I love the gorgeous patterns, striking colors and appealing designs in these
pieces, which are bound to be conversation starters. And, they’re reasonably
priced.

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020

YOU GOT MOJO JUNK YARD JEWELRY

This is a great recycling story. Pyper Hugos (photo below) makes
jewelry from old cars and signs she finds in the local junk yard! I recently had
the pleasure of trading notes with her.

Pyper Hugos

Pyper makes each piece of jewelry by hand in her Bozeman, Montana studio, down
to the hand cutting and formation of the metal. She even gives female names to
each of her pieces.

“Audrey” Ring of metal salvaged from a ’73 GMC pickup truck.

One thing that’s especially cool about her work is that she keeps the historical
markings on the metal, intentionally leaving the original paint intact and
unaltered. That makes for some suprising effects.

As you can see from these pieces, she loves bright, lively colors.

“Willa” Necklace of orange metal salvaged from 60’s era Rambler with found
washers.

Pyper explained that a big part of her enjoyment comes from scouring the junk
yard and getting lost in the possibilities: “I truly enjoy getting down and
dirty as I salvage and rummage through piles in the scrap yard, seeking out that
perfect piece.”

“Olivia” Earrings of metal from ’57 Ford F100 pickup truck. Sterling silver
swirls are hand forged.

Pyper has been working with salvaged metal and found objects as her medium for
over 11 years and began by making large abstract wall hangings from old rusty
metal.

This statment sums up what her jewelry creations mean to her: “I believe that
taking an object from our everyday lives, transforming its original form and
function, can make a statement of great significance.”

“Ora” Necklace of metal from a ’40’s GMC bat wing hood; red circle from a ’60’s
FJ Landcruiser; black from a ’73 Ford pickup with found washer.

Pyper lives the life of a seemingly carefree artist. She says, “Right now, my
husband (who is also an artist) and I are on the road for 2 months traveling,
doing shows. When I get a chance between shows, I am able to make a bit of
jewelry on the road. We have a lot of fun in between shows while on the road
hiking and biking with our 2 dogs that travel with us…”

Old Cars Recycled Metal by Pyper Hugos

Do you know the old saying that there’s someone for everyone? Well, maybe
there’s an old car part for everyone, too! This is a great example of how each
person’s creative spirit expresses itself. What’s yours?

You can see more of Pyper Hugos’ work at joyridejewelry.com.

June 23, 2020

BEAD MASKS BY WENDY SEAWARD

I’ve featured some masks before but few as dramatic as these colorful
creations by Wendy Seaward of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Seaward describes her approach to bead weaving as sculptural. She “creates
freeform shapes and textures out of tangles of glass seed beads and threads” and
will often weave them together with semiprecious stones, pearls, fossils, and
found objects.

Bead Face Mask

Here’s my favorite part of Seaward’s story. While living in Africa as a Peace
Corps volunteer, she came to love the beadwork of the local tribes (Ndbele,
Swazi, Zulu, Xhosa and Basotho). So, the masks you see here are inspired by the
beadwork that Seward experienced first hand in Africa.

Bead Mask inspired from Africa

In an interview on the Artodidact Project, Seaward said that she is a
self-taught beader, trying it out as a hobby that turned into a full-time
pursuit. She takes pride in experimenting with new forms using hand stitching.
No looms for Seaward — she sews each bead on one-at-a-time, all by hand!

Bead Mask by Seaward

I love the feathers and colors in the mask, above, and the expressiveness in the
woman’s face below. Not only does Seaward have a way with working with
beads, but she’s a great artist, too.

Wendy Seaward design, Bead Mask

Here’s a nice shot of Seaward taken at one of the many craft shows where she
exhibits her work. She’s playfully posing behind one of her handmade bead
necklaces. Now that’s what I call wearable art!

Wendy Seaward

Isn’t this wonderful work? To see more of Seward’s beaded creations, go to Wendy
Seaward’s page.

June 23, 2020June 23, 2020

COMEBACK OF LACE TRADITIONS IN BRITTANY

Hello again. It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here. Got busy with my day job
and life in general. Even so, my passion for wearable art is still alive and
well.

I want to share a fascinating article from the April issue of National
Geographic about the lace traditions of small villages located in the northwest
corner of Brittany, France. Young women are connecting with their cultural
traditions by wearing outfits dating back to the 1800s at some Breton
rituals and social groups called Celtic circles.

Here are a few of my favorite headdresses and costumes from the article.

Breton women headdress

Each ensemble is specific to an individual village and sometimes the surrounding
area.

Finistère headdresses

These tall headdresses are from Brittany’s Finistère area. Notice the embroidery
on the dresses.

headdress embroidery

There are even ensembles for mourning. The outfit pictured here would only be
worn in the later stages of mourning due to the use of embroidery on the shawl.

St Nicolas du Pelem cotes d’armor

Notice the delicate collar, as well as the intricate head covering.

Check out more of these creations on National Geographic. If you’re in Brittany,
visit the Breton Museum in Quimper to learn more about the Breton artistic and
ethnographic heritage.

June 22, 2020June 23, 2020

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