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October earrings in November

18 Sun Nov 2012

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52 earrings, ABS challenge, blue, circle, copper, earring, green, polymer clay, revolve, teal

I started making a pair of earrings for the ABS October monthly challenge inspired by the painting “Revolving” by Kirt Schwitters. I loved the painterly colours and the geometry of the repeating circles.

Revolving by Kirt Schwitters

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“Revolving” (1919) by Kirt Schwitters

My idea was to make something similar to an earlier pair of earrings but using the colours of the painting and creating a circular shape. Unfortunately the earrings stalled because the blobby tail made them look like digits or inverted commas. They completely lost the geometry and elegance of the inspiration painting.

Polymerclay shapes being cut for earrings

It wasn’t until after the challenge deadline had passed that it occurred to me to cut off the tail (which I’ve kept for another pair of earrings). It’s amazing what a big difference something so simple can make.

Green polymer clay earrings

The earrings are actually more exciting when worn as they (quite fittingly) revolve and reveal flashes of the copper colour on the other side.

52 Earrings – Half and Half

24 Sun Jun 2012

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52 earrings, circle, earring, green, half, mokume gane, pendant, polymer clay, purple

We are nearly halfway through the 52 Earrings challenge (oops that means half the year gone too!), so the theme for week 25 is “Half”*.

This week I made two pairs of earrings in contrasting colours to co-ordinate with a double sided slide pendant. The earrings are each half a circle, and you can wear the pair that matches the pendant, or mix it up and have one of each.

pendant with two pairs of earrings

mixed pairs of earrings

Green pendant and earrings

I’m pleased with the mokume gane surface on the yellow-green side, but I think the purple side was a bit too well blended so most of the interesting surface was sanded off. I have some ideas to jazz it up so you may see these guys again…


* There are only themes for the odd number weeks (therefore not week 26).

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