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Haloween humbug earrings (flashback)

01 Sun Nov 2015

Posted by fulgorine in jewellery, My work

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Halloween, handmade bead, humbug, Murano glass, niobium, orange, polymer clay, purple

I made these earrings a while ago, and I just realised I don’t think I’ve shown them here on my blog. They would have been a good post yesterday, for Halloween, but I’m not that organised!

Humbug earrings by Cate van Alphen

Humbug earrings by Cate van Alphen

The focal beads are polymer clay which I made earlier this year as part of my Spectrum Year. They remind me of mint humbugs. The amethyst and gold beads are Murano glass. They are on dark purple coloured copper wire which I have hammered to form a pin (I rather like the way the purple coating came off at the bottom to reveal the copper underneath).

These earrings are currently in my Etsy shop.

Polymer clay challenge week 6 – beads

12 Thu Feb 2015

Posted by fulgorine in 2015 Polymer Clay Challenge, My work

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2015PCchallenge, art beads, artisan bead, Cate van Alphen, handmade beads, humbug, orange, orange beads, polymer clay, retro

This week I made orange beads again. I made a set of orange pinstripe tetrahedrons. I think of them as “humbugs”.

Orange pinstripe humbug bead by Cate van Alphen

Orange pinstripe humbug bead by Cate van Alphen

I drilled them through the centre of the straight edges rather than from the base through the apex. They were fiendishly difficult to photograph.

Orange pinstripe humbug bead by Cate van Alphen

Orange pinstripe humbug bead by Cate van Alphen

I also made another set of my retro beads in a different colour combination.

Retro beads by Cate van Alphen

Retro beads by Cate van Alphen

Without planning it I found I had used each colour only once for the different parts of the bead. I wonder if I can resist the final colour combination in the sequence?

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