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Showing posts with label organza. Show all posts
Showing posts with label organza. Show all posts

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Bicycle Pendants/ Pandantive Biciclete

A bicycle is always nice but considering the rainy weather outside I shouldn't be thinking too much about it. However, using a bicycle is not just great for your health and overall appearance, but it also good for the environment, so that can be a big incentive for those concerned about it. Inspired by this, I created two bicycle pendants that I hope will inspire you to go outside :D

O bicicleta e intotdeauna draguta dar avand in vedere vremea ploioasa de afara n-ar trebui sa ma gandesc prea mult la asta. Totusi, daca folosesti o bicicleta nu numai ca iti va aduce beneficii pentru sanatate si modul cum arati, dar este buna pentru mediu iar asta poate fi o buna motivatie pentru cei ingrijorati de plouare. Inspirata de biciclete si alte lucruri dragute am facut doua pandantive care sper sa va inspire si pe voi sa iesiti cu bicicleta afara. 




Friday, May 17, 2013

Sea and seaweed/ Mare si Iarba de Mare

My latest pendants have been inspired by the sea and seaweed. Each of them is made of polymer clay and has a small Swarovski crystal in the middle. 

Ultimele mele pandantive au fost inspirate de mare si iarba de mare. Fiecare dintre acestea este facut din lut polimeric si are in mijloc un cristal Swarovski.





Thursday, May 2, 2013

3D Organza Pendant Tutorial

After baking and glazing
I always loved organza, it's a really nice and elegant material. Most of the time I use it to hang pendants on, I don't like fancy stuff and the simplicity of it makes more complicated things stand out. However, you can use them differently, this time by adding the material on the pendant. All you need is:
- liquid polymer clay (preferably fimo as it is the most transparent brand)
- any polymer clay color
- scissors
- organza material with some print on it
- metallic hooks

Mereu mi-a placut materialul organza, e un material care are o eleganta aparte. De cele mai multe ori pandantivele mele vin agatate de organza; nu-mi plac chestiile prea extravagante iar simplitatea materialului face ca pandantivele mai complicate sa iasa in evidenta. Aveti nevoie de:
- lut polimeric lichid ( preferabil fimo deoarece este cel mai transparent) 
- orice culoare de lut polimeric
- foarfeca
- material organza cu imprimeu
- accesorii metalice (agatatori)

1. You first start by flattening your piece of clay. Here I used a combination of green and yellow to make an interesting pattern underneath the organza fabric.

1. Intai intindem o bucata de lut. Eu am folosit o combinatie de verde si galben deoarece voiam un model mai interesant sub material.


2. We cut a square shape.
2 Taiem lutul intr-o forma patrata. 


3. We do the same thing to make the pendant's front side and we cut a round shape in it.
3. Procedam la fel cu o alta bucata de lut care va fi fata pandantivului si taiem cu o forma rotunda.


4.We take a piece of organza (here I used a small organza pouch) and we cut a piece the size of our first rectangle

4. Luam o bucata de organza (aici un saculet mic) si taiem o bucata cat primul nostru patrat.



5.We take the first square piece and put a lot of translucent liquid clay on it.
5. Luam primul patrat taiat si punem mult lut lichid.

6.We apply our organza square on the square with liquid clay and add more liquid clay on top and we spread it evenly.
6. Aplicam patratelul de organza pe patratelul pe care am pus lut lichid inainte si adaugam mai mult lut lichid peste, pe care il intindem in mod egal.

7.We cut some pieces of clay that will serve as frames and as a base for the pendant. We apply them on the organza square.
7. Taiem niste bucatele de clay care vor servi ca rame si baza pandantivului nostru. Le aplicam pe patratelul cu organza.

8.We apply the rectagle piece of clay that has the round shape cut in it and we take a piece of rolled clay to make a frame for our pendant
8. Aplicam bucata de lut in care am taiat forma rotunda si luam o bucata de lut rulat pentru a face o rama pentru pandantiv

9.Cu ajutorul unei scobitori facem modele pe margine si aplicam accesoriu metalic.
9. We make different patterns on the sides and add the metallic hook.


10. We make small indents on the edge of the round shape in the middle (with a toothpick)and embellish the pendant with acrylic paint.
10. Facem mici adancituri pe marginea formei rotunde din mijloc cu o scobitoare si decoram pandantivul cu acrilice.

End result before curing:
Rezultatul final inainte de coacere:


Thursday, April 18, 2013

Armenian Inspiration Part 4/ Inspiratii Armeniene Partea 4

For the other Armenian blogposts see: Part1, Part 2 and Part 3.

Nourie Hadig Story


Pendant made with steel hook, polymer clay, organza and a lot of love.
Pandantiv facut cu inox, lut polimeric, snur organza si multa dragoste. 



This is the Armenian version of the Snow White. A rich man with a beautiful dark haired daughter named Nourie Hadig takes a beautiful wife to wed. Every month her step mother asks the new moon if she was the most beautiful but it’s always her daughter who is most beautiful. The step mother, enraged, tells her husband he needs to take away the daughter and kill her and bring her bloody shirt as proof. However, he abandons her in the woods where she finds a house. When she enters the house the door gets closed behind her and the rooms are full of treasures. There’s also a prince there and a voice tells her that she has to cook for him for seven years. Meanwhile her mother again asks the mirror who is the most beautiful and receives the same answer she always did. Her husband admits he couldn’t kill her so she starts looking for her.

After four years, gypsies come to Nouri Hadig house and she buys a girl from them and they both serve the prince. When the prince wakes up after 7 years he finds the gypsy girl next to him and thinks she was the one serving him. He decides to marry her and during the arrangements he tells Nourie Hadig that since she helped the girl cook for him he needs to repay her somehow. She asks for the Stone of Patience. This stone apparently swells when a person tells a story and if the story is sad it will burst. But if the person made much of a little, the person would swell and burst, and so he must watch and ensure that the servant who asked for it did not burst. He gave Nourie Hadig the stone, and she told it her story. It swelled and was about to burst when the prince broke in and insisted on marrying her rather than the gypsy.

The next new moon, the moon said that the princess of Adana was more beautiful, so the mother knew where her daughter was. She had a beautiful ring made that would make the wearer fall asleep and had a witch bring it to her daughter, pleading that she had been out of her mind when she ordered her death. The gypsy girl persuaded the daughter to wear the ring, and she fell down dead. The prince refused to bury his wife; he would tend her as she had tended him. Many doctors were unable to heal her, but one tried to steal the ring. She started to come awake; he slid it back on and got the prince to promise him rewards for healing his wife. Then he took the ring off, which restored Nourie Hadig to life.

While the ring was on Nourie Hadig's finger, the moon had told the wife that she was the most beautiful one. After the ring was removed, though, it said that Nourie Hadig was. The wife became so angry that she died.


Aceasta este versiunea armeniana a Albei ca Zapada. Un barbat bogat cu o fiica foarte frumoasa cu parul negru pe nume Nourie Hadig decide sa se casatoreasca cu o femeie frumoasa. Femeia, narcisista, in fiecare luna intreaba luna plina daca ea este cea mai frumoasa, insa mereu luna ii spune ca fiica ei este cea mai frumoasa. Suparata femeia isi trimite barbatul sa o ucida pe fata dar acesta nu poate asa ca o lasa in padure. Fata ajunge la o casa care isi inchide usile dupa ce aceasta intra inauntru. Inauntru sunt multe comori si un print dormind; fata aude o voce care ii spune ca trebuie sa ii gateasca printului timp de 7 ani.

Intre timp mama afla ca fata este in viata si porneste in cautarea sa. Dupa 4 ani, Nourie Hadig cumpara o servitoare de la tigani care sa o ajute sa ingrijeasca de print. Cand acesta se trezeste o vede pe cea din urma si crede ca ea a fost cea care a stat timp de 7 ani cu el. Acesta o roaga pe Nourie Hadig sa isi aleaga un cadou deoarece considera ca i se cuvine din moment ce ea a ajutat-o pe fata. Ea cere Piata Rabdarii, o piatra care se umfla atunci cand grija cuiva este mare si explodeaza. Insa daca cineva face din tantar armasar, persoana se umfla si explodeaza. Printul afla asta de la pietrar si o pandeste pe Nourie Hadig in timp ce aceasta vorbeste cu piatra de frica sa nu explodeze. Aceasta spune povestea pietrei iar acesta auzind-o se hotaraste sa se casatoreasca cu ea.

Intre timp, mama vitrega afla ca printesa Adana era cea mai frumoasa si astfel stie cine este si unde este fiica ei vitrega. Ea creaza un inel frumos care il face pe posesor sa adoarma si trimite o vrajitoare sa il dea lui Nourie. Cand Nourie il pune pe deget cade intr-un somn adanc. Printul refuza sa o inmormanteze si cheama multi doctori sa o vindece. Multi medici vin iar unul dintre ei incearca sa-i fure inelul; cand il scoate de pe deget, aceasta se trezeste. Acum luna iar spune ca cea mai frumoasa este Nourie iar mama vitrega moare de suparare.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Saturday, March 30, 2013

Spring Pendant

I love working with extruders and this pendant is made using this technique.  I wanted something cute and colorful and I think I managed to do it. The pendant is made with polymer clay, stainless steel, organza and a small wooden bead.