tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56712338297379821052024-03-14T09:28:04.486+00:00Silver and Felt by UVA - the creationUltra Vague ArtUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671233829737982105.post-77431266035386848872013-01-27T21:04:00.000+00:002013-01-28T12:39:30.074+00:00Silver Earrings for TK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Haven't been here for a while. Made some things, sold some things, decided to come back to the virtual community :).<br />
Full of ideas, short of time. Have difficulty to choose what to start with. Anyway, will start with something .... to be continued :) ...<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671233829737982105.post-22121081702317180042012-03-11T13:57:00.000+00:002012-03-11T15:13:11.502+00:00Leather flower bud earrings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">My Mom is a furniture engineer and some time ago she worked at a furniture factory where they used leather among other upholstery materials. That’s how I ended up with some leather swatches. It took me some long years to find a way to use them in my handcrafted jewellery to my satisfaction :)</span><span style="line-height: 115%;">. And here it comes – a new material combination and a new design.</span></span></span> <br />
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<a href="http://en.dawanda.com/product/29002041-Leather-and-frothy-lava-earrings?partnerid=add_this&utm_source=add_this&utm_medium=blogger">Leather and frothy lava earrings - by Uva - DaWanda</a><br />
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Leather was always one of my favourite materials to work with. It has the same live warm feeling as wood. I made a bracelet and a pair of clip-on earrings from Mom’s old gloves back to my teen years. I still have them although those black leather clip-ons look slightly out of fashion nowadays. So, as you can see, I have a long history of nice emotions dealing with leather.</span></span></span><br />
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The design of this necklace is one of my popular ones (although two items are never the same). The previous few versions had one or two lava beads, were with or without garnet chips outside, but always with that lacy silver ball with a little secret (garnet chips) inside. Simple but somehow appealing idea I guess judging on successful sales.<br />
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This version is again a little bit different - instead of a fine silver ball there is an oblate spheroid (a little bit flattened sphere) in the middle. This subtle transformation of shape shifts the design rhythm towards curvier and more feminine look.<br />
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And it definitely has one more advantage - the necklace is not rolling off the table :)<br />
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<a href="http://en.dawanda.com/product/28879665-Silver-lacy-shape-and-lava-necklace-with-garnet?partnerid=add_this&utm_source=add_this&utm_medium=blogger">Silver lacy shape and lava necklace with garnet - Necklaces - by Uva - DaWanda</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5671233829737982105.post-89446063327176842902012-03-03T21:42:00.002+00:002012-03-03T22:01:32.909+00:00Magic of butterflies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Butterflies have something magical about them - either it's that surrealistic metamorphosis from caterpillar, or their fragile colourful beauty.... or possibly the powder stuff on their wings which can be a fairy pixie dust...<br />
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...in any case we are fascinated by them... in nature... but it turned out to be one of my most popular designs too :). All my handcrafted silver butterflies are different - either it's a necklace or earrings, but I dare to hope all of them carry a touch of that magic and charm those live butterflies graciously owe.<br />
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This is my next version of these wonderful creatures in fine silver:<br />
<a href="http://en.dawanda.com/product/28735033-Silver-butterfly-earrings-with-pearls?partnerid=add_this&utm_source=add_this&utm_medium=blogger">Silver butterfly earrings with pearls - Earrings - by Uva - DaWanda</a><br />
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Maybe they'll bring some magic in your live too? :)<br />
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silver you need a solder and a flux (apart from a pair of non-shaking hands and few
other things). Not that I was planning to solder day in - day out, but it was
interesting to try at least. Moreover, it would come handy in one of my handmade
jewellery projects – to be able to solder sterling silver findings if a design
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was not aware of when I bought it a year ago.... well, I was sure I was buying
just usual silver wire and the shop assistant couldn’t explain me in plain
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I have recently finished two necklaces with lava from Hekla volcano and two more are waiting for a leather cord, which I hope to get tomorrow. Those ones will also be with lava and lava beads.<br>
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Going to make more and maybe better pictures and put them up on my <a href="http://www.uva.is/en" target="_blank">website</a> and in <a href="http://en.dawanda.com/shop/Uva" target="_blank">DaWanda shop</a> .<br>
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Meanwhile have a sneak peek! :)<br>
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Starting a blog was not initially in my plans. But then I realised that I needed some place to record my thoughts, my tries and errors during the process of creation (creating, not manufacturing - that's what I like to think I am doing). And maybe somebody else will find it interesting and will enjoy this journey with me.<br />
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I love to create things and can only hope that the style and the feel of my handmade silver jewellery and felt accessories will be appreciated by other people and will bring some magic vibes from Iceland to their life.<br />
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