I finished a new necklace a couple of nights ago that is a little bit different from any I have done before. Instead of one main textile form, this one has repeated elements going most of the way round the choker wire.
Here I am wearing my latest creation
The individual textile elements are based on an earring design. The size of the fabric pieces gets smaller towards the back though this is hardly noticeable looking at the finished item. At first I just planned to use beads between the textile shapes but then I thought that a little bit of variation was needed, so I added some elements embroidered on soluble fabric just like my experiments at the Sue Rangeley workshop I attended.
The complete necklace
This was just a simple idea that I decided was worth trying but it has already got me thinking about how I could develop it further – watch this space!
A detail view showing the strands made using soluble fabric
A view of the reverse side of the neckpiece
This necklace has just been added to my Etsy shop
If you have any thoughts on this new piece I would love to hear them.
What a gorgeous necklace! Love the colours and the contrast between the fibre and the beads.
Thanks
i think it is a good lesson that the simplest ideas can have more impact than complex ones.
Wai-Yuk
I really love the style of this new piece, I can definitely see further development with those elements
Don’t you love it when you can see yourself setting off down a new unexplored trail?
Wai-Yuk
This is beautiful!
Why thank you so much
Wai-Yuk
I think it’s beautiful! It really looks like a flower. I love the way the petals lay on the neck. Very graceful and perfect beads to accent the fabric pieces.
Thank you Rachel
Wai-Yuk
This looks like a lovely new direction for your work – really like the addition of the embroidered elements in between the beads etc.. This adds a delicate touch to the necklace … =D
Truly superb – simplicity is at least as golden as silence – less is more…
Yes – but striking that special kind of simplicity that works is the big challenge!
You are so right – it’s one of those paradoxes of life that it seems we can’t go to simplicity simply and directly but must take the long way around through complexity…