Rising to a challenge by my friend Elizabeth, I am branching into jewelry. It is exciting to approach it with the intention of creating tiny works of art as a power object - a talisman - to wear. So tapping into my bead hoard I made this piece,
Garnet Cuff. The starting inspiration was a Merino Shibori scrap by my friend,
Laverne Zabielski.
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| ©Kathleen O'Brien, Garnet Cuff, 1500 year old Roman garnet beads, vintage Italian, horn, mother of pearl, glass & metal filigre beads and fabric |
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| ©Kathleen O'Brien, Garnet Cuff, vintage button, vintage Italian, magenta horn, coral & hand made beads by Bonnie Blincoe |
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| ©Kathleen O'Brien, Garnet Cuff, front finished |
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| ©Kathleen O'Brien, Garnet Cuff, stitches inside on the Belgian linen |
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| ©Kathleen O'Brien, Garnet Cuff, laying out the design |
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| ©Kathleen O'Brien, Garnet Cuff, choosing beads and yarns |
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| ©Kathleen O'Brien, Garnet Cuff, stitching the fabrics together as a start |
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