silver wire and gemstone jewellery in development by Gayle Bird
I asked Laird to go through my encyclopedia of mythical creatures and choose one for inspiration to make a necklace. He chose the Phoenix (he started listing a few others but the phoenix caught me immediately). I actually sketched this out and went through a lot of angst to get it finished, and in fact the tail might need reconstructing because it’s made with beading thread not wire, but… here it is!
How adorable are these? I made a bunch one night last week, wore two to work, and sold about eight of them by taking orders, making more that evening, and delivering the next day. I still managed to have three dozen for my inventory! Which is really good because I’ve got THREE shows coming up this fall, within six weeks of each other. Oi.
I forgot to show you my display at the CBCCD’s new (gorgeous) gallery!
I somehow felt the need to create a neckwire to match my previous piece.
