Remnants

 slowwwwly, slowly, SLOWLY i am trying to list things in my etsy shop (next to impossible right now, the connection keeps going) and trying to share with you here a couple of photos of the work.  does anyone else ever have a problem with typepad - the image uploading then never showing?  i've gone through the process five times, in ten minutes, while sitting here staring at a blank screen.  grrrrrrrrrrr.  at any rate - i've fallen in love with the work i'm doing now - smaller pieces that can be attached or removed at will from a series of necklaces i've created. 
the little vintage watch fob necklace this time around has one of my sterling keys incorporated as part of the closure, with a vintage brass floral locket, a pyrite drop, and a small freshwater pearl dangling from the key's loop.  the charms i've made - of antique piano key ivory sandwiched between aged brass and mica, with words from an 1844 dilapidated book of poetry, palm-sized - can be added or removed as you wish, by simply threading the little loop onto the watch fob clasp or by tying with ribbon or thread to the key.  i love this, so much, and will be working with this concept a great deal.  i'll also be listing some lovely longer ivory charms with more detailed poetry excerpts and a fancier sterling wire loop, as well as beautiful pearl necklaces to which these charms can all be attached.  i just need more time to finish listing these, a tedious and hair-pulling experience.   i'm so excited about this new work that i actually reward myself time in the studio, after chores are done.  reward!  time in the studio is savored, now.  which reminds me - i've written an article with lots of photographs of my beloved little cubbyhole of a workspace for the summer issue of Cloth Paper Scissors Studio Magazine, which ought to be out mid may.  i'm told that they loved the photographs - so i'm both honored and excited to see it in print....
meanwhile - it's good to be excited about work and what i do, always, even if sharing it with all of you is like moving a mountain all the way across the state to the sea....xo

Comments

[Tina in McLeansville]

oh my....like coming up for air, this is. love the bits and pieces....can't wait to read (and see!) the article.....this is good....this is verrrrry good! :) hugs...xo

[Deborah Gregg]

Nina,
I'm passing onto you the Kreativ Blogger Award because, face it, you ROCK and have endless talent, and i love how you combine materials. I also like that you have the same first name as my youngest daughter, who also loves to sew and make cool stuff as well. (www.ninagregg.com)

Grab the baton from my post here and pass it to your favorite Kreativ bloggers:

http://www.deborahgregg.com/2/category/all/1.html

Deborah

[susan]

I love these tiny remnants, Nina - and the whole attaching idea is very cool.
Also, I'm excited for you that your workspace will be featured in Cloth Paper Scissors Studio Magazine - how much fun is that?! Can't wait to see it!
Sending love and happy thoughts always.

xo dusan

[Mary G.]

I bought one of the charms that you made to fund your trip to Ecuador, and these look even more amazing. I also have always loved your studio photos (and I subscribe to the regular Cloth Paper Scissors) so I am going to have to look up that mag when it hits the newsstands. Double congrats on the studio article . . . good fruits of that excavation you undertook at the end of last year, I am sure.

[Robyn Ayaz]

Hello Nina, have I said I love your writing? I am always happy when I see a new post from you. Your jewelry is so beautiful it makes me swoon.

[cynthia regan]

And we are ever so grateful for you pushing that mountain so faithfully. I hope someday you realize how important your beautiful images and words are to all us Nina followers!

[sandra]

Can't wait to read your article. Attachments: isn't that what life is about? Luv these attachments.

[vickie]

Oh yes...Can you ever push mountains! And yes, I am grateful, too, that you do-that you are willing to do that. So excited about the article coming out and, as always, what beautiful narrative pieces you have created. I know that it feels so good to do what makes you feel so good.
vickie in kc

[rachelle]

I'm excited by the passion I hear in your voice and I love the idea of small pieces that make up the whole. Its always exciting when a new corner is turned in our work and lives. New horizons. That bottom photo makes me sin. I am coveting it a whole lot! hahaha. xxx

[Sue chesley]

Lovely, lovely, lovely....your work and your writing. Makes me covet, too. I am so loving those pyrite drops...I just bought 5 or 6 strands of different cuts and shapes of pyrite beads, but I haven't done much with them yet. I will as time permits. I also am looking forward to your CPS article, congrats on getting published again!!!

[Fi]

What beautiful offerings you are showing us today! I too have fallen in love with your new creations! How could I not! I really love the idea of being able to add or remove from a necklace. Thank you for moving mountains and posting this for us.

[Dorylyn]

Your offerings are soooo beautiful as well as your photographs! Thank you for sharing!

[Cathy Cullis]

your work & images are always a pleasure to see - you have been so very busy and I wish you a very happy May x