Friday, May 23, 2008

Looking for a name.....week 17 "growth"




Hi!!
this pendant is an idea I've been "cooking" for a while, you can see here my attemts. I remember when I saw this technique the first time ...it was at my neighbor’s house, her mother (who past away after a long battle against spinal cancer) used to have a framed abstract piece made by waving different colors of thread forming a huge design so intricate, I always remembered it, I'm not sure if she made it. About two months ago, thinking about that piece of art, I thought that something like this could be applied to wirework, so I looked up in the web to try to find the name of this technique with no luck. I'm thinking how to name this pendant maybe wire waved pendant? so if some of you know the name of this technique or has a creative name for this piece, you are more than welcome to leave a comment. I believe this technique was on fashion in the 70's. As for the materials, I used Brass and copper, and attached a nice Prenite teardrop. This is definitely in my list of tutorials to do.

7 comments:

Jill Draper said...

Marie, I love your work and am impressed with its sophistication and elegance. I'll be sure to keep an eye on you.

Joanne said...

Mari, This is so lovely on so many levels!

Gibsongirl497 said...

Hi, When I was in school a friend taught me to do this with a ruler and pencil. and then with string. She called it a hyperbolic paraboloid.-Betty

Melissa M (Lagaz) said...

Hi Mari, this particular method is similar to the Maltese needlework of Ganutell. Here's a link: http://www.beadsky.com/ganutell.php?ln=en

Lucía Borjas said...

Hola Mari, llegué a ti buscando venzolanos en Etsy, que bello es tu trabajo, me gustaría mucho alguna vez aprender la técnica del Enamel, creo que en Peru y Bolivia hay bastante de este tipo de arte, ya que he visto muchas joyas allá con motivos Incas.

Saludos y felicidades por tu trabajo, suerte tan lejos de aqui.

Yo soy de Maracaibo.

Unknown said...

Mari, te escribo desde Miramar, Argentina. Te felicito por tu buen gusto y por la nitidez de tu estilo.
Tambien soy joyero y mi pagina es www.materjoyas.com.ar
Ojala pudieramos crear un espacio comercial y de intercambio de tecnicas.
Saludos, Patricio Robles

Unknown said...

Mari, te felicito por tus trabajos y porque tenes un estilo muy bien definido.
Tambien soy joyero y mi pagina para que me conozcas es www.materjoyas.com.ar
Ojala pudieramos crear un espacio de intercambio comercial y de tecnicas.
Saludos
Patricio Robles desde Miramar, Buenos Aires, Argentina