Danny Lennertz, another one of my favorite teachers, makes some pretty perfect stuff. The pendant on the left and right are made of precious metal clay. Under her aegise it really does look precious, too. Sometimes I think precious metal stuff looks stark and harsh, and too *standardized* because so many people seem to work with patterned molds. The name of the right angel wing necklace on the right is *Flight of Love*, if I'm not mistaken. I think I read somewhere that it took her 12 hours to make. That's why it's so stunning. It reminded me of the wing of "Michael", the angel movie. There's been a lot of talk about precious metal clay on all sorts of blogs, so I had my sister-in-law explain to me what it is. Sounded intriguing and intimidating. Then I googled around a bit and found http://www.argentice.co.uk/, a website that specializes in selling precious metal clay and everything you need to work with it; they have a 20-minute video on YouTube which is as smooth as silk. When you're done watching it you feel psyched. I recommend it.
And some day, when I've mastered it, I'm heading over to Cornwall where those twelve British *senior* chicks who posed in the nude for the calendar for charity to take a couple of courses here: http://www.mcsj.co.uk/Lisa.html
In the mean time I'll be finishing a bracelet for Danny which looks like a Woodstock hippie shag. Its closure is a sparkly vintage Czech crystal that was an earring (part of a matching necklace and earring) that my dad gave to my mom for their first Christmas together almost sixty years ago. The rest is seed beads and delicas and tiny little Svarovskys and pearls as a fringe. That's what gives it the Woodstocky shag look.
It will have to remain a mystery for now, because I am unable to upload it ......... XOXOXOXOX
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