Over at AJE it's reveal day for the June Component of the Month! This month, the wonderfully talented Jenny Davies-Reazor provided us with a pair of components. Yes, I made earrings! Jenny makes the most wonderful ceramic goodies, and when she makes jewelry she pairs her components with gemstones! I love gemstones - if I didn't make lampwork beads, all of my jewelry would be made with gemstones! As it was, I tried hard to make some beads to match Jenny's charms. Jenny and I have very complimenting beads and components sometimes, and I thought it would be good to show that off. However, I just couldn't get a good match and with the work schedule and tree disaster, I decided to go with gemstones!
The charms have an ever-so-subtle hint of brown on them, and so I chose faceted khaki quartz rondelles.
Jenny is very into myth and folklore, so I thought I'd tell you a little bit about quartz. The name means cross vein one, and has a lot of mythical meaning in Abor…
The charms have an ever-so-subtle hint of brown on them, and so I chose faceted khaki quartz rondelles.
Jenny is very into myth and folklore, so I thought I'd tell you a little bit about quartz. The name means cross vein one, and has a lot of mythical meaning in Abor…