Celebrating Sunshine! Fabric Jewelry

Soft Spring sunshine...translated into a beads and fabric necklace. 

Wear your own golden drops!

Hello, Sunshine!

And Now There Are Three!

well, sort of...still working on this green and brown one...

River Rocks...Rock!

These lovely, smooth pebbles are all dressed up - the small ones make great jewelry; the larger ones can add instant glamor to a table!

First Day Of Spring...

...first crocus!

Spotted!

The very lovely Christine has a beautiful blog that features unique handmade treasures.  I just love the artists and artisans she picks.  I was actually unaware of this blog until Christine emailed me several weeks ago to let me know she had featured my work on it.  That's when I discovered this amazing collection of beautiful things, and I was SO honored to be part of it!

It's funny; I sometimes agonize that my work doesn't seem to bear a stamp that says 'Azra Momin'.  Probably because I'm constantly trying new materials and new outcomes.  I've almost come to accept that I will never have a signature look - it will always be in a process of evolution.

Well then, when I took a look at the pieces from my shop that Christine picked for her blog feature, I was quite amazed.  Those pieces all DO look like the same person made them - ME!  YAY!

And you can see them all here!

Incidentally, the first piece in the feature, and another one that I made at the same time, were both picked for Etsy treasuries.  It's funny coz I really wouldn't have expected it for either of these pieces.  Just goes to show you never know!

Rain On Me

Hope

Until next time!

Fabric Jewelry - Finished And WIP

I finished my book illustrations - just need to do some final resizing before I send them off.  So I took a break and snapped some quick pics of my what I've been doing in between, not in natural light but the best I could do for now.  I'm so excited about these fabric jewelry pieces - they look good, even though they took ages.

Anyhow, here goes:

A REVERSIBLE necklace!  Yes, you can flip it over and sport a new look instantly.  I didn't intend it to be this way, actually, but the shiny silver-shot-with-orange backing fragment that I used looked so funky I had to develop it into its own side.

The original side is pink fabric that I covered in a layer of diaphonous gold ribbon, and voila, it became a dusty salmon that matched perfectly with the bead necklace in pale peach.  Embellished with shreds of pink brocade, golden sequins and beautiful browny-pink vintage Czech glass flowers. 

The other side is that lame-like fabric, adorned with a sprinkle of long glass tubes, and edged with a pale gold trim.  Both sides look fabulous!

Then there's this piece that I made a while ago but could never decide upon the necklace part.  Nothing seemd to look right until I came upon this multi-strand blue chain.  It's fabric and handmade - how cool!  So finally the piece I called Celebration when I first made it, has something to celebrate!  It's now whole and gorgeous.

And a very boho-chic cuff in my favorite blue-green turquoise - frayed edges and large round sequins held together with a button I covered in green dupioni silk, the same fabric that lines it at the back.

Finally, my work in progess.  Can't you just tell it's going to be stunning!

That's all for now!

For one thing...

...does ANYBODY read this blog?

For another, tonight the Nanobot fell asleep ON HER OWN!!!

It's night time.

But is it also the eve of a new beginning, or the dawn of a new era, or whatever it is they say?

You know what I mean.

Yes, you.

Meanwhile, I'm so taken aback by this strange occurence I'm not sure if I should stay up and celebrate in some way (although of course, it had to happen on a night when DaddyBoy is out helping a friend with a leaky faucet, so I have to forget about curling up and finally watching a movie) or just quietly go to bed, coz I really need to.

Hmm.

Funky Fabric Rings

I have three shows coming up soon, and hope to show my jewelry in two of them - the third one is an art show where I will show only my paintings and my framed works in fabric.

So here's some more of my boho-chic jewelry...I need a hand model, or one of those eerie cut-off-at-the-wrist ring display hands, though :)  It's hard to depict in pictures how quite large these pieces really are.

All of these funky fabric rings are one-of-a-kind pieces and are on adjustable bases to fit all sizes.  They are made from new reclaimed fabric and then adorned with hand-sewn embellishments - a bit of eco-friendly, bohemian fashion for your fingers!

Dreaming in White

When I imagine my dream space, it's always white.  White may seem sterile and impersonal to some, and it can be that way sometimes, depending on how it's being used, and of course there's the question of keeping it well, white.

BUT,

white is so liberating, so clean, so fresh, and so incredibly versatile.

You can play with textures in an all-white room, or just simply combine it with another favorite color.  Small touches of bright hues shine against a crisp white backdrop.  The results is usually stunning.

For a period of time, a long time ago, I had a red and white room.  I still remember that space with fondness.  This is a tribute to that old room of mine.

They are not real rooms, but clever renderings (look closely!) and only some of them have names of the designer, but they are all pretty fab, don't you think?

When I studied design, making perspective drawings was one of my favorite subjects, and I made a LOT of white rooms!!!  Those were all done by hand, but computer renderings are now the norm, and look real enough to deceive.

In any case, they are a great way of playing with color without the fear of commitment!

Do you have a dream-space dream color?

Enjoy!

 

Custom Ring

Black and white - YUMMY!  I'm almost tempted to keep it for myself.

Black cotton with white embroidery, white seed beads and translucent white beads, and a few tiny silvery sequins on an adjustable ring.

Lunch

Emerge

I've been super laid-back the last ten days or so!!!  This piece was finished a week and a half ago, and I didn't get around to listing it until now.

Well, red it is!

Fabric, like paint, or anything else you could do with your hands, is so therapeutic to mess aound with.  As usual, I allowed the piece to evolve and just kept layering.  Then a shy flower appeared, and began to step out.

I called it "Emerge".

I didn't shoot these in good light.  The piece is much softer-looking in person. 

Anyway, it's in the store now!