DESIGNERS GAZETTE, FALL 2009
You can read our DESIGNERS GAZETTE, Fall, 2009 online.
Go To:
http://www.warrenfeldjewelry.com/pdf/fg102009/fall2009pdf.pdf
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Read our FALL DESIGNERS GAZETTE 2009
Posted by learntobead on November 2, 2009
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When Jewelry Needs To Be Over-The-Top…
Posted by learntobead on October 18, 2009
WHEN JEWELRY NEEDS TO BE OVER-THE-TOP…
I was watching Project Runway the other day, and their challenge was to create on over-the-top look, something like a Bob Mackie piece, and of course, he was one of the judges.
The contestants had difficulty reaching beyond their usual boundaries. And I started thinking about jewelry. Sometimes you want to create pieces that are very theatrical, dramatic, glamourous, statement pieces. You want something that would attract someone’s attention across the room, as well as standing beside the wearer. In short, over-the-top.
One jewelry artist who succeeds well at this challenge is Mina d’Ornano, owner of MinaPoe in Paris, France. A Parisienne with Slavic origins, Mina d’Ornano was an actress, screenwriter and director before she decided to channel her creativity into fashion: “My fashion desires came from a feeling of frustration. Never finding what I wanted to wear finally inspired me”.
Inspiration and motivation are key themes behind her minaPoe creations – she is constantly on the look-out for the finest materials and has a preference for soft, luxurious and colorful fabrics, which she combines with precision and harmony. Her pieces have that sense of drama. They seem timeless. They catch the eye as would a chest of treasure. They surprise. They are playful. People see her pieces and want to talk about them.
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Shaun Leane Jewelry
Posted by learntobead on September 3, 2009
Shaun Leane Jewelry
http://www.shaunleane.com/
I wanted to share some beautiful pieces of jewelry by celebrity jeweler Shaun Leane.
Awarded UK Jewellery Designer of the Year, Shaun Leane is internationally celebrated for pushing the boundaries of jewellery design.
Renowned for his darkly romantic and beautifully crafted jewellery; his work has been described by Sotheby’s, London’s prestigious auction house, as ‘antiques of the future’.
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Dita Von Teese Jewelry Style
Posted by learntobead on September 3, 2009
Dita Von Teese Jewelry Style
Everyone’s favorite pin-up girl, Dita Von Teese is known for signature rockabilly style paired with high-end fashion and glamour. A throwback to the 50s era, Dita is usually seen rocking fire engine red lips and vintage inspired frocks. But she also has a great sense of what type of jewelry compliments her look and works with the glam vibe.
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Would You Wear This?
Posted by learntobead on September 3, 2009
Would You Wear This?
This necklace collar piece was designed by Louise Borgeois.
If you knew some of the history of this piece, would this make you more likely to wear this piece?
DESCRIPTION: Silver necklace in the form a shackle originally designed in 1951 as a personal statement against the violence Louise Bourgeois had witnessed against prisoners during the Spanish Civil War. A limited edition of 39 pieces was produced in Spain in the 1990s.
Would you wear this?
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Gallery Hopping in August
Posted by learntobead on August 14, 2009
- Jewelry Exhibits at Galleries Around The World
The Sting of Passion
Saturday 11 July 2009 – Sunday 25 October 2009
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester, England
http://www.manchestergalleries.org/
Twelve international jewellery designers present new commissions in response to our Pre-Raphaelite painting collection.
Marianne Schliwinski for Joli Coeur by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Jivan Astfalck for Sappho by Charles-August Mengin
Guild of Phillipine Jewellers
Winners from Past Design Competitions
http://www.guildofphilippinejewellersinc.com/index.php
Dorothea Pruhl
http://www.farlang.com/exhibits/padua-dorothea-pruhl/home
Dorothea Pruhl is a leading exponent of the current art jewellery scene.
Her aesthetic stance is informed by abstract impressions from nature, concentration on essentials, eminent sensitivity and sculptural power.
She makes basic statements in gold and silver – but also in wood, aluminium, titanium and stainless steel – impressions manifest in generously proportioned, clear entities.
Starting with what is there, she tracks it down to its inmost core, applying to its quintessence a new aesthetic idiom – it might be a flower, the wind, a house, birds in flight.
Born in Breslau in 1937, Dorothea Pruhl studied art at Burg Giebichenstein in Halle before working in industry as a designer of manufactured jewellery.
Susanne Klemm
http://www.susanneklemm.com/susanne.html
“Art creates memories of nature.”
An Interview With Vintage Costume Jewelry Collector Carole Tanenbaum
By Maribeth Keane and Jessica Lewis, Collectors Weekly Staff (Copyright 2009)
Carole Tanenbaum talks about vintage costume jewelry, discussing the major designers (such as Coco Chanel, Schiaparelli, Trifari, and Schreiner), popular fashion trends, and the origins of costume jewelry. She can be contacted at her website, caroletanenbaum.com.
jennifer trask: flourish
Susan Lomuto | Aug 11, 2009 |
http://dailyartmuse.com/2009/08/11/jennifer-trask-flourish/
Jennifer Trask’s latest series, Unnatural Histories: Flourish, begins with the following definitions of the word flourish:
1. To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
2. To do or fare well; prosper
3. To be in a period of highest productivity; excellence or influence.
4. To make bold or sweeping movements.
The Hudson Valley, New York based artist, best known for jewelry that incorporates snake vertabrae, beetle shells, feathers, bone, pre-ban ivory and sea urchin shells, might have included her own name for a fifth definition. As her new work of removable jewelry mounted on encaustic drawings and paintings shows, Jennifer.Trask.Is.Flourishing.
Polymer Art Archive
http://polymerartarchive.com/
This is a site where professional artists working in the medium of polymer will find inspiration. Museum and gallery curators will be able to access documentation about the evolution of this vibrant medium for artistic expression. And serious collectors will discover windows to new works and the medium’s most collectable artists.
Sandra McCaw, Persian Cuff, 2007
Rachel Carren, William Morris Sebo Brooch, 2009
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Winner and Runner Up Announced
Posted by learntobead on July 16, 2009
2009 7th Annual The Ugly Necklace Contest
Winner and Runner-Up Announced
And the Winner is…..
Land of Odds, Be Dazzled Beads, The Open Window Gallery, and The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts are proud to announce the Winner and Runner-Up in this year’s The Ugly Necklace Contest! These two contestants have succeeded in creating necklaces which were hideous, using clever materials, fashioning a creative clasp assembly, and showing a strong degree of artistic control in their jewelry-making endeavors. Doing something “Ugly” is easier said, than done!
The Winner of The Ugly Necklace Contest – the Jewelry Designer who demonstrated exceptional jewelry design skills by creating The Ugliest Necklace in the America and the rest of the World in the year 2009, and the winner of a $992.93 shopping spree on the Land of Odds web-site (www.landofodds.com), is:
Lynn Margaret Davy of Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom
“The Story Of My Beading Life”
MORE DETAILS, Images and her Poem:
www.landofodds.com/store/ugly7davy.htm
The Runner-Up in The Ugly Necklace Contest — the Jewelry Designer who also displayed obvious design talents by creating the 2nd Ugliest Necklace in America and the rest of the World in the year 2009, and the winner of a $399.07 shopping spree on the Land of Odds web-site (www.landofodds.com) is:
Juli Brown of Wells, Minnesota
“Coffin Nails Necklace”
MORE DETAILS, Images and her Poem:
www.landofodds.com/store/ugly7brown.htm
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These beadwork and jewelry artists have demonstrated their commendable design skills. They have been judged, from among entrants from across America, Great Britain, and Canada by a distinguished panel of four judges from The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, and voted on by visitors to the Land of Odds web-site.
To view additional images of the necklaces submitted by the winner, runner up and the other semi-finalists of the 7th Annual 2009 The Ugly Necklace Contest, please visit us at www.landofodds.com/store/ugly7contest.htm on-line.
The Ugly Necklace review criteria are discussed on this web-page:
www.landofodds.com/store/ugliestcriteria.htm
Entries for the Eighth Annual 2010 The Ugly Necklace Contest will be accepted between September 1st, 2009 and March 15th, 2010. For official rules, and 2010 special requirements, please visit our web-site at www.landofodds.com/store/uglynecklace.htm .
And if you are in the Nashville area, please stop by Be Dazzled Beads, where the 6 selected Ugly Necklaces are on display through September 15th.
The Ugly Necklace Contest is one of the programs of The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, to encourage beadwork and jewelry makers to test their design skills, push the envelope, and learn some fundamentals about jewelry design in the process.
LIST OF 2009 7th Annual SEMI-FINALISTS:
1. Lynn Margaret Davy, Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom
2. Juli Brown, Wells, Minnesota
3. Sarah Allison, Gresham, Oregon
4. Jolynn Casto, Logan, Ohio
5. Deborah Eve Rubin, Rockville, Maryland
6. Lori-Ann Scott, Spokane, Washington
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An unexpected source of gemstone jewelry…
Posted by learntobead on June 21, 2009
Wildscape Caddisfly Jewelry
www.wildscape.com
Here’s a jewelry component you don’t see very often, if ever. Caddisfly larva created casings.
Kathy Stout and along with her Mom Marilyn Kyle and many good friends and jewelry designers, created Wildscape. Their Jewelry is One Of A Kind!
The caddisfly larva is an aquatic insect that creates a beautiful case out of stones. They use this case to create unique jewelry. The twist!! They raise the caddisfly Larva in a simulated stream and give them Gem Stones to build their cases with. Ben Stout, a biologist at Wheeling Jesuit University, designed the simulated steam that is used to raise the caddisfly larva. It took 3 years to perfect the steam, but when it was completed they had an opportunity to give the caddisfly larva a unique predator free environment to live in.
And in return, they received a beautiful gemstone case after the adult emerged from its case. Wow, who would have thought that an aquatic insect would be such an amazing artist!! That was her thought when she saw these incredible insects at work.
So now 14 years later, they are still at it! Each year new gem stones are given to the caddisfly larva and then they sit back and watch them create their works of art.
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The Donut Dilemma
Posted by learntobead on June 17, 2009
The Donut Dilemma
By Kathleen Lynam
Perhaps you can help our bead study group solve our donut dilemma.
Here’s what happened—our bead study group is currently exploring bead woven shapes and dimensionality. How did we decide on this particular segment of bead weaving? Well, we were inspired by Diane Fitzgerald’s new book, Shaped Beadwork. This book has become a springboard for our discussions—both technically and aesthetically. As we work on the shapes in the book, the group talks about the degree of difficulty, clarity of directions, etc.
Last week, “donuts” were brought up in our conversation. No, not the delicious confections filled with jelly or covered with sprinkles. The “donuts” I’m referring to are usually made out of gemstones, have a small hole in the center and are rather flattish.
They fit into our discussion because they are a shape and have dimension. I immediately tensed. Then I shouted out, “I hate donuts!” Why should a particular shape — donuts — spark such strong feelings?
Then I looked around the table and other heads were shaking in agreement. Other than one dissenting opinion, it seemed we all had a dislike for this shape. But why, what is it about the donut that leaves us wanting and dissatisfied?
We talked about the usual way they are worn—knotted with a cord strung through it, maybe embellished with some seed beads or fringe. We were stymied to think of an example that showed creativity and yet still kept the integrity of the donut.
I decided to look through old magazines to see what I could find. I found quite a few examples for it seems donuts are very popular.
As a bead weaver, I love to bezel cabochons, I’ve used gemstone chips in crocheted ropes, but I’m still looking for a creative way to use a “donut”.
Maybe you have the answer.
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“Escape” Jewelry
Posted by learntobead on June 5, 2009
JEWELRY Is Partly About Emotions
Jewelry is partly about emotions and feelings. For some reason, at the moment, I was thinking about “escapes.” My vacation is coming up and I’m going to Maui. Maybe that got me thinking in this direction.
Escape. So what happens when you put the phrase “escape jewelry” into a google search? How has the designer defined “escape” as a concept, and how is this definition reflected in her pieces? Has this definition been successfully reflected in the pieces?
Here’s what we get:
Sweet Escape Boutique by Kerri Hall
www.sweetescapejewelry.com
Definition of Escape:
We create unique pieces that you will not find in department stores. You will not see any of your friends wearing the same piece, or saying, “I have that same piece at home.”
iDazz Jewelry
www.idazz.com
Their ESCAPE COLLECTION of Jewelry
Escape Definition: We have one purpose: to open your world to a new set of fun, high quality, affordable handmade jewelry… and to make the shopping experience personal, simple and convenient.
La Ti Da Boutique
www.latidaboutique.net
Escape definition: Styles offered at the boutique are trendy, contemporary, and appeal to a woman with a certain attitude, not an age group.
From their Escape From Paris collection
Creative Dexterity
www.creativedexterity.com
Escape definition: The escape key on your keyboard
Escape
A jewelry store in Georgetown, TX
www.shoptheescape.com
Escape definition: We strive for the finest quality products, at fair prices, with uncompromised service.
Alchemy Bracelet by Holly Yashi
Cross by John Cross
Burglars smash into jewelry store, escape in Porsche
3 masked men seen running from back of jewelry store and into gray SUV early this morning.
By SALVADOR HERNANDEZ
The Orange County Register
Comments 9| Recommend 4
MISSION VIEJO – Burglars smashed into jewelry store at The Shops at Mission Viejo early this morning, making off with an unknown amount of loot before the mall opened, authorities said.
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/mall-unknown-viejo-2344189-amormino-shops
Escape definition: bank robbery and fleeing the scene
The Art Escape Plan
www.theartescapeplan.com
A blog about Life through the eyes of a jeweler.
Escape definition: living jewelry through reading about it through 30 pounds of reading material.
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Not much more when you continue to search on Escape Jewelry. Jewelry might be the perfect escape vehicle, but not necessarily as a theme from marketing or design perspectives.
But now, when you plug in the phrase “Escape Jewelry” into Google, you’ll find this page, which, in its own pleasurable, wry and weird way, has become a sort of jewelry escape.
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GO VOTE – 2009 7th Annual The Ugly Necklace Contest
Posted by learntobead on May 27, 2009
PRESS RELEASE –5/27/09
TOPIC: THE UGLY NECKLACE CONTEST 2009
Semi-Finalists Announced – Voting Begins!
7th Annual 2009 The Ugly Necklace Contest
– A Jewelry Design Competition With A Twist
May 27, 2009 thru July 15, 2009
Six Jewelry Artists from around the world have been selected as Semi-Finalists of The 7th Annual 2009 The Ugly Necklace Contest – A Jewelry Design Competition With A Twist, by a panel of four judges from The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts and Land of Odds. Voting begins On-Line on May 27th, thru July 15th for the Winner and Runner Up Grand Prize: $992.93 shopping spree on Land of Odds web-site (www.landofodds.com ) Runner Up Prize: $399.07 shopping spree on Land of Odds web-site.
OUR SIX SEMI-FINALISTS
 Lori-Ann Scott Spokane, Washington “Sweet” |
 Deborah Eve Rubin Rockville, Maryland “Ode To An Ugly Necklace” |
 Jolynn Casto Logan, Ohio “Four Season’s Necklace” |
 Sarah Allison Gresham, Oregon “Walk In My Garden” |
 Juli Brown Wells, Minnesota “Coffin Nail Necklace” |
 Lynn Margaret Davy Wimborne, Dorset, United Kingdom “The Story of My Beading Life” |
LAND OF ODDS
Attention: Warren Feld
www.landofodds.com
718 Thompson Lane, Ste 123, Nashville, TN 37204
Phone: 615-292-0610; Fax: 615-460-7001
Email: warren@landofodds.com
Synopsis:
It’s not easy to do Ugly!
So the many jewelry designers from across America and around the Globe who entered our 7th Annual 2009 The Ugly Necklace Contest, found this contest especially challenging. After all, your brain is pre-wired to avoid and reject things which are ugly. Think of snakes and spiders. And even if you start your necklace with a bunch of ugly pieces, once you organize them into a circle, the very nature of an ordered round form makes it difficult to achieve Ugly. Yes, “Ugly” is easier said than done.
Who will win? We need the public’s help to influence our panel of judges.
Does our Minnesota entry make even lung cancer look pretty? Or does our entry from Ohio give the four seasons a bad name? Surely, our Oregon entry didn’t mean to step on and crush all the flowers in her garden. Nor did our entry from Washington intentionally put down anyone with a sweet tooth or an obsessed passion for the fork. From Maryland comes this perplexing challenge: can Trash be Ugly? We would assume so, until we try to make a necklace from it. And from England, another kind of trash – bead project trash – comes to signify what ugly things happen when you don’t finish what you started.
Our respected judges evaluated these creatively-designed pieces in terms of hideousness, use of materials and clasp, the number of jewelry design principles violated, and the designer’s artistic control. Extra points were awarded for artists’ use of smaller beads, because it’s much more difficult to do Ugly with these.
Now it’s time for America and the World to help finalize the decision about which of these 6 semi-finalists’ Ugly Necklaces to vote for. The winner will truly be an exceptional jewelry designer. The losers….well….this isn’t a contest where you really can “lose”.
Come see these and the other semi-finalists’ pieces at www.landofodds.com, and vote your choice for the Ugliest Necklace, 2009.
And if you are in the Nashville, Tennessee area, please stop by The Open Windows Gallery (fine art jewelry) at Be Dazzled Beads, where the 6 semi-finalists’ Ugly Necklaces are on display through September 15, 2009.
ABOUT UGLY NECKLACES
The UGLY NECKLACE CONTEST (www.landofodds.com/store/uglynecklace.htm) is a jewelry design contest with a twist. The contest presents a challenge not often tackled — at least intentionally. The contest draws the jewelry designer into an alternative universe where beautiful artists create ugly necklaces. It’s not easy to do.
“Ugly” is more involved than simple surface treatment. It is not just laying out a bunch of ugly parts into a circle. It turns out that “Ugly” is something more than that. “Ugly” is the result of the interplay among Designer, Wearer, and Viewer. “Ugly” is very much a result of how a necklace is designed and constructed. “Ugly” is something the viewer actively tries to avoid and move away from. “Ugly” has deep-rooted psychological, cognitive, perceptual, sociological and anthropological functions and purposes.
As research into color and design has shown, your eye and brain compensate for imbalances in color or in the positioning of pieces and objects – they try to correct and harmonize them. They try to neutralize anything out of place or not quite right. You are pre-wired to subconsciously avoid anything that is disorienting, disturbing or distracting. Your mind and eye won’t let you go here. This is considered part of the fear response, where your brain actively attempts to avoid things like snakes and spiders…. and ugly necklaces.
This means that jewelry designers, if they are to create beautiful, wearable art, have to be more deeply involved with their pieces beyond “surface”. Or their pieces will be less successful, thus less beautiful, thus more disturbing or distracting or disorienting, thus more Ugly.
Luckily, for the jewelry designer, we are pre-wired to avoid these negative things. This makes it easier to end up with pieces that look good. Beauty, in some sense, then, is very intuitive. On the other hand, it makes it more difficult to end up with pieces that look bad. You see, Ugly goes against our nature. It’s hard to do.
The Ugly Necklace Contest is one of the many programs at The Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts in Nashville, Tennessee, that encourage beadwork and jewelry makers to test their design skills, have fun, and learn some fundamentals about jewelry design in the process.
Call for Entries – 8th Annual 2010 The Ugly Necklace Contest
— A Jewelry Design Competition With A Twist
Read the Contest Rules at www.landofodds.com/store/uglynecklace.htm . Entries accepted between 9/15/09 and 3/15/10.
To add your name to our email list associated with The Ugly Necklace Contest, send an email to: oddsian@landofodds.com
and Write “Ugly Necklace Email List” in the subject line.
Sponsors:
Land of Odds www.landofodds.com,
Phone: 615-292-0610; Email :warren@landofodds.com
Land of Odds provides bead and jewelry making artists with virtually all their beads, supplies, books and jewelry findings needs, with over 30,000 products. Retail/Discounts/Wholesale.
Be Dazzled Beads www.bedazzledbeads.com
Center for Beadwork & Jewelry Arts www.landofodds.com/beadschool
Open Windows Gallery – Fine Art Jewelry www.landofodds.com/store/openwindowgallery.htm
Learn To Bead…At Land of Odds Blog blog.landofodds.com
Other Programs at Land of Odds:
ALL DOLLED UP: Beaded Art Doll Competition
www.landofodds.com/store/alldolledup.htm
Jewelry Design Workshops in Cortona, Italy, with Toscana Americana
www.landofodds.com/store/toscananarrativesynopsis.htm
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What’s Showing In the Galleries
Posted by learntobead on May 21, 2009
Jewelry artists are often, perhaps most often, inspired by nature. Inspiration could mean imitating forms, transposing reality, or utilizing natural materials.
These three artists are inspired by nature in very different ways.
Sally Grant, Edinburgh
try to capture the vibrancy, transience and intricate patterns found in the natural world in my jewellery. Nature does not stand still – it is a joy to capture a moment in time with my camera and transfer this image forever onto silver by the technique, photoetching.
Ulrike Hamm is an artist from Berlin who makes jewelry from parchment
Sabine Lang
Loops, circles and soap bubbles
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Lydia Courteille
Posted by learntobead on May 12, 2009
Lydia Courteille
Beautiful Jewelry and Fantastic Marketing Images
From diamond encrusted frog earrings to a stunning pink jasper rose and jeweled monkey bracelet, Lydia Courteille has a talent for transforming aspects of nature into exquisite works of art.
Pay close attention to this promotional photograph of her jewelry. The photo captivates her artistic perspective. It enhances the appeal of her jewelry. It makes you want to buy her pieces and wear them.
It’s difficult to display or present cuff bracelets, whether it’s an image, or on the shelf. You can’t easily get a look at the full piece, or a sense of its essence. This is a great display image for her monkey bracelet.
This wonderful piece is a ring.
Posted in business of craft, jewelry design | Tagged: courteille, handcrafted jewelry, jewelry, jewelry display, marketing jewelry, nature jewelry | Leave a Comment »
What Should Define The Boundaries of Contemporary Jewelry?
Posted by learntobead on May 2, 2009
What should define the boundaries
of Contemporary Jewelry?
Beauty?
Wearability?
Technique?
Materials?
Reactions?
Or should there be no boundaries?
What do you think?
Rian De Jong
http://www.riandejong.nl/
Arline Fisch
http://www.taboostudio.com/artist_dtl.asp?artist=Arline%20Fisch
Posted in jewelry design | Tagged: arline fisch, art jewelry, contemporary jewelry, design, gallery, jewelry, rian de jong | 1 Comment »
2009 The Ugly Necklace Contest SemiFinalists
Posted by learntobead on April 7, 2009
2009 The Ugly Necklace Contest SemiFinalists
have been announced
In early May, images of their necklaces will be posted online at Land of Odds. Along with these images, each contestant also had to submit a list of materials and write a poem. These too will be posted. Voting will begin at the end of May. Stay tuned for announcements.
The 6 SemiFinalists Are:
Lynn Margaret Davy
Dorset, England
The Story of My Beading Life…
Jolynn Casto
Logan, Ohio
Four Seasons Necklace
Sarah Allison
Gresham, Oregon
Walk In My Garden
Lori-Ann Scott
Spokane, Washington
Sweet
Juli Brown
Wells, Minnesota
Coffin Nail Necklace!
Deborah Eve Rubin
Rockville, Maryland
Ode To An Ugly Necklace
Entries for the 8th Annual The Ugly Necklace Contest 2010- A Jewelry Design Competition With A Twist – will be accepted beginning September 1, 2009. Deadline: March 15th, 2010.
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