If intentions were blog posts, you would hear from me often, but today I am making good and turning my thoughts into typed words.
I have been having fun in my studio playing around with my Fiberpunk Beads and I've started to make sets of them for other jewelry makers to explore. I am hoping they will find their people and be used in new and inventive ways.
I'm starting out by creating sets in solid colors. Each one contains a large pendant, a tube, 6 spacers and three extenders. I hope I have chosen components that will be assets to any design, but once I have a good variety of these kits, I'll branch out.
I love the texture fiber adds to jewelry and the way it contrasts the hardness of metal. The beads I'm making are a combination of tatting and crochet and I'm trying to create designs that are out of the ordinary. When you look at these beads do you see earrings or a pendant necklace? Maybe you see a multi-strand bracelet or embellishments that can be sewn on like appliqués. Most of all, I hope you see possibilities!
Fiberpunk™ has taken over here at Wind Rose! Every free moment I can find, I'm either collecting materials, imagining new designs or actually making them. The line has grown quite a bit since my last post. I began with extra long necklaces that could be worn a myriad of ways. Then I started long necklaces with focal points that still offered movement and the same eclectic style. Then I figured out how to translate Fiberpunk™ into bracelet form which was a lot of fun. Now I'm working on a ring design. So I wasn't kidding when I said "all the way". Oh, and I forgot to mention earrings. They are on the horizon as well. Let me share some pictures and everything that's ready for sale can be found in the Fiberpunk™ Jewelry Section at Wind Rose Fiber Studio!
A brand new design has given me a renewed sense of excitement about my beloved fiber. A picture formed in my mind one morning and I just had to act on it. "I need a studio day," I said, putting my family on notice. Once on my own, I foraged for supplies. Drawers opened and closed, bags of yarn were dug through and tools assembled. Hours later I emerged with the first piece in a new line of jewelry that I call Fiberpunk™.
I have enjoyed jewelry making for years and have always played around with blending yarn and jewelry, but never has a style presented itself to me with such clarity. This is my love of tatting, crochet, beads and metal, come to life!
So, what is Fiberpunk™? It's a mixture of metal chains in different finishes and sizes that have been punked out with fiber. It's texture and contrast, color and movement. It's important to me that Fiberpunk™ Jewelry be versatile. When I
complete a piece, I put it on a mannequin and if I can't create at least
5 cool and unique looks, I tweak the design until I can. Jewelry moves
with us throughout the day and it's a lot of fun to wear a design that
keeps reinventing itself with each move.
I mentioned color before, so let's bring on the color!
Fiberpunk™ Jewelry is bold. It's fun and funky. It's colorful and textual. It's Fiberpunk™!
You can hang with me as I create more Fiberpunk™ pieces at my dedicated Fiberpunk™ Twitter address @FiberpunkJewels. I'm just getting started. There is so much more to come!
