things about the Book of Kells I didn't know

My husband is an Art Historian. This often comes in handy, like when he's teaching viking art and talks about the Book of Kells in class, an illuminated manuscript. He went on to describe how he was telling his students about how a lot of the illustration in the book used the same techniques as metalworking at the time. I was like, nu-uh. And he was like, sure, the elements of design that were used in illuminated manuscripts weren't based on any principals of illustration, but rather the inlay and cloisonne work that was done in the much more common practice of metalworking at the time. I never really thought about it in that context before. Totally cool.

But, as you can see below, there's so many similarities between this image:


And these images:

another sketch

sketches and thoughts

Holidaze!

Hey guys! I know it's been forever. How's your mum. I know, those biscuits are just delightful, aren't they?

Anyway, enough of the small talk. I've come here to share that I updated my Etsy shop with some lovely jewelry I have left for the holidays! If you're in need of something for a lady: your sister, wife, mom, girlfriend... I've got some presents available for you! Get em while they last, I've only got a few left.

Here's the link to my Shop.

Happy Holidays!

Tree roots set

This is a new experiment, matching necklace and earrings, Sgraffito (the technique where you scratch away the pattern in the dusty enamel layer so you can see the color beneath).

Some earrings to match necklaces

Here's some earrings I made to match the water necklace... and some earrings of tree roots that will soon have a necklace to match them!

Water Necklace

New variation on an old theme here. I've been trying to make my ideas... better! This one, I admit, is slightly inspired by the last airbender. But people have been telling me it resembles water for awhile now, so I think I'll just go with that. Working on some earrings to match, and some new tree designs.