Cluny's New Fall Collection

Time for the new Fall Collection here at Cluny Grey Jewelry. I've chosen 3 different bracelets to illustrate the variety that you will find in this Fall Collection. The first bracelet is a simple one-strand ocean jasper and lampwork bracelet with sterling silver and gemstone charms. I love the large ocean jasper olive beads in distinctive and different colours. The pretty lampwork beads are by artist Irene Collier.Labradorite, I love labradorite! I've been lucky enough to acquire some great labradorite with lots of the characteristic blue flash. The good news is that I've got some pieces of spectrolite coming - the finest labradorite from Finland. This double strand bracelet has a beautiful borosilicate bead as its focal. The second strand is a charm bracelet with wire-wrapped gemstones on the ends, and the chain a wonderful large linked one from the Thai Karen Hill Tribes. Lots of sterling silver just makes this bracelet super-shiney.
Brown and tan punctuated by yellow - when I was growing up I always had an outfit for the Fall with these colours predominating. Great citrine nuggets pick up on the yellow in the floral lampwork beads by James Derrick Reeves. This is a simple bracelet again, but one with a lot of presence. The gemstone charm is a faceted citrine set in a filigree of sterling silver.

See these pieces and many more at Cluny Grey Jewelry

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Cluny's New Fall Collection

Time for the new Fall Collection here at Cluny Grey Jewelry. I've chosen 3 different bracelets to illustrate the variety that you will find in this Fall Collection. The first bracelet is a simple one-strand ocean jasper and lampwork bracelet with sterling silver and gemstone charms. I love the large ocean jasper olive beads in distinctive and different colours. The pretty lampwork beads are by artist Irene Collier.Labradorite, I love labradorite! I've been lucky enough to acquire some great labradorite with lots of the characteristic blue flash. The good news is that I've got some pieces of spectrolite coming - the finest labradorite from Finland. This double strand bracelet has a beautiful borosilicate bead as its focal. The second strand is a charm bracelet with wire-wrapped gemstones on the ends, and the chain a wonderful large linked one from the Thai Karen Hill Tribes. Lots of sterling silver just makes this bracelet super-shiney.
Brown and tan punctuated by yellow - when I was growing up I always had an outfit for the Fall with these colours predominating. Great citrine nuggets pick up on the yellow in the floral lampwork beads by James Derrick Reeves. This is a simple bracelet again, but one with a lot of presence. The gemstone charm is a faceted citrine set in a filigree of sterling silver.

See these pieces and many more at Cluny Grey Jewelry

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Renaissance Woman

Have you ever known anyone whose range of skills and knowledge is not only wide, but who is also kind and beautiful? Then meet jewelry designer, former ballerina, astronomer, philosopher, college professor, fashion lover and artist (I know I've left something out!) Patricia Vener. (Oh, she's also a writer!) If you're a keen follower of fashion and a lover of artisan jewelry, especially the intricate beaded kind created with a strong artistic sensibility, check out Patricia's article on colors for fall -" Fall Fashion Colors for 2006".
Be sure to follow her links in the articles to see some of her fantastic jewelry. The necklace above is just a preview of the many beautiful pieces she has for sale on her site. Here is the link for the home page of her site: The Silver Dragon's Beadwork and Fine Art Galleries.
Enjoy!

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But It's Still Summer!

And so it is - still summer that is. But for those of us who sell any fashion item, we have to be at least a season ahead; therefore, I have the first of my "Fall" bracelets. The first is a double-strand labradorite bracelet with a borosilicate bead and a wonderfully detailed lampwork bead and some of the best labradorite I have. There's a lot of flash in this bracelet.
More borosilicate beads in the next bracelet which also features some rutilated quartz that I recently obtained from one of my favorite sources. I loved it so much that I worked with it until it was almost all gone, and then I ordered some more. This is also a double-strand bracelet with a nice sterling silver Karen Hill Tribes linked chain attached (chain in jewelry is very big this year).
More of that wonderful rutilated quartz that I had, only this time I just used the ones that were primarily black and white. They have great depth and the hair-like inclusions (rutiles) that create this class of stone. A length of sterling silver chain joins the two points on the bracelet where a bevy of little rutilated quartz rounds cluster. Karen Hill Tribes charms hang from another point on the bracelet. The lampwork beads are from one of my favorite beadmakers; they are unusual - black with actual raised dots of sterling silver scattered over the surface.

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