One of the most challenging things to me when pursuing a project like this is trying to find the right components to achieve the look of the finished piece. I started out by checking Fire Mountain Gems (which I’ve gotten a lot of stuff from… probably too much…) and found quite a few things I thought would work for it. … Read more »
The more time I spend studying the golden gefrens the more I want to make it, obvs. It also occurred to me that if the headpiece is made from metal (most likely gold) it could pose a problem wearing it in regards to sumptuary laws. After a bit of deliberation with my friend Kisse, she gave me some confidence that… Read more »
This is my recreation of a very interesting necklace seen in the painting “Portrait of a Woman” credited to Sebastiano Mainardi; an Italian painter (1460-1513) born in San Gimignano. This the only reference I have found featuring a necklace of this particular style and of course I HAD to find a way to recreate it. Since the painting is a profile,… Read more »