Jewelry Inspiration: Combining Beads with a Surprise Medium

Niki Stylianou
Necklace: Spheres 2009
Rubber hand cut + hand painted+ fabricated, metal, turquoise beads 
Photo : Niki Stylianou

 
Klimt02 is a website that provides an international forum for contemporary jewelry in a creative space that offers knowledge, information, debates, and exchanges - all within the artistic realm of jewelry. Based in Barcelona, Spain, Kilmt02 inspires everyone interested in the selection, quality, art, technology, and creation of art jewelry. Sheffield School has kindly been given permission to share works of global designers here on our website. Today's post focuses on a jewelry designer from Athens, Niki Stylianou. Click here for more samples of her work made from beads - as our jewelry design students are learning to use - and rubber!

Niki Stylianou

Niki Stylianou
Necklace: Fragments 2010
Rubber hand cut + fabricated, white coral beads
Photo : Niki Stylianou

Niki Stylianou
Pendant: Sections 2010
Rubber hand cut + hand sewn, threads, beads, oxidized silver
Front view
Photo : Niki Stylianou

Niki Stylianou
Pendant: Sections 2010
Rubber hand cut + hand sewn, threads, beads, oxidized silver
Back view
Photo : Niki Stylianou

Niki Stylianou
Neckpiece: Colonies 2010
Rubber hand cut + hand painted + fabricated, beads, gum elastic, silver
Detail
Photo: Niki Stylianou

Statement

The Ancient Greek word «kosmos» could be read as rhythm; as order; as the making of a pattern that could be traced again and again and be embodied in the cosmos as we understand it. In a way «kosmos» makes the cosmos visible.   «Kosmos» could also be read as adornment. Homeric epics describe how «kosmos» clothes the body as a second skin to make it appear. Through my work I try to redefine «kosmos», designing adornments made of ordinary and overlooked everyday objects. Things that I de-construct and re-arrange in space/puzzles, that clothe the body while speaking of immaterial relationships:  The precious and the non-precious; the beautiful and the ambiguous; the familiar and the unusual; the lasting and the ephemeral.  website: www.nikistylianoujewelry.com mail: nikistyl@artserve.net

If you're interested in learning more about jewelry design, we encourage you to explore the Sheffield School, New York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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Jewelry Inspiration: Bead Queen

Klimt02 is a website that provides an international forum for contemporary jewelry in a creative space that offers knowledge, information, debates, and exchanges - all within the artistic realm of jewelry. Based in Barcelona, Spain, Kilmt02 inspires everyone interested in the selection, quality, art, technology, and creation of art jewelry. Sheffield School has kindly been given permission to share works of global designers here on our website. Today's post focuses on a jewelry designer we've singled out in our Sheffield School course in Jewelry Design: Beading & Wire Working - the incredibly accomplished Suzanne Golden.

Suzanne Golden

 
Suzanne Golden
Ring: Around the Daisy 2011
Tubular, Spiral Peyote Stitching

Suzanne Golden
Piece: Fish In Bloom 2011
Netting, acrylic beads, wood beads, seed beads

Suzanne Golden
Bracelets: Square 2011
Right Angle Weave, Embellishing, Acrylic Beads

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Jewelry Inspiration: Felted Rings for Chilly Days

The Carrotbox is a site dedicated to all those wonderful rings made of glass, lucite, resin, plastic, jade, wood, bakelite, metal, and even stone. Alice Matsumoto from Vancouver, BC, Canada has a ring shop and has kindly given us permission to inspire our jewelry lovers at Sheffield with her discoveries. In this post, Alice focuses on rings fashioned with felt and beadwork.

Woolly weather calls for woolly rings, like these sculptural felted Merino rings by Strong Felt (North Carolina's Lisa Klakulak).

Bonus

Here's some more felt from Japan's Eri Fukada, who also collaborates with Kana Umeda (mentioned earlier) under the brand Démaé Jewellery.

Even more jewelry:

• Zita Kälin (Switzerland) - felt accessories
• Clare Hillerby (UK) - vintage postcards
• Stephen Kraft (Tennessee) - metal & glass

Sheffield School began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng Shui, Wedding and Event Planning, and Jewelry Design. With thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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Beading Shines in Norwegian Jewelry Designer's Whimsical Animal Creations

Klimt02 is a website that provides an international forum for contemporary jewelry in a creative space that offers knowledge, information, debates, and exchanges - all within the artistic realm of jewelry. Based in Barcelona, Spain, Kilmt02 inspires everyone interested in the selection, quality, art, technology, and creation of art jewelry. Sheffield School has kindly been given permission to share works of global designers here on our website; in keeping with the strong beading instruction given in our Jewelry Design: Beading & Wire Working course, it's a pleasure to feature the imaginative, humorous work of a gifted designer from Oystese, Norway.

Felieke van der Leest 

 

Felieke van der Leest
Necklace: Yellow Kelly 2008
Glass beads, textile, gold, plastic animal, cubic zirkonia
10 x 10 x 3.5 cm

Felieke van der Leest
Ring: Squaw Kitten 2011
Silver, glass beads, textile
12 x 7.5 x 0.5 cm

Felieke van der Leest
Brooch: McPufff 2009
Textile, gold, plastic animal, glass beads, cubic zirkonia
9.5 x 9.5 x 3.5 cm

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5 Necklaces that Showcase the Beauty of Glass

Klimt02 is a website that provides an international forum for contemporary jewelry in a creative space that offers knowledge, information, debates, and exchanges - all within the artistic realm of jewelry. Based in Barcelona, Spain, Kilmt02 inspires everyone interested in the selection, quality, art, technology, and creation of art jewelry. I found the work of an amazing Israeli designer, and hand-selected 5 of my favorite pieces from her online portfolio.

Anat Sapir

Anat Sapir
Necklace: Buttons 2008
Glass, silver chain

Anat Sapir
Necklace: My DNA necklace 2010
Glass, metal coils, magnets

Anat Sapir
Necklace: Cherries 2009
Glass, silver wire, metal coil

Anat Sapir
Necklace: Cherries 2009
Glass, silver wire, metal coil

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