Today my blog is the next stop on the Industrial Chic Blog Hop to celebrate the launch of my dear friend SLK's {susan lenart kazmer} new Industrial Chic website. I was invited to take part in this creative project along with a number of artists. I received a few pieces from her newest IC line, which is exclusively sold at Michaels and decided to use the chain and earrings to create a statement necklace/mixed media jewelry piece. {SLK Industrial Chic products c/o SLK}
You might have seen the twisted and torn bindings that adorn my handmade journals. Lately, I've been repurposing them to create mixed media fiber jewelry, braiding hand dyed fabrics, adding macrame & crochet with various fibers and working with leather cord.
My handmade jewelry is asymmetrical and constructed in an organic fashion. I like to mix soft fiber with metal. As I work, I drape pieces, choose embellishments and a color palette flair tray. This lariat has a leather rope lasso tied with macrame on one end and a large metal 1.5 inch ring constructed from a 4-inch handmade torched headpin on the other end. The lariat can be worn in a number of ways {as a belt or hair jewelry}, which I'll share in an upcoming post.
To create this piece, I attached a few my twisted fiber
adornments to the Industrial Chic chain. I deconstructed the IC earrings by pulling apart the metal and used the pieces as embellishments which I connected to the chain. {see the pearls and rhinestones hanging} I added twisted silk ribbon, soft leather cord and hand painted fabric pieces wrapped with wire. My new twisted & torn adornments collection will be available in my boutique soon! 
check out the other fabulous projects & follow along the blog hop:
Very cool necklace! Love all the textures and colors!
Posted by: Cindy Cima Edwards | August 22, 2012 at 07:17 AM
The frayed pieces of cloth remind me of feathers. Pretty cool textures going on in that piece. Really like it.
Posted by: Robin Kowalski | August 22, 2012 at 04:40 PM
These are so cool and so YOU! I thought of you today...came across some jewelry made out of graffiti paint layers on Etsy. Could totally see it working with something like this.
;-> Felicia
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Posted by: Felicia | August 23, 2012 at 08:36 PM
Those are designed very creatively and have used the wonderful colors in that with some textures. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Jewelry Design Course | September 07, 2012 at 04:29 AM
The design is elegant and chic :) It represents the idea of having a great fashion sense.
Posted by: Cotswold Pearl | September 11, 2012 at 07:42 AM
Pretty cool textures going on in that piece. Really like it.
Posted by: nike shox clearance | September 25, 2012 at 04:14 AM
We are the same, I like to mix soft fiber with metal. As I work, I drape pieces, choose embellishments and a color palette flair tray.
Posted by: Brian Robinson | November 22, 2012 at 09:47 AM