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! 
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