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terça-feira, 25 de janeiro de 2011

Encomendas de Natal / Christmas orders

E cá está o prometido post, com as minhas peças preferidas do Natal.  Lamento ter demorado tanto tempo a escrevê-lo... 

Em Dezembro tive a oportunidade de ajudar alguém a oferecer lindas prendas de Natal, a partir de pequenas descrições das pessoas a quem era dirigida a peça.
Era minha intenção escrever este post mais à laia de história, mas tenho vindo a adiar por não conseguir ter tempo para o escrever dessa forma. Assim sendo, aqui ficam as fotos das peças que fiz para esta querida cliente.

Uma pulseira em arame banhado a prata e ametistas, com um fecho feito à mão:
 

Uma pulseira em arame banhado a prata e quartzo róseo:
 

Um pendentede ágata vermelha trabalhado em arame banhado a prata:


Mais um pendente trabalhado com arame banhado a prata, este de ágata natural:

E outra pulseira, esta de goldstone e cobre, totalmente feita à mão:
 


Como bónus, fiquei muito feliz por esta cliente ter gostado tanto das minhas peças que decidiu ficar com esta pulseira de pérolas de água doce, intercaladas por contas com banho de prata e arame banhado a prata. Os brincos foram no seguimento da inspiração que deu origem à pulseira e ficaram muito bem como conjunto. Os ganchos foram feitos à mão com prata 925.
 
  
Já soube que as prendas de Natal foram um sucesso! Wooohooo! Espero que a cliente use o seu conjunto muitas vezes!

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And here's the post I promised, about my favorite Christmas pieces. I«m sorry it took me so long to write it...

In December I had the chance to help someone to give beautiful Christmas presents, based only on small descriptions of the people the pieces were meant to.
I meant to write this post more like a story, but it has been postponed due to lack of time to write it that way. So, here are the photos of the pieces I made for this dear client.

An amethyst bracelet with silver plated wire and a handmade clasp:
 



A rose quartz and silver plated wire bracelet:
 



A wire wrapped pendant of red agate and silver plated wire:

Another wire wrapped pendant, with silver plated wire and a natural agate:

And another bracelet, this one made of copper and goldstone, totally handmade:
 


As an added bonus, I was so happy that this client liked my work so much that she decided to keep this bracelet made with freshwater pearls, silver plated beads and silver plated wire. The earrings were inspired by the bracelet and they look great as a set. The earwires were handmade with .925 silver.
 
  
I've heard the Christmas gift were a big hit! Wooohooo! I hope my client wears her set often!

quinta-feira, 20 de janeiro de 2011

Filigrana Portuguesa / Portuguese Filigree

Uma pequena reportagem que passou no programa "Praça da Alegria" onde se fala da filigrana portuguesa, onde se vê como a artesã trabalha a prata, e também várias peças, quer tradicionais, quer com um design um pouco mais moderno.



A small clip of a Portuguese morning show called "Praça da Alegria" about the traditional Portuguese Filigree, where we see how a jeweler works with the silver wire, and also several pieces, either the traditional Portuguese heart shape, or other pieces with a modern design.
Boy, would I love to learn how to make this! I thought I'd share with you, a little bit of my country and of our traditional jewelry.
It is all in Portuguese, but you don't have to speak it to admire the work she is doing. She says she's been doing this for over 30 years and that it was her mother that taught her how. the whole family worked as a "filler" (there's a typical Portuguese word for the work she does that basically means that she fills the shapes with the filigree wire) but now only she does this work.
The man talks about this kind of filigree, saying it's not made in any other country and if you go to a jewelry show outside of Portugal you won't find this type of Filigree. He says it's highly appreciated outside of Portugal, but not so much here and that the traditional shapes are being sold at the same rate as the new designs. He also complaints about the price of gold (traditionally, this filigree was made primarily with gold) and says it's impossible to work with gold nowadays because he would need 50.000 euro to buy 2kg of gold, but he can buy 5kg of silver for "only" 2.000 euro.
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