October 10th, 2008 at 11:36am |
Like any papier-mâché project, you must create a form for your beads and pendants. Aluminum foil is an excellent choice for bead forms. It’s lightweight and easy for kids to work with.
Here’s how you create a basic foil form:
1. Take pieces of foil and wad them up. Start with roughly a 4-inch by 6-inch square [...]
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September 28th, 2008 at 6:04pm |
Brooches of the Twentieth Century
Platinum became a popular jewellery material in the early 1900s. The Edwardian used its pale colour to offset delicate shapes and the light hues of diamonds, pearls, peridots and aquamarines. In the early 1920s Cartier set jewellery with carved coloured gems to create a multicoloured effect often described as ‘fruit salad’. [...]
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March 12th, 2008 at 7:22pm |
In 1983, Michael de Nardo first began disguising found objects by using and mixing together only small pieces, like the prong of a fork on the loop of a chain, so that their origins were not immediately obvious to the eye. He says that his intention is to elevate junk to the same level as [...]
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