Betsy Carr: firefly & drift necklaces

About this work:

firefly necklace:
The text on this little pendant came from a vintage dictionary and is preserved under a coating of glossy resin. A faceted, firefly-orange carnelian bead dangles nearby.

The findings and chain are sterling silver--both oxidized and bright, and the length is 18". The pendant is about 1/2" square.


current necklace:
Tiny dotted lines chart the course of ocean currents in this vintage map and resin pendant. It strikes me as a little funny that something as massive as the movement of oceans can be captured with little blue lines and arrows on a piece of paper.

The 3/4" pendant hangs from a delicate 18" sterling silver cable chain.

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About Betsy:

Betsy Carr lives in Asheville, NC where she makes jewelry and accessories inspired by and created from vintage textiles, papers and ephemera. You can find her on the web at www.thefoundling.com.

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Aprill Newman: Pink Lady handspun merino yarn

About this work:

A bulky weight yarn handspun yarn, Pink Lady is 3.9 ounces, 134 + yards of squishy soft merino luxury. Handpainted in warm peaches, plums, toffees and marigolds. Dyed with professional grade dyes that promise to be both light and wash fast. Care: hand wash gently, dry flat. I am happy to wind this yarn into a tidy center pull ball for you.

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About Aprill:

Aprill Newman is a fiber artist and yarn enthusiast based in Portland, Maine. She sells her yarn and hand painted fiber on her website, www.lulubeans.com and through her Etsy store (www.lulubeans.etsy.com) and blogs at www.lulubeans.typepad.com.

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Estyn Hulbert: Small Leaf Earrings

About this work:

Freshwater pearls with 14k ear wires, 1 1/2" long. These earrings move with gravity like little mobiles.

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About Estyn:

Estyn Hulbert is a designer jeweler living in Brooklyn, NY. You can see more of her jewelry at www.estynhulbert.com, and read her blog at www.boodely.com.

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Lisa Kelsey: Blueberry Πr2

About this work:

Quilt, 22" square. Composed of cotton materials pieced and quilted by machine. Binding finished by hand. The geometric formula for the area of a circle is pi x the square of the circle's radius. Lapis blue is a favorite color of Eireann's mother.

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About Lisa:

Lisa Kelsey is an educator, map designer, and crafter who lives with her husband in a suburb west of Chicago. She founded the Doll Quilt Swap in spring 2007. You can find her blog at http://losabia.wordpress.com.

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Claudia Ponikowski: New Forest Socks

About this work:

30% cashmere, 70% merino wool.

Reminding me of a childhood spent exploring the forests around my grandparents' house, these handknit socks make use of a simple lace pattern to best show off the wonderful colours of the yarn. Warm and soft, the socks are sized to fit a medium woman's foot (around US size 7/UK size 6).

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About Claudia:

Management consultant by day, knitter by night, Claudia lives in west London with her fiancé and innumerate dust bunnies. She blogs sporadically at http://esmereldaknits.wordpress.com.

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