I'm Kind Of A Big Deal...

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxH_4WWR0xLUSA9RaI-Ce5avGtJXKVcQjO6q_D2dHVWJGoM7beGJewNzibIj25vxjew4Lk3AbzGywkXN12eTW21r14JyvON-r_d_V-VAR-iSvMm4FIp7YuIVJybO_WQD91DsgfiFb1iUk/s1600/LBL+ego+boost+necklace.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxH_4WWR0xLUSA9RaI-Ce5avGtJXKVcQjO6q_D2dHVWJGoM7beGJewNzibIj25vxjew4Lk3AbzGywkXN12eTW21r14JyvON-r_d_V-VAR-iSvMm4FIp7YuIVJybO_WQD91DsgfiFb1iUk/s1600/LBL+ego+boost+necklace.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Art jewelry necklace with text and reproduction of a </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">vintage image behind glass. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">You like?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

I'm Kind Of A Big Deal...

Art jewelry necklace with text and reproduction of a  vintage image behind glass.  You like?

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<b><a href="http://www.hedgegallery.com/#/exhibition_9/">"Hedge Gallery</a></b> is pleased to present the American debut of<span style="font-size: large;"><b> Sam Orlando Miller</b></span> with a solo exhibition of new works in glass and silver.  <br />                      <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsQpzuGCu7v8Mth2OEHG_-UXBHut497qIPi0TFCGh0IL4MkTswE7xnxnoU4HZ_EHHmnsD-kYUTW19m2Ypwva_IQC5iXGONbpZVPVWpSJkAkY0ZoOi6C_ZdHl1j5Wsjbf6sVfXN04KC5I/s1600/som-emailer.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWsQpzuGCu7v8Mth2OEHG_-UXBHut497qIPi0TFCGh0IL4MkTswE7xnxnoU4HZ_EHHmnsD-kYUTW19m2Ypwva_IQC5iXGONbpZVPVWpSJkAkY0ZoOi6C_ZdHl1j5Wsjbf6sVfXN04KC5I/s1600/som-emailer.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“What preoccupies me the most with my work is the constant shifting between the imagined world and the real one,”</b></span> says Miller, “making this series of sculptures is an attempt to reconcile these seemingly incompatible worlds. Cutting out pieces of sky to hang on the wall, I thought, how could I do that?”  Born in London in 1966 Miller grew up in the family silver trade. <br /><br />Surrounded by English craftsmen he learned not only how to work with precious materials, but a skillful approach to making beautiful objects. In 1987 he graduated with a degree in fine art. He ran a successful London design business creating objects and interiors. In 2002, compelled by a desire to spend time in a rural landscape, he set up a studio in a remote part of Italy where he makes his work alone."<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUfQU4bKtQn36Nn7wBt5Ppj23zU8GAYqbseLoX7mLtnh4qX9ME-XXnaXd8xDikGgwcPnAbIh9DMf4FNrFs7GMGrp6LdHCh9OrduSnqqYCrcVGUyLE-cn7ehK-af3AtLh4CULtmRovjJ8/s1600/7941_1348182678_3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwUfQU4bKtQn36Nn7wBt5Ppj23zU8GAYqbseLoX7mLtnh4qX9ME-XXnaXd8xDikGgwcPnAbIh9DMf4FNrFs7GMGrp6LdHCh9OrduSnqqYCrcVGUyLE-cn7ehK-af3AtLh4CULtmRovjJ8/s1600/7941_1348182678_3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/non-conversation-with-sam-orlando.html">read a (non)conversation with </a><br />Sam Orlando Miller on YHBHS here.<br /><br /><br />"But the main thing in my mind really was to create something the opposite of the drawing, the reverse, <span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">that did not absorb light and that gave energy and balance to the room. </span></span>I wasn’t for a moment thinking about making something you could look at yourself in. "<br /><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-style: italic;">- Sam Orlando Miller</span>

"Hedge Gallery is pleased to present the American debut of Sam Orlando Miller with a solo exhibition of new works in glass and silve...

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On My Workbench: Boho Amazonite Bracelet

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;">A peek into my workshop...</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-size: large;">Boho Amazonite Gemstone Bracelet</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8H77j_lUDRM5MP_I_h4Z6p6UjaZsS6jZbtWitwMQGkQrov7-kM9zyQWryN7IJh6pjeSMaGGvOVA2hrmA02FtfaFXSsh-7UpnbsF3EJKUTdj9ubyn7EK9Of9uI2hArJMOdyDCJSAnHT-t/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA8H77j_lUDRM5MP_I_h4Z6p6UjaZsS6jZbtWitwMQGkQrov7-kM9zyQWryN7IJh6pjeSMaGGvOVA2hrmA02FtfaFXSsh-7UpnbsF3EJKUTdj9ubyn7EK9Of9uI2hArJMOdyDCJSAnHT-t/s1600/003.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">I was crazy about these small rectangular silver link findings and  faceted </span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">Amazonite rondelle beads. I love faceted rondelles!</span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">I thought that together they'd make a nice combination. </span><br /><span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;">I like the way the blue-green Amazonite and the silver compliment each other. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg587zKyp3SyE1QjjgSelfYNOSd21yNDj3DA4mjLzDcsFMM_TfKI4lYaYGu1j5_KGz9au6L43lHaEqg6k13-87e-UEYlc4VhHglKAk6b0KKVFBSxpU4LBclTGM2LaSkIOWGt8TNWiM7F0ko/s1600/004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg587zKyp3SyE1QjjgSelfYNOSd21yNDj3DA4mjLzDcsFMM_TfKI4lYaYGu1j5_KGz9au6L43lHaEqg6k13-87e-UEYlc4VhHglKAk6b0KKVFBSxpU4LBclTGM2LaSkIOWGt8TNWiM7F0ko/s1600/004.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I decided to alternate them in a design and create a Boho style link bracelet. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I cut 2" pieces of silver wire and using a simple wrapped loop technique, connected the beads and silver links together until I had the bracelet length that I wanted. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Then I simply added a clasp, and it was finished!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijY4M06nztvGHeBfta3t_RhOXNpa__l3KL5SXcWyRJ2pBoX0utXmmrzWOjNYdyUyd6PQY3IZTg9cH91dZVAMEDAxEhjQsyjv0tiPxDiDaZrKASWa041TRkPdrjLNcfiCBLnfCp9lezNBBs/s1600/005.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijY4M06nztvGHeBfta3t_RhOXNpa__l3KL5SXcWyRJ2pBoX0utXmmrzWOjNYdyUyd6PQY3IZTg9cH91dZVAMEDAxEhjQsyjv0tiPxDiDaZrKASWa041TRkPdrjLNcfiCBLnfCp9lezNBBs/s1600/005.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">I love the end result! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ8XNUDLH1pRDx5JfDgsNp9kvv89BtwhOMJfF61WpVsC3cCkPFuvu6HHg2CIEhUTzq3B0vmcdCpGkljQAHxyx1vXTdQmf12SwDtkP8fXE8dRzpiwMb-WI3_Gct3JCPiGOuGdKFw2ASNKA/s1600/006.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcJ8XNUDLH1pRDx5JfDgsNp9kvv89BtwhOMJfF61WpVsC3cCkPFuvu6HHg2CIEhUTzq3B0vmcdCpGkljQAHxyx1vXTdQmf12SwDtkP8fXE8dRzpiwMb-WI3_Gct3JCPiGOuGdKFw2ASNKA/s1600/006.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">What do you think?</span><br /><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Take a peek at my other workbench projects:</span><br /><a href="http://dishfunctionaldesigns.blogspot.com/2012/09/on-my-workbench-butter-knife-handle.html" target="_blank"><img height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2EDkWURUL8a9WkEs-S7KZHzMCUVqLXnvKhUqKqe2FemZJJm16GUfYoPP2xGss080N7pGsxsvhwYbTjvbAWq2bVTkvmQH3WhyJ_uuCvJ3o7nRNeim5DogoeFCBJfmOXgGHnyCN5YXjwO0/s320/a.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="http://dishfunctionaldesigns.blogspot.com/2012/09/on-my-workbench-wire-wrapped-peace-sign.html" target="_blank"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAa-bVeCkFzicUVi_ryKNOrDte-Blu7v8g2kEQitrQudWV2K3O3Qr9SZCkDB6aamN45varrOaVdWssrVJzaBkFQsoMJGffkJxf_GiF6F11K1OYUJFxK-q04Y0eBXdV1UGulSdS16DN3tKy/s320/peace+sign+necklace+title.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div>

On My Workbench: Boho Amazonite Bracelet

A peek into my workshop... Boho Amazonite Gemstone Bracelet I was crazy about these small rectangular silver link findings and  faceted  Ama...

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