Isimodeni

Mthiya

2011-12-06T11:52:00.000-08:00

Mthiya is isithakazelo (praise name) that belongs to the Mbatha surname, this family was so please with the last invite that I made that they allowed me to make the next ones and their wedding programs.

Sweet Pinky

2011-12-05T20:42:00.000-08:00

Its been a while since I last got an invites order and I'm happy that I got the chance to make something.

Phenomenal Engagement, Chris and Marlene de Beer - Tues 26 July 6pm

2011-08-03T01:42:00.000-07:00

I went to an exhibition a few days ago, it was great to see my lectures exhibiting some of their work. Its funny how when your are making jewellery or props to be used at an exhibition its feels like everyone is trying to make things hard for you but when u see the end result and you look at peoples faces and they enjoy or are confused about your item of jewellery, you see that it was worth it. I never thought I would say this boldly but I really enjoy jewellery exhibitions because you get the chance to show off your work.

I like how they (Chris and Marlene) worked together into coming up with something that worked, I looked at the theme of the exhibition as a pun and a play of words of how they are.

I think I want to have an exhibition of my own work, I really enjoy making neck pieces and that's what my exhibition should be about, these once off big pieces that could be appreciated by the buyer to have and others to admire. I have no clue how to start or where but I think I should take it a piece at time. What do you think? Would you as a viewer or a reader come to my exhibition?
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Cream wedding

2011-06-17T11:01:00.000-07:00

Wedding programs
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Smart not hard

2011-05-13T10:37:00.000-07:00

As the days turn into weeks, weeks into months I'm realizing a lot about life and my career as a whole. Its not easy after tech you think you know it all and you've got it all but in the mean while you just have tools to help you to stand, the walking or running is up to you.
I just started promoting Yardely products and I must say its not as fun or easy as I thought it would be, who would have thought that I 'Nomfundo Cebekhulu' would be wearing make up and expensive perfume but hey its true.
I think some people see my bubble personality and they think I'm not shy or that I can handle anything but you can't judge a book by its cover. This has been an eye opener for me I want to work smart not hard.
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Done

2011-05-07T09:14:00.000-07:00

I'm Songezo's favorite words "What more can I say?"
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Maybe my colour

2011-05-04T23:24:00.001-07:00

I'm starting to like this colour maybe I should use it for my wedding one day. I'm used to bold colour.
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Invites

2011-05-04T08:57:00.000-07:00

I'm starting a new order today, working with cented paper already have a headache from the flower smell.
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Program

2011-05-04T08:42:00.000-07:00

These are the programs for the same wedding that I made wedding packs for, I think they go well with the decoration I don't know if you can see it on the table though.
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Wedding packs

2011-05-04T08:37:00.000-07:00

Had to make these wedding packs for a friend, I must say I didn't enjoy folding 150 of then but I did enjoy the sweets.
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Invites with a twist

2011-03-30T10:24:00.000-07:00

This person is having an engagement celebration and umembeso so the card had to show abit of both. What do you think?
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Buhle

2011-03-24T21:58:00.000-07:00

I'm glad I got something to keep me busy, its been a while since I got an invites order. Weddings at the end of April and already I've finished making the cards.
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The times

2011-02-12T08:35:00.000-08:00

No comment!
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Drawing book

2010-12-23T20:39:00.001-08:00

I'm just paging through my drawing book and I realize that its over, I'm no longer a BTec student and now I have to face my family, the world and myself. Where to from here? Looking for a job is not as easy I thought it would be.
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Miss cast

2010-12-18T02:30:00.000-08:00

Look who had a miss cast, I feel bad that these links didn't cast because I has hoping to make another Mafu necklace and sell it. Things will be hard while looking for a job, lord knows where to from here.
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NWJ tree

2010-12-18T02:25:00.000-08:00

I heard that NWJ trees (for casting) are neat and the people that put them together can add a lot of elements in one tree. This is my tree, it looks better then the one that I built for the black lace necklace. What do you think? NWJ tree or not?
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End of year show BTEC

2010-12-07T22:50:00.000-08:00

Well this is it, the end of the year show that marks the being of our lives in the big bad world. We’ve all worked very hard to make our displays as neat and presentable as they look. I’m a bit worried about where to from here, I think there are so many doors but not all of them are open for me to use. Being student of the year really humbles me and as I mentioned in the early posts, people have different ways of expressing how they feel, I’m still speechless. As the eldest amongst the siblings I think I’ve set bar high enough for the rest to reach and still left space for them to raise it to the next level.

I must say that I enjoy blogging and I hope that what ever I do next year will still allow me to carry on.

Earrings

2010-12-07T22:48:00.000-08:00

Beaded domes

2010-12-07T22:42:00.000-08:00

These are the domed elements that are beaded, I also gave them to Thenjiwe in order to be beaded but unfortunately I back the back at a very late stage for me to convert them into jewellery. I see a lot of potential in them, I feel as if I can do a lot with them.

Black lace

2010-12-07T22:30:00.000-08:00

This is the final piece from the new links, I call it black lace because, a lot of miss fortunes have been happening around my Mafu necklace. I decided to bead it black because, most of my pieces are brightly coloured and this would be something different and abit formal.

Mafu on

2010-12-07T22:19:00.001-08:00

I know I've posted a pic of my necklace before but it was on a pot, I just wanted to see how it looks on someone. The top that Shanal is wearing complements it, apart of me feels that it would look better on a topless person but on who?

Display

2010-12-03T23:39:00.001-08:00

We all have been worrying about our end of the year display as we felt that this display would play a big role in our end of the year mark. The problem with my work is the fact that its very colourful and I don't want it to look busy by add a lot of colour to it. I ended up using white mblasolo cloth and white perspex to lift up my jewellery so that it wouldn't lay flat. What do you think about it?
Two things that are left for me to do now is to get ready for the exhibition that's on the 7th of December and for me to get a job :-l.
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MAFU

2010-12-01T00:48:00.000-08:00

This is it, my Mafu necklace its taken me the whole night to put it together and Im happy with the way it looks. Ive had so much trouble with sorting this necklace and Im glad that all seems over now. ( so call me Linda Mkhonto, Mangethe, Zikode, Nongalo, Mafu)

Beaded elements

2010-11-28T12:00:00.001-08:00

I would like to take all the credit about beading these but I had help. I'm glad they are done but I'm not sure about the way the look.

Cast element

2010-11-28T11:51:00.000-08:00

As much as getting help making these links would have been wise, I think that casting them was a good idea. It took some time, building these trees because I shake and I hadn't built one since last year.

Display

2010-11-28T11:39:00.001-08:00

It seems like I try to do one thing and the next doesn't work out, I'm worried about my display. Everyone seems to have everything under control but I'm lost.
Most of my jewellery has sold and the pieces that I have, are either test pieces or I don't think they will fight in with my end of the year display.
I'm currently working on a piece that has links that are an elaboration of the ones that I used in my Mafu nacklace. This necklace is different in every way, I'm even thinking of using one colour beads.

String

2010-11-28T11:22:00.001-08:00

It has taken me some time to get the string that I use in beading my jewellery and that is one of the things that she (the beader) is using against me. She says that she's run out of string. Today I lent how to go to in order to get some information about my Mafu necklace, I'm hoping that all is well now.

Speechless

2010-11-26T06:54:00.001-08:00

We all have our own coping mechanism and I'm afraid mine is just not knowing to say or being speechless and smiling it off. A lot of things haven't seem to be adding up in concern with my final hand in for my Btec, not only has Thenjiwe being giving me the run around with my necklace but today she just left without saying a word. I've sold most of my btec pieces and therefore hardly have anything to show, I still haven't got a final display. Luckly my elements cast for a new necklace and its clear that ill bead this one myself, so there goes my birthday celebration.

Beader

2010-11-22T04:46:00.000-08:00

I'm producing a range of beaded jewellery and I haven't motioned the lady (Thenjiwe) that is beading for me. I think this is because I'm not pleased with the way she handled my order. It's been almost two weeks since I gave her my links and the last time I saw her, she had not started with anything.

Flower

2010-11-11T13:19:00.001-08:00

What do you think?

New

2010-11-11T13:13:00.000-08:00

I've been known for soldering jumprings, different wire shapes and beading around them, allowing the beads to add the finishing touch. This time I felt that I should something that's different, like doming the jumprings and someone brought to my attention that I put the domes together. Can't wait to see these beaded.

Plan on paper

2010-11-11T13:03:00.000-08:00

This is helping me out to sort out the shield shape on my necklace and the colours.

Final colour

2010-11-11T12:59:00.001-08:00

I must say that I've been putting off. Setting the rest of the colour sceem because I strongly believe that colour can make or break a piece. Here goes something, these are my colours and I have arranged them in a way that the yellow and orange beads in the center or not next to each other. Hope you see what I mean.
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Shield

2010-11-11T12:54:00.001-08:00

In Zulu beadwork, one finds a lot of diamond shape pattern and it is said that, that shape represents the shield which is a sign of protection. I'm going to base my Mafu necklace on some of the colours that are in this necklace (intshebe) and will try and get Thenjiwe (the lady that will bead the Mafu discs for me) to bead the shape aswell.

Blue

2010-11-10T11:59:00.001-08:00

I'm glad I've finished this necklace, it has taken me a while to complete.

Colour planning

2010-11-06T00:49:00.001-07:00

This necklace isn't finished yet but I have to sort out the colours and I'm really having a hard time doing that.

2010-11-04T11:23:00.000-07:00

I wanted to do something that is different from what I was working on and something with more metal.

A cross

2010-11-04T11:11:00.000-07:00

I like the way this looks.

Stock B

2010-11-02T03:05:00.000-07:00

Stock

2010-11-02T00:32:00.000-07:00

Naming

2010-10-28T11:44:00.001-07:00

I've been thinking of names for my neck piece, its taken a lot of searching research and digging deeper. I looked at fruits, shapes and even friends names. Funny enough I found its name in me or in my zithakazelo (praises or family line), someone mentioned that the links reminds them of clouds or bubbles. Mafu is one of the praises which also mean cloud, there it is the name of my necklace is MAFU ( call me Cebekhulu, Linda mkhonto, mangethe, nongalo, mafu)
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Drawing

2010-10-28T11:06:00.000-07:00

This is the neck piece that I'm busy working on, I don't know how it will look in the end but I hope all goes well.
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More NSA

2010-10-28T10:37:00.000-07:00

I'm making more stock for the Christmas sale at NSA, I haven't used these beaded discs before so this is my chance to see if people will like them or not. Hopefully they get some sort of recognition, even if its some sort of feed back. I'm hoping to start getting people to help me with more of my stork making. This didn't work that well last year, hopefully all goes well from now on.

Free

2010-10-28T10:29:00.001-07:00

These links are also 100 but they occupy more space, not only do they do that but the way that they are linked allows more movement, this is how I will link this neck piece.

fourr

2010-10-28T10:24:00.001-07:00

Still the same links but linked in a star. Formation. There won't be much movement here.

four.jpg

2010-10-28T10:16:00.000-07:00

100 links
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Reflect

2010-10-26T14:09:00.001-07:00

I'm feeling a bit stressed, I don't know weather its too early or its too late to start feeling this way. I think I should write down everything that I have to do and give it a time frames and in that way I'll get more things done. There is more to these links then I thought there was. I want a finished product now, what do you think, don't you want to see the finished item.

Beaded dome

2010-10-26T11:14:00.001-07:00

I used size three and size one beads, they don't look that neat though.

Domed

2010-10-26T11:06:00.001-07:00

The domed earrings have beaded discs in them and as much as it is not visible, the discs are stuck on. So with this dome, I've drilled hole on the plate before I domed it and the holes distorted, learned that lesson. The hole in the middle enables me to bead well.
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Domed studs

2010-10-24T06:03:00.001-07:00

The studs before these are flat and I used less metal, I'm still trying to move away from less metal to more metal. Making jewellery that allows me to use more techniques then just wire making and soldering.

Studs

2010-10-24T05:59:00.001-07:00

I couldn't help but want to make jewellery from the little beaded discs, I don't know if jewellery can be called cute but I think that's how they look, cute.

Beaded discs

2010-10-19T13:08:00.000-07:00

Here are some discs that I beaded in order to choose the colour of my neck piece, I can't seem to make up my mind about which one I should use though. What do you think?

Drawing

2010-10-19T12:36:00.001-07:00

This is the drawing of what I'm busy working on, I know I've posted it before but as I keep looking at it I notice that there are different colour links. I don't think that different colour links will work because it will be too busy.

Choose

2010-10-19T08:34:00.000-07:00

Well here are some of my links but I can't seem to make up my mind about how to like them up. The one way allows me to have less jumprings but the problem is that there is so much negative spaces between the links and the other one has small spaces but it will require to have a lot of links in order to cover most of the chest. What do you think?
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Reflection

2010-10-19T08:26:00.001-07:00

As I have been doing these test pieces I find that there are a lot of questions that come up that relate to the next step. Apart of me feels like other people questions can help you make to the next step and others can set you back a couple of steps. As mush as I would love to say that I'm making jewellery that pleases me, I also like to hear what other people think or how they can suggest things. It is very hard to hear some peoples opinion at the moment because I feel as feel the piece hasn't even been made yet but on the other hand I don't want to make this neck piece that has over 100 links only to find out that its just not good enough. Then the other thing is, who is to say that its not good enough?

Last test piece

2010-10-19T08:13:00.000-07:00

I think that this is the last test piece or links that I'm making for this neck piece, I think I've done a lot of test I have to start putting the plan into action.
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Middle

2010-10-18T02:23:00.001-07:00

This should be my last attempt of finding a way to link my discs up because this way allows the discs to sit, not flat, not too high but in the middle. I want to get started now.
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2010-10-18T02:16:00.001-07:00

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Neater but

2010-10-18T02:15:00.001-07:00

As much as this way of linking up these discs is neater in the sense that they are linked up with one jumpring in the middle, they sit too high. This piece will not sit flat on the neck and doesn't feel friendly.
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Neater

2010-10-18T01:57:00.001-07:00

This is another neater way to link up the discs.
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Beading

2010-10-18T01:53:00.001-07:00

I found a clear string that doesn't break the beads and is very flexible, it allows me to bead and doesn't stand out against the wire discs. This beading (marked with an arrow) is neater and flat due to the fact that I took time and picked up a bead at a time where as with the other disc I picked up two beads and then one. It comes to show that if you do a rush job then you'll get a rushed messed up piece.
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Links

2010-10-18T01:37:00.001-07:00

I like the way the colours are put together but in not so sure of the white strings that shows on the sides of the discs. The beads are not flat and the have some sort of gap between them.
The four discs look ok (size) but I'm not so sure of the way that they are linked or joint together. The small jumprings could be smaller and they are just to busy in the middle. I have to find some way to make it look less congested.
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Circle neck piece

2010-10-18T01:21:00.001-07:00

These are the links to my circle neck piece and it is the neck piece that I will be focusing on for now. I mentioned that I want to focus on one then do the next while the other is in the process.
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Test piece tri

2010-10-16T01:57:00.001-07:00

This is the next step to my neck piece, I had to make these elements in order to see how the would fit together and how the colours would look.
I met some problems with this neck piece, the plate is too thick and sharp, its not friendly to wear. After talking to Chris, I've decided to put this to rest for now and focus on the circle links neck piece.
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Cut

2010-10-13T13:49:00.000-07:00

So far so good.
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Another order

2010-10-13T12:09:00.001-07:00

This is the last wedding invite bunch that I'm making until I'm done with my btec head ins.
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Graph

2010-10-10T09:15:00.000-07:00

I'm excited about my neck pieces to the extent that I'm planning them to the T so that I won't waste time in making more jewellery from them.
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Idea number 2

2010-10-08T05:20:00.000-07:00

This other neck piece that I'm hoping to make and link it like that.
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Idea

2010-10-08T05:15:00.000-07:00

This is a neck piece that I want to make using those little discs, I know that I might not have enough time to make it because, I don't want to make just one. So I will make to prototype and then pay someone to make it for me, I will have to make sure that everything works and falls in place before I can give it to someone to make that frames so that I can give it to someone else to bead it for me. These are drawings of how I think they should be joint together.
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Small Bracelet

2010-10-08T05:05:00.001-07:00

This is my latest jewellery piece and I like the colours that I used on it. A comment was made for me to use plate because the wire that I was using was very thin so I used thicker wire and smaller jumprings to link everything together.

As Amy I want to use these small beaded discs to create a bigger picture or a bigger jewellery piece.
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Amy C. Clarke

2010-10-08T04:48:00.001-07:00

I found Amy in a book called 500 Beaded Objects, I like going back to this book to see how crazy people are about beading. This picture is (10.2 x 14 cm) and yes its all beaded "I thought about the hope inspired by the light of a single candle in darkness, and how I make a wish everytime I blow out a candle."

Thought

2010-10-08T04:36:00.001-07:00

I have been busy trying to make a beaded so that I could use them to create a range of contemporary beaded jewelery. I have found some people that have made them and have done a very good job at it and I have add one of their links on my blog.
I'm thinking of moving away from trying to make this big bead for now because its really not going anywhere and I think its slowing me down.

I used to hate or dislike beadwork that is flap or beadwork that is bigger then a miter wall painting because I thought it would take me forever to do something like that. I still love beads or beading, I love how one bead on its own can mean nothing but if put next to other (beaded) can create or be part of a bigger picture (work of art). I guess that's one of the reasons why I wanted to make my own beaded bead.
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Earrings

2010-10-08T04:18:00.000-07:00

Well they are finished and I can't really say that I'm impressed with what I see, I like the whole concept of using plate but a part of me feels like the pattern is almost fighting with the beads maybe keeping it simple is the way to go. Maybe I should make another pear that is more simple and maybe smaller, what do you think?
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Blame the eye

2010-10-08T04:11:00.001-07:00

Well I burnt my eye last week and it hasn't easy make jewellery that is neat. These earrings will have beads where the wholes are, I'm not sure how they will look but hopefully the look better then the wire frame earrings.
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Plate earrings

2010-10-06T02:41:00.001-07:00

It has been a long time since I last blogged and I found that a lot of ideas and next moves are lost by not blogging. I going to do it more often so as to keep track of what's going on.

When we spoke to the lectures, they made a comment that I'm using too little metal and that I should try using plate to bead on. I went and drew this earring and hopefully it will work out.
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Beaded bead

2010-09-21T03:10:00.000-07:00

I've a lady that has mastered the beaded bead, I say mastered because I have tried time and time again and my beads look nothing like her beads. Her name is Kerrie Slade.

12 piece of jewellery

2010-09-17T04:01:00.000-07:00

Had a wake up call yesterday about the number of items of jewellery that I have to make. I know that 12 isn't what is required but I have to make more jewellery.
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Reed dance

2010-09-11T02:48:00.001-07:00

Curiosity killed the cat!

Who

2010-09-08T09:53:00.001-07:00

We design and we construct but who is to say that our designs or piece is not good enough. Who is to say what's what and on what grounds?

2010-09-02T21:22:00.001-07:00

I know I touched on this last year in my research report, the reed dance. I find the reed dance very interesting, it is one of the functions that hasn't been ereased from the Zulu culture and I think that it would be a great place to see all the colourful beadwork.

I must say that its not easy trying to get information from the women that bead or women that do the virgin testing around the time of the reed dance. They have so much to do and meetings to attend but I'm learning that its not a walk in the park to get everything and everyone ready for those three day.

Pen and paper

2010-09-02T21:21:00.001-07:00

I've been sitting here for a while now, trying to get some ideas together. I think I understand why lectures got upset with us if we had doodles on our drawing books and no ideas that sprung from them. All I have on this page are doodles and I've just realised that, that means having nothing. I've been hitting brick walls or dead ends with my research, its (research report) not all about the history of beads but its about what I'm doing. What am I doing?

Why beadwork

2010-09-02T21:20:00.001-07:00

I was asked why do I love beadwork or what is it about beads or beadwork that I like or love so much and funny enough I couldn't answer immediately, it took me some time to come up with an answer.
I said I like the stories that are behind them, the next question was, "what stories?"
I think I've thought it through and it is the meaning of the beadwork and the reason why they are worn that interests me.

Makhaya

2010-08-17T06:37:00.001-07:00

I love that fact that things have changed and technology has improved to our advantage but the one thing that worries me right now is the fact that the younger generation (myself included) have moved away or forgotten some of their roots. Where they come from, why things were the way they were, I say this because as a btec student that is putting together a research report I'm discovering how uniformed I am about some parts of our tradition and culture. I wish I lived emakhaya where I could gather and learn more about them.

Fortune cookie

2010-08-07T13:37:00.000-07:00

Funny enough, I've always wanted to have a fortune cookie and take pictures of different stages. Wish I took a pic of me eating it :-D. I didn't know they had lotto numbers though, please don't play these, they are mine. It reads "You draw admiration when you find sudden inspriration" To the people that know me, do you think its true?
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Invites again

2010-08-07T13:12:00.000-07:00

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My beads

2010-08-07T13:08:00.000-07:00

These are not enough though, there are some colours missing.
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Make earrings

2010-08-04T10:01:00.000-07:00

I beaded these panels of beads, I wanted to make earring with them but I can't seem to make up my mind about how the top is meant to be. Still playing around with ideas hey.
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Bigger

2010-08-04T09:54:00.000-07:00

There is a God "Not that I doubted" It wasn't about the number of beads or the neatness but the space that you leave. Wonder if I could do it again.
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Smile

2010-08-04T05:59:00.000-07:00

Don't be afraid of this smiley, its just the way I feel about beading the beaded bead, smiling but a bit angry about it. I think I got if all figured out but I want to kick myself for not figuring it out sooner.

Invites

2010-08-04T04:10:00.000-07:00

I don't know about other jewellery students but I love doing other things on the side, something to take my mind off jewellery and in this case I'm talking about invites. This is my 5th order, I love making things with bright colours and with invites I can go over the top without having to worry much. What do you think?
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Opaque flower

2010-08-01T14:59:00.000-07:00

Beading this test piece, colour does make or break a piece, just not sure here.
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Don't feel too good

2010-08-01T09:52:00.001-07:00

I must say that Joburg didn't treat me too well, I was sick as a dog the whole time we were there.
This is us trying to make our stand look presentable for the people at the show, I call it "being thrown into the deep end" because of the minimal resources that we had, I wish that's we had brought more things with us so that we could choose what ever we wanted then to have less and try to make do with what we had.
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Jewellex

2010-08-01T09:33:00.000-07:00

Jewellex is an exhibition, show and a jewellery industry shopping ground. It is held once a year in Joburg, all the institutions that teach jewellery get the chance to showcase their students work.
This is the Tshwane tech stand that was a real big eye opener for us, on the level of displaying.
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Not again

2010-08-01T09:25:00.000-07:00

I believed in the saying "if at first you don't succeed try, try again" but I think in this case I'm a sucker for punishment. I'm still battling with this whole beaded bead idea, I kept on trying to make it bigger but I guess it wasn't meant to be. I'm afraid I'm loosing hope. :-(
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Heart Flower

2010-07-21T03:23:00.000-07:00

There is a blog post that is meant to be posted before this one but I was so excited about the out come of this ring that I had to post it. This is a ring that is made for the organic chapter. Those are wire hearts that are soldered and bent to look organic. What do you think?

Blue star

2010-07-21T02:52:00.000-07:00

My bangle is beaded and complete, I wanted to make sure that its done in time for jewellex. I must say that I'm a bit scared at show casing my work at what I think is a commercial gathering. I think that the People or jewellery shop owners that are going to be don't really look at beaded jewellery. Watch this space to see what really happens at jewellex. I like the fact that not all the stars are bead and that allows the eye to focus on the beaded one.

Star bangle

2010-07-13T12:11:00.000-07:00

I've made a lot of jewellery pieces but I don't think I've made a bangle before and with the stars that I was playing around with, I decided to solder them together and make a bangle. Now this is not complete because I haven't added colour.
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Display number two

2010-07-09T14:34:00.000-07:00

As we put some of our jewellery at the KZNSA gallery, the catch or the whole idea was for us to change our jewellery every two weeks. I think two weeks have almost past and that is why I changed it. There where a few touch ups that had to be done about the last displays and I am working on them slowly. The one thing that's left to fix is my splash A5, it could do with some fixing up. I'm glad that I sold some earrings and hopefully something will sell this time around.
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Star black

2010-07-06T13:02:00.000-07:00

I have been cleaning my till slips box and I found my first business card and the name of my jewellery or brand was called Star Black, which meant 100% black, as in family and colour. Looking at the shapes that I had made earlier this year I got some design ideas that were dealing with the new way that I have been beading shapes into shapes, therefor creating negative and positive space.
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Isimodeni

Mthiya

Sweet Pinky

Phenomenal Engagement, Chris and Marlene de Beer - Tues 26 July 6pm

Cream wedding

Smart not hard

Done

Maybe my colour

Invites

Program

Wedding packs

Invites with a twist

Buhle

The times

Drawing book

Miss cast

NWJ tree

End of year show BTEC

Earrings

Beaded domes

Black lace

Mafu on

Display

MAFU

Beaded elements

Cast element

Display

String

Speechless

Beader

Flower

New

Plan on paper

Final colour

Shield

Blue

Colour planning

Next

A cross

Stock B

Stock

Naming

Drawing

More NSA

Free

fourr

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Reflect

Beaded dome

Domed

Domed studs

Studs

More links

Beaded discs

Drawing

Choose

Reflection

Last test piece

Middle

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Neater but

Neater

Beading

Links

Circle neck piece

Test piece tri

Cut

Another order

Graph

Idea number 2

Idea

Small Bracelet

Amy C. Clarke

Thought

Earrings

Blame the eye

Plate earrings

Beaded bead

12 piece of jewellery

Reed dance