Monday, February 22, 2010

Lost in Space

I finished my "wilder" entry for Erin Prais-Hintz of TesoriTrovati's "Space" challenge. It's quite the craziest design I've ever done, but I think it actually came out pretty well. The hardest part for me was including all the diverse elements but still ending up with something attractive, wearable and most of all, SALEABLE (sellable? whatever...)






I had several different "jumping off points" for this design:

-Some Discovery Science Channel shows the kid and I watched that had to do with different possibilities for "earth-type" planets somewhere out there and also some information about all the trash and junk floating in orbit around OUR planet. (Even in space, we humans can't seem to do anything without leaving a big ol' pile of garbage behind.)

-A strand of Czech glass beads that resembled frozen chunks of "space ice" to me

-Bead colors and shapes representing many different elements of outer space - planets, moons, rings, suns, black holes, etc.






So here's a close up of my "ring" world - it's a frozen icy world (represented by moonstone) surrounded by a giant ring of frozed blue ice. Nearby is a black hole (represented by a deep midnight blue 5 Fish lampwork bead swirled with small specks of glittering silver).




In this part of the galaxy, three rings show the impact points of many meteors - similar to the surface of our moon. Nearby, a planet of frozen green-blue methane gas (represented by one of Sue Bead's transparent aqua lampwork beads) spins through its orbit.





In this section, a frozen chunk of "space ice", possibly from a comet that has broken up, floats next to a strange, purple planet and an unusual orange nebula.




Here's another view of the entire necklace - towards the back you can see a couple of deep green planets, a water world and even a couple of small silver flying saucers. Hey, you never know who might be traveling out there on the fringes of the galaxy.

Happy Monday!

KJ


9 comments:

Marie Cramp said...

I quite like it!! :) It's fun and funky and has all the "space" stuff needed for the challenge! Great Job!

Marie
P.s I still have a gift I want to send you... {i just need your address ;) }

Barbara Bechtel said...

comes together very nice! has a nice spring vibe too!

EB Bead and Metal Works, LLC said...

Awesome! I love it. Great job.

susanc said...

Love it and I'd say it is sellable!

EmandaJ said...

Hi Kelly,

Fabulous! I love it!

Emanda
Check out my blog to see what you started! (it's a challenge / giveaway)
www.ArtemisiaStudio.blogspot.com

SueBeads said...

Love it! And sellable!

SummersStudio said...

I love it and I love the conceptual thought behind putting it together!!!!!

TesoriTrovati said...

wahoo!
I love it, Kelly!
The colors are so fun and playful. I am so thrilled that you were inspired not once but twice. This piece looks completely wearable and would be a go with everything sort of piece.
Thank you so much for playing along.
Enjoy the day!
Erin

Michelle said...

Love it...It's so spring-y, yet other-world like...LOL.
Bead Happy!
Michelle