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“Octopus’ Garden” is a funky metal basket suspended on strands of glass and mother of pearl beads. Eight tentacles of blue and pearl toned beads and shells extend to vintage silver serving pieces below, creating a delightful clamor.
“Medusa” is a stylized jellyfish crafted from an openwork brass bowl. Wooden Indian beads give it silver and gold tones, glass beads & crystals make it sparkle and the bells make it sing.
“Conchas Rosas”
(Pink Shells)Antique silver candy dish with vintage china bowl
Beads in ivory and coral colours, some carved
Antique silver plated knife handles“Tulipa” is a stained glass lantern upcycled into a windchime. The chimes are the handles of antique silver knives I deconstructed. Glass beads in pinks, green and black mirror the colours in the tulip.
“Potion” is crafted with an antique sugar scuttle, green-toned glass & mother of pearl beads and crystals. Antique silver spoons, deconstructed and flattened provide a beautiful sound.
“Farfalla” (Butterfly) is a golden butterfly that shimmers with glass beads in pink and purple tones. Twelve deconstructed pieces of gold-toned cutlery make it chime.
A deconstructed shell bracelet was the inspiration for “Seychelles”. Driftwood, glass beads and shells imbue this piece with peach and earthy tones. The handles of deconstructed vintage silver spoons give “Seychelles” a quieter, light tinkling sound.
“A Stitch In Time” has vintage wooden spools, metal bobbins and antique thimbles. This is a quiet piece with tiny bells in the thimbles. Wooden beads complement the wooden spools and the vintage knitting needle atop. One of the bobbins has the same aqua green thread the same colour as the beads and buttons!
A vintage flower brooch provided the inspiration for this suncatcher, “Fall Flower”. Strands of smoky glass and gray beads hang from an antique silver bowl. Rhodonite and crystals make it sparkle.
“Entremet”, the layer cake windchime features an antique silver plated cake server with glass and mother of pearl shell beads. Deconstructed antique silver plated spoon handles make a quiet chiming sound. And there’s an antique cake fork to make it even yummier!
“Hathi” elephant themed suncatcher
A bejeweled elephant brooch hangs from an antique silver sugar bowl amidst sparkling glass beads and crystals.Please login to use this feature.