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Appreciating Style

Style is a sharpened eye for the beautiful, the interesting and the unusual...coupled with the talent to apply all of these to one's life (paraphrasing style icon Eleanor Lambert.)
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a poster with different types of nuts on it
Artistic Crafts
Dremel Drill
Garden World
Fan Palm
Crape Myrtle
Botanical Jewelry
Seed Pods
Flower Show
Birdhouse
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - What’s left to be said except “faux and behold!,” as my artist friend, Ruthie Watts, opined. I’m imagining that you’ll be looking at your own garden now in a different way. If you need more inspiration, here is the “key card” that accompanied Sarah’s brooch (above) in the Newport Flower Show, 2016.
Faux and Behold - these artists are supra talented. And I want to thank one in particular, my cousin Sarah Bearden Boynton, a multi-blue ribbon winner in Botanical Arts and Best in Show in all craft classes at the prestigious World Flower Show in Dublin, 2014. It is she who loaned her creations for this post (and, unlike the “real McCoy,” they weren’t accompanied by security guards). Mini Belt Sander, Best In Show, Gilded Age, Diamond Glitter, Craft Classes, My Cousin, Elegant Necklaces
Mini Belt Sander
Best In Show
Gilded Age
Diamond Glitter
Craft Classes
My Cousin
Elegant Necklaces
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - these artists are supra talented. And I want to thank one in particular, my cousin Sarah Bearden Boynton, a multi-blue ribbon winner in Botanical Arts and Best in Show in all craft classes at the prestigious World Flower Show in Dublin, 2014. It is she who loaned her creations for this post (and, unlike the “real McCoy,” they weren’t accompanied by security guards).
a pair of silver high heeled shoes sitting on top of a glass display case
Botanical Book
All Craft
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - This bejeweled stiletto stole the show! And do tell — how is it possible to create these diamonds that cover the entire shoe including the ankle strap?Very simply, the seed pods from an andromeda plant make perfect prongs for the diamonds, which are just the right-sized lentils.
Faux and Behold - I’ve been an admirer for years, but I still marvel that these designs, masquerading as real jewels, are not! Seed pods, berries, nuts, tree bark, fungi, pine cone– the list is endless, testament to both the designer’s curiosity and good eye for seeking out the unusual. And some of the tools of the trade? Super fine tweezers, a dentist’s drill, magnifiers, dremel drill press and a mini belt sander. This should give you some idea of how serious these artists are. Red Lipstick Shades, Belt Sander, Beads Jewellery, Drill Press
Red Lipstick Shades
Belt Sander
Beads Jewellery
Drill Press
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - I’ve been an admirer for years, but I still marvel that these designs, masquerading as real jewels, are not! Seed pods, berries, nuts, tree bark, fungi, pine cone– the list is endless, testament to both the designer’s curiosity and good eye for seeking out the unusual. And some of the tools of the trade? Super fine tweezers, a dentist’s drill, magnifiers, dremel drill press and a mini belt sander. This should give you some idea of how serious these artists are.
Faux and Behold - And that the sparkling diamonds gracing the tiara are not worth a small fortune? This is the challenge facing a botanical artist. Theirs is one of painstaking, meticulous attention to detail and a passion for this craft. Mustard Seed, Dremel
Mustard Seed
Dremel
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - And that the sparkling diamonds gracing the tiara are not worth a small fortune? This is the challenge facing a botanical artist. Theirs is one of painstaking, meticulous attention to detail and a passion for this craft.
Faux and Behold - What kind of patience and talent must it take to convince the viewer that these pearls are not from an oyster, that the long gold chain is not one that you viewed at a jewelers (it is made from twisted raffia)? Long Gold Chain, Blue Ribbon, Black Laces
Long Gold Chain
Blue Ribbon
Black Laces
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - What kind of patience and talent must it take to convince the viewer that these pearls are not from an oyster, that the long gold chain is not one that you viewed at a jewelers (it is made from twisted raffia)?
Faux and Behold - What kind of patience and talent must it take to convince the viewer that these pearls are not from an oyster, that the long gold chain is not one that you viewed at a jewelers (it is made from twisted raffia)?
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - What kind of patience and talent must it take to convince the viewer that these pearls are not from an oyster, that the long gold chain is not one that you viewed at a jewelers (it is made from twisted raffia)?
a red and black fan on a white stand
Mustard Seeds
Tree Bark
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - An intricate fan owes its beauty to the bounty of plant material. The red main sections are from fan palm; the transparent black “lace” is skeletonized Peepul leaves accented with mustard seeds along the scallops and the black slats are rattan.
a close up of a red and black object on a white surface with wires attached to it
Nature
The Judge
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - Two elegant creations will give me the opportunity to substantiate that (as the judge’s rules state) only nature’s offerings have been used to produce this Samurai sword…the handle is birch, wrapped with raffia while pieces of pine cone were used at the end.
a necklace with turquoise stones and silver beads on a marble counter top next to a piece of driftwood
Seed Pod
Elegant Necklace
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - If you are not familiar with this art form, do treat yourself to a walk through Rosecliff; you will leave with a new-found admiration for the world of flora and fauna. Every piece of jewelry and accessory that you see on display has been created from plant material… a seed pod from a crape myrtle, the delicate spent whorls of a clematis, a skeletonized sheer leaf, the nut shell that can be sanded to simulate a set of turquoise on an elegant necklace.
a tiara with green and white stones on it's headpieces, sitting on a marble surface
Faux and Behold
Faux and Behold - If you are not familiar with this art form, do treat yourself to a walk through Rosecliff; you will leave with a new-found admiration for the world of flora and fauna. Every piece of jewelry and accessory that you see on display has been created from plant material… a seed pod from a crape myrtle, the delicate spent whorls of a clematis, a skeletonized sheer leaf, the nut shell that can be sanded to simulate a set of turquoise on an elegant necklace.
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