one more octopus experiment
Susan Lomuto | Jan 03, 2008 | Comments 12
Thanks to everyone who commented on my octopus cylinder experiment. You convinced me – I will make more of an effort to write ‘work in progress’ posts on a regular basis – promise!
My daughter was visiting for the holidays and her fashionista tendencies kicked into high gear when she saw the cylinders.
Here’s how the conversation went:
Her: Hey mom, you made these?
Me: Yup. What do you think?
Her: Wow…they’re great…unbelievable…and the texture…mmmm…
Me: Thanks, they aren’t finished yet – what do you think they are/should be?
Her: Cuffs. You should make cuff bracelets (as she played with one, trying to see how it would look on her wrist).
Me: Really? You would wear something like that? (she’s 25 and fabulous).
Her: Are you kidding? Yes. So would all of my friends – AND the other women at work (she works for a Fortune 500 company).
Me: Really?
Her: (Rolls her eyes at her crazy mother)
Me: Ok, Ok – I get it.
On New Year’s Day I went back into the studio and made the cuff pictured above. It was built over a brass form. I left some of the brass exposed on purpose – liked the shiny metal next to the rough texture of the octopus/barnacles. She hasn’t seen it yet – let’s see if she weighs in with a comment. I’m headed back to the studio again to work on the rest of the octopus/barnacle/organic sea-life-like cylinders. I still don’t know what I want to do with them…
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FABULOUS!!!!!
That I LOVE. I think you are on to something Susan… I can also see a flat collar necklace with that texture… something in a parabola shape.
Very, very cool!
She has a good eye – that texture is great on a bracelet! I think I’d try to make a bangle out of it, too (as opposed to a cuff).
love it. love it. love it. and i will reiterate, so will my girlfriends. it’s simply yummy – when can i pick it up.
i am also seeing this texture on a long chain falling right below the breast line. yum yum delish.
Glad you like it honey – maybe designing some jewelry is on the 2008 To-Do List that you were telling me about yesterday?
I’m equally delighted that you are all enjoying this little journey of mine.
And for the jewelry artists: Listen closely to Jessica’s suggestion – she’s got her finger on the pulse of what the fashionable mid-twenties-headed-towards-thirty woman with a disposable income likes.
wow! you’ve really had your butt in the chair! love it!
I too purchased GD’s book but……….I have not come up with anything so mahvelous in my reading!!!!
Oh, yeah. Now, you’re talkin’. That looks great. I’m seeing something in the shape of a plumb-bob (you know, sort of like a thin cone-shape… well, like an adapted octopus tentacle, now that I think about it), hanging low on a chain… Hee, hee… cool.
that is fabo fabo! I really am enjoying watching the birth of these pretties!
I want one of those bracelets. Really. Really.
see what happens when you release your babies into the world? the universe finds a way to take care of them. more please.