BlossomLuxe Jewels : Wish me luck...: "Tomorrow (July 14, 2006) the 25 finalists are being announced for the Creative Beading Swarovski Awards of Excellence, an Australian competition to design a piece of jewellery using only Swarovski beads.
My entry is a scarf-style lariat, made from what I estimate to be over 1200 individually wire wrapped Swarovski crystal bicone and round crystal beads.
The design was inspired by the art-deco style square frame crystals, that in the Jet colour reminded me of 1930's hollywood glamour with an oriental twist. I chose to stick to a monochrome palette (because black is the new black this year) and graduate the colour from Jet through to Crystal, with all of Swarovski's grey/silver shades in between including some of the newer beads like Crystal Silver Shade."
This is gorgeous!
Keep smiling
Felicity 8-)
