Gem Drops Keep Falling In My Hands

                 (From my working table)                                      

I am fascinated by drop-shaped gems.

They have a romantic aura, and they remind me of vintage times.

There are many drop-shape variations in my collection.

Such as - 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/90435178

https://www.etsy.com/listing/89091051

https://www.etsy.com/listing/93819133

As I love some unconventionality…
I designed ornamented drop-shaped bezels
with two different gems inlaid in both sides.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/152792226

In making these, I had in mind special occasions
(...and romantic situations (you name them

https://www.etsy.com/listing/100683635

https://www.etsy.com/listing/710173166

https://www.etsy.com/listing/152807281

The story behind the drop

.I’ve recently made is different

:Their process began by chance

Some beautiful small drop-shaped gems

,lay gracefully in my gem stock

.waiting years for my inspiration

:Out of the blue it came

I built for them standard drop-shaped bezels

,but – well – I had to make some surprising twist -

,so, I set them diagonally

               , “unstable"             

                         , “unbalanced”                  

                                    ...somewhat intriguing                         

The outcome was delicate sweet

: and romantic  pieces

https://www.etsy.com/listing/724194349

https://www.etsy.com/listing/724044941

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Vita

  

                                         Japan Through my Eyes  

                                         
                                                                             
                                                                  
  

As you probably realize,
I recently visited this amazing country,
which is so different from my Mediterranean Israel…
I am not going to analyze anything!
There are “ton” of serious researches on Japan.
I’d just like to share with you my reflections,
being only  a “pop-up” visitor.

*       There are no trash cans in the streets!!!
Yet, the streets, the  train stations, everywhere
are totally clean!
(There are trash cans only in train stations
and in the many astonishing toilets spread everywhere)
The Japanese take their trash home.
What self-discipline!

* People, who catch a cold, wear masks in public.
   Being a goldsmith, I usually wear it when working,
   How thoughtful they are of others!
   and I know how inconvenient it feels!

Me:

and Them:

  *   The world-wide “cellular plague “
    is prevailing in Japan.
   Surly, everyone is busy

         with this wonderful/awful device.
   But – nobody speaks by it
   in public!

*     Whenever there are two people waiting,
there is a QUE:
One stands exactly behind the other.
Not before him, not beside him…
For us – Israelis,
(together with some other countries…)
it is admirable!

 *  There is a surprising contradiction between
the Japanese sense of beauty and esthetics,
and their sensitivity for colors (kimonos, food, gardens),
and the grayness of their houses,
especially in suburbs and in the countryside.
Their houses are surprisingly monochrome gray from the outside.

  


*Japanese beauty everywhere: Kimonio, Food, Sewer hole covres.

 Here are my favorites:

The town of Kanazawa -
Because of its most beautiful gardens,
(at least among those I've seen).
and because of  its esthetic orientation.
Here is an example -
This is what you first see, when you  get off the train:

 The gate of  the train station; Japanese teapot

Naoshima, Teshima and Inujima the Art islands.

I was impressed with the wonderful contribution
of the great industrial and commercial companies,
who financed the building of museums
and the purchasing of  the best art-works
from all-over the world, including local art.
I was excited  with the combination

of the wild and amazing landscape of the islands
and Art!

Yayoi Kusama's pumpkin

Last, but not least,
is the great organization of volunteer tour-guiding: English-speaking volunteers helped us to manage

      in the efficient but “monstrous” traffic system (especially in Tokyo),
      and took us to places we requested.Thanks to them, we got answers to the many things we did not understand.Thanks to them, we did not fill as being  in a bubble,the way a tourist usually feels. They did a great job.

                   Thank you Kochi!
             Thank you Keiko!
             Thank you Taeko!
              and others!!

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      Merry everything!
Happy always!
Joy, Peace and Love!

Vita

  

                         Valentine’s Gifts?
                      Not what you think…

Valentine greeting card dated 1909.

                     

Hi,

                  

This time, I am making an exception:
I am going to write about my family.

To be more specific -
about the jewels I’ve made
for the four grown-up women
in my family, for Valentine’s Day:
[Is this day is dedicated only to romantic lovers?...]

I feel blessed and lucky:
-  I’m lucky to have two daughters and two daughters-in-law;
- I’m lucky to be able to give them my hand-made gifts;
- I’m lucky that they love them
  (At least they say so…)

My eldest daughter loves earrings.
She has long curly hair,
so I’ve made her long earrings,
which were selected from my listings at my ETSY shop :

https://www.etsy.com/listing/254897056

My younger daughter DOES NOT like jewelry!
[Is this the result of my bad education???]
The only jewel she wears
is a ring I made her
long a time ago.
So, I made her another ring…
She has a big palm with chubby fingers,
so I’ve made a dramatic piece ,
with a big raw Aqua Marine stone,
held by five “arms” of solid gold:

My elder daughter-in-law
is an elegant lady who adores jewelry.
She asked for a bracelet.
As I am now in my “geometric period”,
I designed a bracelet
which is composed of three attached elements:
A ring, a chain of small pentagons,
and a rectangular bracelet:

Last ( certainly not least), I designed for
my younger daughter-in-law
a long statement pendant
which will fit
her wide long dresses she wears:

If you also want a special design,
I’ll be glad to be challenged!

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Love , be loved!

and -

Love LIFE

Vita

A Bracelet Inspired By…?

Hi friends,

It’s been quite a while since I’ve posted here.
I’ve been abroad for a long time,
and I was “absorbing”  the surroundings…

More than that – I think posts about
“How wonderful is my life” are boring.
That is why I spared you the stories about Zurich and Madrid,
where I ‘ve spent 6 months in each of these cities.

Unless -
a place I’ve visited, influenced on my jewels,
which is the case here: This is a homage to SPAIN!
To be more accurate –
This is homage to the Mudejar art of Spain.

This is homage to the Mudejar art of Spain.

Wall tiling of Mudejar style.

Mudéjar style is a fusion between Islamic and Christian traditions.
It was created by Muslim craftsman,
who kept living in areas the Christians had reconquered
from the Moors, from the 12th century on.
They were hired by the Christians to build churches and palaces.
The result was specific and wonderful fusion between Islamic and Christian imagery.
I was especially impressed from the Mudejar  ceiling carpentry.

Mudéjar wooden ceiling in the cloister
of the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo, Spain

Different angle of the same place,
shows the amazing fusion of
Muslim and Christian imagery.

So, what has all this to do with my jewels???

My latest collection is geometric.
4 of my previous posts discussed it.
(“Geometrical Jewelry? Me???”)

https://www.etsy.com/listing/254822791/

This is a bracelet I’ve designed in this collection.
In fact it is not a rectangular which has 4 points.
It is a polygon, with 8 pionts.
The new bracelet, is combined of 3 pieces.
It is multi-layered, and has 24 points.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/490228765/

Well , I think the cliché about
”getting inspiration from everything around you”
is implemented here:

I was inspired by the amazing
Mudejar art I’ve seen in Spain!

Can you see the resemblance?

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Vita