OOAK green and gold sphere soutache earrings, 3D soutache

Description:
Unusual and innovative earrings made in 3D soutache technology , distinguished by a beautifully composed colors. Made with soutache, and glass beads. Gold-colored metal chain and clasp. Finished with green felt. Produced in a sole copy, meant to be unique pieces. Width about 3,5 cm, length about 8,5 cm. Cleaning with a damp cloth. Design: Alina Tyro-Niezgoda.
Other Tender December soutache/silver jewelry you will see here: http://etsy.me/2myjJeP

Story:
What if…?* we forced the soutache braids to fold into 3D forms? For some those would be alien spaceships, for others – weird sea creatures…
The earrings were crafted with the soutache technique, using viscose threads and glass beads. Their fanciful shapes are inspired by sea creatures, despite some perceive them better as outer space counterparts 🙂 The unique three-dimensional construction allows not to have the back side of the work visible, which – in traditional soutache pieces – typically stands out for being less attractive than the front.
For Tender December Slow Design is a process of careful designing and meticulous fabrication of unique objects. See more 3D soutache earrings projects: http://tenderdecember.eu/otulacze/soutache-inaczej/

* Everything starts with a “WHAT IF…?”. This first, sudden idea stalks you until you finally give it some thought. Then you think, visualise and manupulate your idea; try to look into every nook and cranny. “To do, or not to do…?”. Then you sketch, trace out the details, set the measurements. Then you make your first attempt, draw conclusions, modify and refine your project. Finally, you search, match, try out, try on. Then you order, buy, collect, try out again. You check other possibilities, buy again, try out again. You gather. And plan. And finally there comes a day when you begin… Depending on the plan: you sew, spin, weave, embroider. Or you cut, sand, solder… Piece by piece, inch after inch, thousands tiny beads sewn one after another, yards of yarn forced into cooperation, fractions of inches sanded to metallic dust. Sometimes you botch up. Then you curse… and start over. You turn on the lights when it’s getting darker only to turn it off again just a „moment” later, when the birds are welcoming a new day right behind the window. And then another. And yet another. Just before going to bed you think of new steps, a plan for the next day, you set out goals, as every second is at a premium. You think about the user. Will they understand? Will they look closely? Will they slide their fingers to feel the tiniest of detail? Will they notice the place where your needle lost the epic battle with a stubborn bead? Or the place where the warp thread broke and left your work in question. Will they feel? Will they understand? You give your work last finishing touches and there it is. It is made and it is done. The only thing left is to take a picture that is a crowning touch to your work. A few lines of description and you can finally take a well-earned rest. You can start answering your phone again, check what time of the year it happens to be, pet your dog… But whether you like it, or not, there is a new small “What if…?” sprouting in your head.

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