Kandinsky's Circles - amethyst, vermeil, enameled metal and sterling silver pendant and necklace

Description

This year I have decided to participate in the Year of Jewelry weekly challenge. This week's theme was Wassily Kandinsky. I was fortunate enough to see one of his amazing works, years ago, at an exhibition at Canberra's National Art Gallery. It was a work from Die Blau Reiter movement, which was founded along with Franz Marc (another favourite!) The paintings that most appeal to me however, are the later, more abstract geometric works - such as the famous Composition VIII. I especially love his works that explore circles combined with hard geometric shapes, and thought that I would best be able to translate these to my jewellery.

I started off with a length of sterling wire that I shaped and hammered into a circle, then I coiled thin wire over the frame. To that I added 4 intersecting lines of sterling, securing them to the frame. Over these geometric shapes I added two enameled metal rings - in mauve and scarlet - and a rustic vermeil ring, along with a large plump pale amethyst briolette, and a smaller, slightly darker amethyst faceted round. I attached a generous length of modern angular chain to the pendant - long enough to not require a clasp. To finish Kandinsky's Circles, I oxidised the entire design and then rubbed it back selectively.

The necklace measures 77cm or 30 1/2" in length, while the pendant measures 5.5cm or 2.1" at the longest point and 4.9cm and 1.9" at the widest point. The circular base measures 3.4cm or 1.3" in diameter.

All darkened silver metal is oxidised sterling silver. The mauve and scarlet rings are enameled metal, while the dull gold ring is oxidised vermeil - 24K gold thickly plated onto sterling silver.

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Added on Nov 07, 2009

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