One of my favorite elements to add in my work is the finishing closure of the piece I have just created. I feel like it is the exclamation point to my work. I always strive for the back of my creation to be as beautiful as the front. I just love using gorgeous over the top clasps and draping or dangling the unexpected from them.
Below are a few of the beautiful clasps that are in my collection and that I am just dying to use...
Some finished pieces from the past with 'beautiful backsides'...
Isn't the little cameo double ring clasp just super sweet???
I love the old ornate hardware of the Victorian watch chains and fobs and really feel they make excellent clasps for my Victorian inspired designs...
The Victorian rhinestone clasp below is just so elegant and pretty. It is still attached to it's original vintage burgundy velvet fabric...I can't wait to use this special piece but just haven't had the heart to separate it from it's beautiful origin.
I also make alot of my clasps using vintage buttons, coins, religious medals and old earrings. This helps keep my pieces very one of a kind and allows me to convey a theme or create a story for my pieces. The faux pearl and deer head clasp above are both made from old vintage findings I have had in my stash of bits and baubles and will be the perfect finish for some upcoming designs.
The striking and colorful clasps above came from my friend Misty and her travels to Europe. She found them at a Venice flea market and they remind me of those beautiful shades of glass that is handblown from that famous city.
3 comments:
your pieces are so pretty, and even more so because you give so much attention to the details
The earrings you sent me arrived yesterday. They were so beautifully packaged in the blue box with the velvet ribbon. It was a joy to open. The earrings themselves are so incredibly beautiful...and to know that they are handmade works of art makes them doubly special. I am so thrilled. Thanks you!
Thank you Christine for continuing to visit me at my blog. Knowing how busy you are with your fantastic daily vintage postcard blog, it means so much that you can take the time to stop by. I hope you enjoy the Jeanne earrings!!!
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