Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Inspiration - Anndra Neen

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Thanks to my faithful fan P, I was introduce to Anndra Neen. Jewelry designers Phoebe and Annette Stephens has strong artistic bloodline and influence. Their grandmother Annette Nancarrow, was a painter, sculptor and jewelry designer, and her husband was the well-known avant-garde composer Conlon Nancarrow. Based in Mexico City in the 1930s and 1940s, the couple ran in haute artistic circles, with a coterie of close friends that included Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Jose Clemente Orozco and Anais Nin.

All jewelry were handcrafted from copper, brass and nickel silver in their Mexico City workshop, each piece is architectural and unique. “We like to think of our jewels as sculptures,” Phoebe says. “They’re like beautiful objects that happen to be wearable.”

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Ooooouuuu! Such an inspiration....sometimes I do wonder if my great great grand parents were artistic too : p Even not I will have no FEAR because my Heavenly Father is the ultimate creator of all things beautiful!

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Welcome to littlelij.blogspot.com : )

In preparation of LLi Jewelry online shop, I've decided to simplify my web addresses for your convenience and easy navigation. Thanks for your kind support and constant encouragement along the way cos' without them, I will not have the courage to pursue my long time dream of being a jewelry designer. So please continue to visit www.littlelij.blogspot.com to share my joy in the creation of LLi Jewelry.

Currently I'm cracking hard on the birthing of my debut collection. Hopefully all fans of LLi Jewelry will be able to shop online at www.littlelij.com the soonest. Please be patience : )

PS : Meanwhile if there's any customize order, please feel free to email me at littlelij@gmail.com

God Bless!
Little Li : )

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Need to decide on a domain name......

Here are the options :

littlelij.com
littlelijewelry.com
littleligallery.com
littleliart.com
littlelishop.com
littlelistore.com
little-li.com

Which of the above will be better representation of Little Li Jewelry?
Little Li supportors, please vote : )

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Private Assignment 005 - Pendent with necklace

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This unique pendent went through quite a dramatic change. I was experimenting with silver clay. Attempting to apply silver clay directly onto a coral, hoping it will be strong enough to withstand the high temperature of firing.

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(Above image) Sadly the coral pendent was "inwardly" fragile and broke into tiny pieces when I was polishing it...in the final stage of assembly! Fortunately JH's initial was still intact. Hence I've to remake a new pendent with the surviving silver. I'm glad the final design looked far better than the first. It's truly a blessing in disguise !

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This unique pendent is made of 999 silver, oxidized with graduation tone from copper-ish, bronze-ish to silver, complimenting with a natural freshwater pearl hand-drilled into the coral and worn on 925 silver cable chain. Here's JH happily wearing her unique necklace : )