Living with Me

October 28, 2008

When I’m not making jewellery I’m hoarding things I find on the street, at flea markets and in friends + families basements. Although I embrace contemporary architecture, sculpture and technology with full abandon I also can be very maudlin for objects left behind from older times. These objects can range from old photographs, rusty nails […]

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Inspiring Things

October 27, 2008

There are loads of things that inspire me to create, like architecture, sculpture, bridges, girders, I-beams, sweet lil’ rusty objects I find in the street, music, twirling fire poi, dancing, graffiti, machine mechanisms, old photographs I find at flea markets…there is so much beauty in the world…. These are some photos I took of some […]

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Crafthaus Network

October 21, 2008

I just discovered Crafthaus via someone else’s blog on the Ganoksin and I’m VERY ecited by some of the outstanding work posted on there. While going through Crafthaus’s almost 1500 page gallery I stumbled on this beauty! Wooooweeeeee! I’m blown away. What a super lovely form with VERY sexy texture!!! Purrrrrrrrrr. This blue rubbery neck […]

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More Buliding Blocks, The Bracelet

October 18, 2008

Now that I’ve handed over this lil’ beauty to Nikki2Katz I can finally do a bit of blogging about this bracelet! This bracelet was made along with the necklace I made for her daughter Jazmine that I blogged about back in August for a swap of each others work. Nikki is a incredibly imaginative illustrator […]

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Hello Orchids!

October 17, 2008

Well, setting this up was easy enough…Welcome to my jewellery blog that I have been keeping since the beginning of 2008 over at www.heatherskowood.blogspot.com. I hope you enjoy viewing my work + reading my brief ramblings about one of my greatest passions: adorning the human body. All feedback is welcome so pleaz don’t be shy. […]

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Back from the Wedding in Blighty

September 23, 2008

Well, I’m back from holiday in England catching up with Peeps in Manchester, checking out the new graffiti and architecture popping up all over the place in that town, dancing in the countryside at SolFest and bouncing on the bouncy castle at Nathan and Naomi Onions’s wedding. It was a Ace time all around! You […]

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Steampunk Bracelet

August 20, 2008

This lil’ number is one of the first pieces of jewelry that comes close to expressing my absolute LOVE for collecting rusty objects off the streets. It’s a fairly straight forward bracelet and not as sculptural as many of my other pieces but I’m happy with the connection I have finally been able to make […]

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Calder inspires

August 20, 2008

A few weeks ago I made it down to Philly to catch up with my Peeps and check out the exhibition of jewelry by Alexander Calder at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The first time I saw Calder’s jewelery was in a major show in D.C. many moons ago that included jewelery as well as […]

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Circus Bracelet

August 13, 2008

Circus Bracelet? Well, the ruffle effect of this bracelet reminds me of the collar on a clown outfit. It made me laugh so I thought I’d share the thought. 🙂 It is a funny bracelet anyway, I just love the color combo. The bracelet is made up of folded non-slip rubber pads I found in […]

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Building Blocks

August 12, 2008

Last weekend I went to the Riatta flea market in Hubbardston, Mass. to scout out some interesting objects to make jewelry out of. I will also be sharing some of these finds with my class at Metalwerx in the Autumn. So I found these great children’s wooden blocks and created this pendant for my friend’s […]

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