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Time to get back with the program!  Our annual Salon des Artistes will be December 7th this year, and I am spending time making new necklaces.  I also recently reloaded the showcase at Mariposa Gallery here in Albuquerque.

And here's one I wound up keeping for myself:

Necklace #96.  Vintage celluloid and other vintage plastic buttons on linen/cotton bias tape.

And one sold at Planned Parenthood's recent gala silent auction:

Necklace #97.  Buttons covered in vintage Japanese kimono silk with vintage mother of pearl accent buttons, on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape which is purple, even though it looks, well, dark in this photo.

And here's one recently sold, chosen especially to accessorize denim: 

 

Necklace #98.  Celluloid and other vintage plastic buttons on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape in that ochre color that has proven to be a favorite.

Please scroll down to the next most recent post below for the links to the necklace photo albums.  Remember to click on an individual photo in order to see it enlarged and read the caption.

Vintage Buttons - some favorite genres

Some may remember the sheer nylon blouses of the 1950s - they were often a neutral cream-color or pastel, although my grandmother had a stunning crimson one and black, too.  The buttons were usually little clear knobs set with rhinestones, like the little rhinestone-set ones on this new necklace.

Necklace #93.  Vintage plastic buttons with rhinestones on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.

And there is nothing so seductive as vintage Bakelite, with its happy patina and slight phenolic scent.

Necklace #94.  Vintage Bakelite buttons and buckle on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.  

See the currently available necklaces, including the ones at Albuquerque's Mariposa Gallery, at https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105148425797657603947/albums/5669744508708774721.  Check out the archive at  https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105148425797657603947/albums/5710594652452863473.  Click on a photo for captions. 

Buttonwork in Early March...

At first I didn't think I'd want this ochre-colored chirimen polyester bias tape, but now I love it.  It makes so many colors, shapes and patinas pop.

Necklace #89, with vintage and contemporary plastic buttons in butterfly-wing blues, on the ochre bias tape.

 The black chirimen does a nice job of offsetting:

Necklace #91.  Buttons covered in vintage Japanese fabric (cotton or rayon) accented by contemporary plastic buttons with interesting pink shading.

Necklace #92, fresh from the work table.  Buttons are covered in rayon with a complex Chinese print mixing text (in characters), florals, a few babies, one lucky bat, and other things to deconstruct.  This fabric is from two tie-ends my friend Diane took off a thrifted blouse.  Once all the stitching was out there was just enough space for circles needed to cover #30 button forms.

I still have necklaces at Albuquerque's lovely Mariposa Gallery (see post below), although a couple are gone now.  Also see post below for the link to the photo album of current necklaces.

Happy 2014! ... And announcing some representation at Albuquerque's Mariposa Gallery

Time has flown, it is 2014, and the annual Salon des Artistes is well past.  It was a lovely, successful with constant visitors despite falling snow.  Many thanks from all seven of us vendor hosts to our wonderful customers.

My album of necklaces currently available, at https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105148425797657603947/albums/5669744508708774721, has been updated so that none of the necklaces sold at the Salon are shown on it.  To see the big album of necklaces no longer available, check out https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105148425797657603947/albums/5710594652452863473.

However, I am delighted to report that some of those currently available necklaces are now  at Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque's premier gallery for what we might still safely call fine craft, as well as painting, works on paper, and small sculpture pieces.  Please check out the gallery at http://mariposa-gallery.com . If you are in Albuquerque, visit Mariposa at 3500 Central Avenue SE, corner of Amherst Street in our hip Nob Hill neighborhood.  And if you catch gallerist-owner Liz Dineen behind the counter, her eye-dazzling outfit will knock your socks off.  You might see

 

or

 

and a few more.  (Check the currently-available album link for necklace details).  

The Google+ album format is still new to some people, and I don't think it is especially intuitive.   If this format is new to you, click on an individual picture in the big montage they show you when you open the link.  This will give you a larger view of the necklace you've clicked on, and, up at the top right, a caption with description and my identifying necklace number.  It will also, below the picture, give you some arrows, so you can page through the necklaces, going backwards or forwards.  There should be a slide show option as well.

Time to make some new 2014 stuff!

Almost Time for the Annual Salon and Almost the End of 2013....

In the run-up to the annual Salon des Artistes next Sunday (Dec. 8 - please scroll down for Salon details and for the link to the photo album of available work), here are a few more sparkly, wintry pieces:

Necklace #88.  The central button is fabric-covered and set with rhinestones (from a 1960s housecoat, maybe?) and the other buttons are likely 1950s plastic with rhinestones.  It's on the Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.

 

Necklace #87.  Vintage metal and rhinestone buttons on chirimen polyester bias tape.

And then there are a few more, with covered buttons or buttons from the stash:

Necklace #83.  These buttons are covered in fabric from a Japanese promotional hankie - rayon or polyester - on chirimen polyester bias tape.

Necklace #84.  These buttons are covered with the fabric lining a Japanese denim jacket that a friend was modifying - rayon or even cotton.  They are on chirimen polyester bias tape.

Necklace #86.  Lines and swirls with bakelite and other vintage plastic buttons on cotton/linen bias tape.

See you at the Salon!

It's Salon des Artistes sale time - and time for winter-bling!

December 8th is the day for our Annual Salon des Artistes here in Albuquerque, when seven of us will present our work in a lovely home, from 9-4 on Sunday.  Please email me at telesor.roselet@gmail.com if you would like more information on our sale.  E-mail me also if you see something on the blog or photo album (https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/105148425797657603947/albums/5669744508708774721?sort=1 - remember to click the All Photos option if only highlights appear) that interests you.  The prices range from $40 to $65. 


Vintage sparkle from glass, metal, rhinestones and more - in time for the winter holidays!

 

Necklace #80.  Vintage cut-steel buckle with antique glass and vintage metal buttons on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.  

 

Necklace #81.  Vintage celluloid and lucite buttons, with evocative patina and rhinestones, on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.

 Necklace #82.  Vintage metal and rhinestone buttons twinkling on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape!

More colors and shapes

This central button is like a piece of smoothed wood (and it is very tactile, too), but it is a contemporary plastic resin button.  The little buttons covered in vintage Japanese fabric work well with it:

 

Necklace #77, on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.

I've tried a new rayon bias tape banded in red and black:

Necklace #78.  Vintage plastic buttons on rayon bias tape.

And these sweet contemporary natural fiber buttons (wicker, willow?) work well with the Japanese fabric, too:

Necklace #79.  Contemporary plant-fiber buttons with buttons covered in vintage Japanese fabric, on Japanese chirimen polyester bias tape.