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.