Inspiration, uno.
I draw inspiration from many things. I can’t personally pinpoint my style; I like anything from modern to art deco to funky; from simple to over-the-top. Artists I’ve come across seem so defined, but I’m like an ADD chicken with its’ head cut off. I’m everywhere and anywhere. And I’m always on the lookout for some inspiration.
Jewelry is one place where I find tons of it. Most artists seem to draw from nature or life or something like that. I get my kicks from jewelry itself.
A personal love of mine is Van Cleef and Arpels. One thing I don’t really like, is high-end, fancy-ass, traditional and boring crap. I don’t really like Tiffany’s, or Harry Winston, or anything peddled to the mainstream (albeit the upper crust), really. I think it’s boring, uninspired and drab. However, Van Cleef and Arpels are a big exception. Even in modern times they allow themselves that artistic and eccentric flair that catches my eye.
Although these are from 1953, VC&A’s “Cordes” earrings look like they could fit in with their modern fashions. Now THAT’S couture.
And so it begins.
Why hello there; you’ve stumbled onto my little niche in the webspace. I’m intrigued.
I suck so bad at writing these little blurbs. I usually start posts like this after I’ve written something so pretentious and idiotic-sounding.
In July, I’m going to be 23 and I hail from this bizarre epicenter in New Jersey — not yet New York City, not yet the Jersey Shore region … just somewhere in between. I love where I am even though I’m bored out of my mind half the time.
Jewelry is my passion. It used to be theatre. But I was too scared, too afraid, that I wasn’t good enough. I couldn’t let myself pursue theatre because I was too concerned with my looks. I didn’t want to throw myself into a business that centered so much of itself on appearances. So it’s a little ironic that I’m now pursuing a career in the fashion industry.
I started bead-weaving in September and haven’t made anything since January — I’ve been a little engrossed in my studies, which I am now temporarily, at least, giving up. I’ve gone back and forth with school, and I am so disenchanted with the whole thing. Now that I want to be a jewelry artist, I don’t even know what to study, anyway.
I’ve always wanted to be good at something. And I’ve tried many different artistic mediums, but I never had the passion before to stick with it. So I started bead-weaving, like I said. When I started, everything was loose, I pricked my fingers more than I got the beads on the needles, I couldn’t make sense of the stitches, all that nonsense. But I was so fucking determined to get it right, that I’ve made so much progress. Actually, I’m even getting to be pretty good.
Around January, a good friend of mine told me I should sell my jewelry. Well, that just set everything in motion. My real dream is to be a metalsmith. I want to express myself through metal and fashion. So I’m off to jewelry school.
I want to go here — because it’s cheap, takes financial aid, and requires no experience. I considered going to school for jewelry, except that everywhere I turned, they wanted portfolios. I’m switching gears from theatre; I don’t have much experience in drawing or sculpting. That’s why I want to go to school. Hmm. Curious.
So that’s what this blog is about — my progress and process. Eventually, I’d like a little gallery set up and stuff. That’d be awesome. But for now, I’ll just settle for musing and dreaming on the internet.
