xox copper pipe necklace

 

RECYCLED COPPER PIPE NECKLACE

by CORY

 



I have a wonderful mechanic who is great at fixing cars but not so great at tossing stuff into the garbage can, he misses the mark.  That is fine with me because while he works on my car, I pick up debris.  This is my latest find...a soldered and cut copper pipe.  It was grungy, covered in dirt and grime, plus it had been run over and over who knows how many times.  I took it home cleaned it, polished it and discovered some beautiful colors under the grime.   This is the result, a long necklace made from mixed metals with a smashed button xox charm.  

boho crosses

 

SWEET REVENGE BOHO CROSSES

by CORY

 

Best of many photo shots...blur is better than glare.

These long necklaces are full of texture, color, and bling.

Available for purchase or special orders by request.

 

Information by email at  artwithmoxie@cox.net

 

 



 

 



the love necklace

SWEET REVENGE LOVE NECKLACE

by CORY

 

This and more jewelry designs may be found at

PURPLE LIZARD BOUTIQUE - Phoenix, AZ.

A VITA GALLERY AND BOUTIQUE - Ajo, AZ.

 

 



boho style bangles

 

 

SWEET REVENGE BOHO BANGLES

four stack
by CORY

 

Love this combination of colors... bangles made to order in your
choice of color combinations.

Purchase information by email
artwithmoxie@cox.net

new gallery

This necklace is one of several pieces selected to show in a gallery called ART STOP in Ajo, Arizona.  I will also show handcrafted purses and paintings.  My friend Joyce Harcharick introduced me to the gallery where she also shows and sells her beautiful paintings and prints.  Thanks Joyce.

The necklace below is one of many, including several purses, which were in a boutique called Cherish Boutique in Fort Collins, Colorado.  The owner called several times to inform me about purchases and that she would be sending a check,  which by the way never arrived.  I contacted her over and over and asked that the merchandise be returned, that too fell on deaf ears.  I was informed that she was not in on the few times I was in Fort Collins and had stopped by to get my stuff.  In the end, no money, no merchandise.  That really left a bad taste in my mouth.   Has this ever happened to you?  I hope not....

AU sample photos

Looking for samples of what I will be teaching at ART UNRAVELED?  Click onto my other blog where you will find more photos
Hope to see you in class, and don't forget to stop my booth on vendor day.  

stack them on

Stack bracelets are still hot, thank goodness, so I am busy making more hoping to have plenty for Art Unraveled Shopping Extravaganza.   I will have cuffs, bracelets, necklaces and handbags.


I will be teaching layered mixed media faces.  You can see photos of the class here and here.

Questions?  Please drop me a line...

 

Hope to see you there.





charm necklace

 

 

FROM THE HEART

mixed metals

 

Thanks for your patience...still trying to get this right, feedback welcome.

Have been busy gathering and making some repurposed, recycled, one of a kind items to post on Etsy.  This fun charm necklace just got posted.  I will be posting some new totes and purses soon.

 



i'm back...sort of

As you know, my computer crashed and it looks like I may have lost everything.  I know that I said that this was a jewelry blog and my other blog will post my artwork.  Well....I have posted this photo just to see if I could, and to let you know that for now, I will ask you to visit ARTUNRAVELED the retreat in July-August 2013 where I will be teaching faces on layers of collage.  When you get there, click on workshops where you will be able to see photos of what I will be teaching.



Thank you for stopping by...please be patient for I'm relearning as fast as I can.  Email me with any questions or comments, I love hearing from you.

missed you all

No photo today....my computer took a permanent vacation and took my photos along.  I have issued a missing photos report, hopefully they will be found soon.  Got a new PC and am having to relearn everything.  I am a slow learner, please forgive the delays.

I miss you guys...

kalmbach bead soup party

 Title:  MIDNIGHT RAIN

What a privilege to be asked to participate in the Kalmbach Bead Soup Party.  The wonderful people of Bead World in Glendale AZ. furnished the beads for the challenge.  All this inspired by the originator of Bead Soup, Lori Anderson who just wrote a book on some of the bead soup challenges, published by Kalmbach Publishing Co.   The necklace titled MIDNIGHT RAIN was inspired by a water fountain in front of my friend Gail's apartment. She loves and collects my jewelry as much as she loves her peaceful water fountain. I intuitively gathered items to add to the beads and among these were black fibers, warm brass beads, and vintage chain.  The only thing I wanted, was to keep the necklace fluid.  I started with a free form needle woven base to which I added the fused glass focal, beads to mimic flowers in the garden and the fluid chains and dangles.

Bead World was so generous with these beautiful beads, that I chose to make a second piece....

This time I decided to make a wrist cuff using the lace off a bodice of a thrift store evening gown.  I embellished it with the beautiful beads, added a handmade silk tassel, and lined it with soft deerskin.  These are the beads that I received...

I love the colors and textures of the beads and the beautiful small fused glass focal.  I will admit that because I am an intuitive designer, the palette will more than likely change, and change it did, with the addition of the black fiber on the necklace.  I went with it, thus the name Midnight Rain.  Not so much on the cuff, the palette pretty much remained true to form. 

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this creation.

create art cuff

Scraps of Paper Leather were used to create a wide cuff.  I wanted to create an extra sample of work as inspiration for the students in Tucson.  Everyone made a lovely sheet of paper leather, and each had a choice of either making a cuff, a wall hanging, or use it to create a journal cover.

The cuff that I made has stained antique lace, paper leather, a fabric bead, a faux jade charm, a polymer clay motif, and 2 brass pieces, one stamped with the word CREATE and the other with the word ART.

This piece will be available for purchase on my Etsy shop, 

MOXIE GALLERY.

Visit Create With Moxie to see my latest artwork on paper.

boho bangles

BOHO BANGLES

for the hippy in you

As I mentioned on my painting website, I apologize for the long absence. You can read about it here.  I have been doing very little for several months, I kind of crawled in bed and covered my head. But I can not stay there forever so I have been trying to do some painting samples for my classes, as well as catching up on my art jewelry.  I will be teaching a class in Tucson for Paperworks, and need to replenish my inventory.

The above Boho Bangles are a spontaneous mix of color and texture.  Easy to mix or match with other bracelets and cuffs.  Look for other designs on my etsy shop.

new bangles

 

Bangles.....wide ones, skinny ones, in between ones, and in colors of the rainbow.  A total mix of colors, textures, and patterns.  Most made from the left over demonstration pieces of Paper Leather that I taught at Art Unraveled.  They look great mixed and stacked with other pieces of jewelry.

See more bangles soon on Moxie Gallery my Etsy store.

full moon tribal necklace

Title:  FULL MOON TRIBAL

Mixed Media Necklace

In keeping with the Bead Soup Challenge, and because I like to work in series, I have created two more similar designed necklaces, both of which will be available for purchase.

This necklace has some hand painted charms, a hand made resin bead, a beaded aluminum bead, a shell charm, beads from the orphan bead box, and other items from the "stuff" box.

PLEASE NOTE:  NEW PIECES HAVE BEEN POSTED TO MOXIE GALLERY ON ETSY AND 

A NEW PAINTING HAS BEEN POSTED ON CREATE WITH MOXIE.

I will be posting most of my 2D art work on Create With Moxie and my Jewelry designs on this site.

Thank you for following

bead soup reveal 7-28-12

Title:  FROM THE HEART

When the Bead Soup ingredients arrived, I fell in love with the southwest color beads and the beautiful delicate heart shaped pendant bead that came from Cheryl Roe.  I started visualizing necklace designs and ran into two self  inflicted problems.  I wanted to lengthen the look of the heart pendant, but the bead hole ran from side to side.  In my mind, I saw delicate and I wanted statement, how could I accomplish a

bold statement with the small beautiful heart?  I placed the ingredients in the hands of my muse, and allowed my intuition to take over.  I constructed a wire and clay base. I added a hand painted  textured button to bring the eye to the area of the heart pendant which was now suspended  by a delicate chain.  I continued to add various charms to create texture and volume. This included a copper colored faux resin bead to pick up the color of the copper wire clasp which I separated and placed one on each side as they became charms.

Among the charms are, a mother of pearl shell that a student brought for me from the beaches of New Zealand, a tassel made from silks that came with me from teaching in Japan, handcrafted and painted fabric beads from my line of beads called Modern Acorns, and a bunch of other favorite orphaned beads.  I added two sizes of round wire circles to repeat the round shape of the button.  The lovely beads that Cheryl sent are attached to the wire circles and a small patinated brass clasp holds everything in place.  All in all I am very happy with the end result. My muse presented me with bursts of inspiration and improvisatory moments where I added, subtracted, shifted, broke apart, and melted together most of the ingredients.

Please visit Cheryl's website to see the beautiful necklace that she created with the ingredients that I sent to her.  Thanks Cheryl for being my partner and for the wonderful ingredients you sent me.

 Click this link to visit the other participants of the first reveal.

 A big thank you to Lori Anderson, a beautiful jewelry artist, for creating this wonderful challenge.

collage on canvas

CROSSING BOUNDARIES

16 x 20 Mixed Media Collage

I would like to invite you to paint with me.  I will be teaching Mixed Media Classes at Hobby Lobby in Peoria  and Avondale, Arizona starting in September.  Peoria classes will be Mixed Media Painting and Collage on Monday afternoons.  Avondale classes will be Mixed Media Painting and Collage and also classes in Unique Jewelry Design held on Wednesdays and Thursdays.  I will be posting class information on my other website soon. Click here for information.  Seating is limited, so reserve your space early.  Comment on this post or email me if you are interested in reserving a space.  All levels welcome.

Stop by, say hello, and register for a class. I will be demonstrating my work at 

Hobby Lobby Arrowhead in Peoria AZ, August 18, 2012 from 1 to 3 pm.

bead soup...here we go

These are the lovely Bead Soup ingredients that I received from my partner Cheryl Roe, thanks Cheryl, I love the Southwest colors, but you threw me a curve with the white beads, I rarely work with stark white, the fear of the blank canvas, I presume.  But... this is the fun of the challenge.  I love, love, love, the simple designs on the beads and pendant.  Feels like they have been painted in watercolor.  I so wish that the pendant was larger, here again, another challenge.  Please visit Cheryl's website, she makes lovely beads and jewelry.

I would also like to thank Lori Anderson for partnering me with Cheryl.

eco chic bangles

SOLD

The heat is unbearable, so I am staying indoors making hot jewelry.  Art Unraveled is just around the corner, so I am making more samples of what can be made with the Paper Leather Fabric which I will be teaching.  The bracelets look great stacked with other simply made bangles in mix or match colors. These samples will be available for purchase, please stop by and take a look.

Don't forget to drink lots of water and try to stay indoors.

follow your intuition

Last night I had a dream that I was stuffing a cereal box with plastic bags.  I woke up with the image still on  my mind.  My inner voice said " you have an empty cereal box and you have plastic bags, go do it, let's see what happens".   As I was stuffing the box, I thought, what if I cover the box with paper mache. I did that, let it dry, and painted it with white gesso.  Now I had what resembled an 8 by 9  faux gallery wrapped canvas.  This is what I started with....

 Any cardboard that you can save from the recycle bin, plastic bags, masking tape, torn pieces of newspaper, white gesso, watercolors and collage papers.  My intuition must have been on overdrive because this is what happened next....

  As I was ripping the news paper, I randomly ended up with two heart shaped pieces, one which reads "do you find yourself unable to do the things you love to do?" and the other, which you see in the first photo, reads, "your voice counts".   I took this as a sign, telling me to get out of the funk I have been in lately and paint.  The background is white on white,  the face is painted in watercolor, and I attached a hanging wire to the backside.