The first necklace with my mini-landscape pendants on stone. I might be playing with gold-filled chains for an even more (for me) minimal look. But for now, this will do. Materials: black stone pendant, black polyester waxed cord, Toho glass seed beads, India lampworked glass beads, acrylic paint, bronze leaf, varnish. Necklace adjustable from 15″…
Read More Well, that workedThis is Adelaide, named for the charming little boutique that used to employ her. She’ll look a bit different when I’m done with her upgrades. If I’m going to do more wearable art and large-scale jewelry, I need a dressform!
Read More Say hi to AdelaideA few months ago I scored some carved black stone pendants. A little research into painted shell and stone (resulting in a LOT of humility), I had a film hardener recipe for acrylic paint. And many ideas. These are the first test batch with bronze leaf accents. Each is about one inch high. Once…
Read More Painted rocksMany years ago, a wonderful little bead shop called ‘Another Bead Please’ had some gorgeous pieces of multicolored cane glass beads on commission. I was lucky enough to score two massive curved glass beads, each in two-tone triangular cane glass: one clear and teal, and this one in cobalt and clear glass. Since I have…
Read More Cobalt Arc NecklaceThis used to be a different necklace, but I sold one of the components separately a few years ago. A different chain, a little Deco style, and here’s a new necklace! Materials: sterling silver, amethyst, ametrine, rutilated quartz, clear quartz (rock crystal), smoky quartz, labradorite, iolite. Concept: in a layered 3D filigree oval, a cast…
Read More Seabird NecklaceWell, it was several months in the making, but I’ve finally begun uploading artwork to Crane Artifacts, my sales portal at Handmade at Amazon! Depending on this portal’s performance over the next six months, I’ll probably gradually be shifting a lot more art and jewelry to it and one more that I can’t wait to…
Read More Crane Artifacts, Handmade at AmazonI finally got the first eleven pieces uploaded to my little piece of SaatchiArt.com! This batch includes glass micromosaics and beaded tapestries, but acrylic paintings and jewelry will follow soon. The link: http://www.saatchiart.com/mariancranedesigns Whether this portal produces sales or not, it’s a great display site for my older work…and hopefully a better venue for new pieces.…
Read More My art on SaatchiArt onlineOver the next week or so, I’ll be finalizing the details on my shiny new sales portal at SaatchiArt.com online. Even though I’m already registered there, I’ve got a lot of background work left: choosing art, deciding whether to offer prints, verifying shipping weight and dimensions for each piece, researching market prices, etc. Why Saatchi?…
Read More Coming soon: online direct art salesLike many writers, I do lots of other creative things. I’m a gluten-free cook always looking for the best and most affordable ingredients (there will be posts on that later, I promise). I’m a costume and props maker. As a fiber artist, I’m under contract to provide award ribbons for a major twice-yearly regional art…
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