Cross-Disciplined Fantasy on Overload
So, since we’ve been heading down a whimsical path combined with cross discipline work, and I have been holding onto this image sent to me by Jenny McKitrick for a few months already (thanks Jenny!), it seemed it was time to pull this little ray of sunshine out. Or, maybe we should say, nuclear level of sunshine!
The piece was an entry by Arianna Raffa in the Battle of the Beadsmith 2015 competition. When Jenny first sent it to me, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. Busy work is not my thing, but it doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate it, and the one thing this piece does that we all hope to have happen when something we made is viewed, is force you to keep looking at it in order to take in all the detail. Aside from that, I just am blown away by how much work had to go into this! Soutache, a variety of beading techniques and those huge polymer cane butterfly wings make it not only full of beads and color, but full of construction style jewelry disciplines. You can’t say Arianna isn’t talented, and you can’t say she doesn’t have some patience!
Most of this Italian designer’s work is a bit more subdued, but still glitzy and colorful. If this burst of color on your screen brightened your day, you can continue down that path with a bit of time on her website. It is in Italian and does not translate in Google, but just go to ‘Creaciones‘ and click on any of the items under the drop down menu there for a page full of color and shine.
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