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Cynthia Rutledge
Ariadne's Repousse' Pendant
Lattice Weave Parure
The Slide
August 13th - 17th
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Ariadne's Repousse' Pendant
Wednesday August 13th & Thusday August 14th
10:00am-5:00pm
Description: The translation of Ariadne’s name, “utterly pure”, is a term used by artisans that work in metal, using the techniques, repousse´ and chasing. Repousse´ is a French term, which means the art of embossing or pressing shapes into the metal to create a design from the back. Chasing is the opposite of repousse´, and the techniques are generally used in conjunction with each other. Where repousse´ is used to push the design to the front of the piece, chasing is used to refine the design. The “utterly pure” comes from the fact that no metal is lost. Whether the artisan is using gold, bronze, silver, pewter or copper, the tools of the trade have pretty much remained the same as in the Bronze Age of history.
Materials: List supplied upon registration.
Class Fee: $220.00 + Materials |
Lattice Weave Parure
Friday - August 15th
10:00am-5:00pm
Description: A “Parure” was a name given to jewelry that was designed to be a set. The Parures were usually contained in a lovely case for storage. In most cases these lovely sets were a necklace, bracelet and earrings. But I have seen many that included a tiara or hairpins, brooches and rings.
Lattice Weave Parure is a lovely beaded set consisting of a long necklace, which separates to form a shorter necklace and a bracelet. The set is completed with a pair of earrings. Lattice Weave is a stitch that is a combination of Netting, Right Angle Weave and Chevron Stitch. It is a lacey stitch that lends itself well to this design. The Lattice Weave chain is interspersed with pearl and crystal components and Lattice Weave flowers, adding texture and interest to the necklace. This lovely necklace has two little toggles that allow a section from the main portion of the necklace to disconnect, and offer a bracelet that wraps around the wrist and closes with a toggle. A pair of Lattice Weave chain and flower earrings adds the final touch
Materials: List supplied upon registration.
Class Fee: $110 + Materials |
The Slide
Saturday August 16th & Sunday August 17th
10:00am-5:00pm
Description: In October 2007, thousands of southern Californians fought their way through one of the worst fire seasons to date. As with all of the victims, we also have walked away from this disaster with our own stories of trial and tribulations, victory and defeat.
Our mountain suffered terribly, once again, but as this mountain has been through this many times, it will rebuild. One of the two fires raged on, refusing to be contained. The heroes in this disaster, the fire fighters, called it “The Slide”. Deeply forested, rough, high mountain terrain coupled by difficult water approaches and high winds, kept our heroes from gaining the upper hand.
My inspiration to name this lovely necklace, “The Slide”, came from the images of the fires, the once beautiful mountainous terrain and water. The 3-D, peyote stitch ring, representing the shape of the fire, is embellished with Brick Stitch triangles and crystals. The triangles represent our mountains, the crystals between them the trees. From the ring, two Peyote stitch connections allow the many strands of seed beads, crystals and small metal spacers to flow around the neck, then through a slide on the other side of the ring. The strands flow like water, to end in a beautiful cascading fringe.
Materials: List supplied upon registration.
Class Fee: $220.00 + Materials |
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