Jewelry Season 2024
October is here and it’s the start of Jewelry Season 2024! Each fall I create a collection of jewelry pieces from stone, glass, and metal components. Over the years, I’ve worked with vintage Saroyan coins, broken and abandoned components from ethnographic jewelry, and strung-stone designs.
These jewelry pieces I take to autumn and holiday sales, belly dance events, and on my Etsy store.
Blue and Silver
For the 2024 Jewelry Season, I’m working with a curated selection of components from my collection. Blue hues from lapis to turquoise combined are joining an array of mystery-metal coins, components, and spacers from across the globe.
This year, I’m crafting charm-style assemblage necklaces with talismanic pieces from Turkish eyes, Coptic Crosses, and Hamsas of various sizes and shapes.
Above Photo: Blue beads of stone and glass
Below Photo: “Assemblage Bar” ready for chain
New Styles & Old Faves
I’ve got five styles key styles I’m working on for this 2024 jewelry collection. This season, I’ve chosen to work in a more assemblage mode. I’m inspired by the colors of the sky and sea and scoured my collection for these blue pieces. These colorful pieces are pairing up talismanic iconography and up-cycling broken jewelry parts to create unique pieces.
Assemblage Torques and Bibs
By request, I’ve made a couple of assemblage torques and bibs for several of my collectors. These are some of the most dramatic and detailed pieces I’ve ever created and I’m happy that I’ve got four torques to use with these
Assemblage Bars
For people interested in a style suitable for daywear, I’ve created a style made from up-cycled choker components with drops. In this collection of metal components are a dozen bars waiting for transformation.
Coordinated Earrings
Although I don’t have pierced ears myself, many of my patrons do so I’m crafting earrings made from the same selection of components to coordinate with these various necklace styles.
Jean Jinglers
This is my longest-running and most popular style of jewelry. This style is made from a chain with coins and jewelry components with large swivel clasps on each end. These clasps make it easy to clip these jewelry pieces to your jean loops, on a purse or handbag, and even to wear around the neck as a necklace.
Cluster Drops Bag Dangles
These are versatile pieces that can be added to a costume, clipped to your favorite bag, or suspended from a chain as a jewelry piece. Perfect as that gift for the dancer who has everything.
Interested in seeing the progress of this jewelry collection? I share my work in progress over in my creative group on Facebook. Join my newsletter to receive links when these pieces are available on Etsy later in the season.
Of course, I’ll share some more pictures here when I have some finished pieces to share.
Now – Back to the workbench!
~ Dawn ~ Davina
Oct. 2024
