Lost-wax casting

A while ago I joined a workshop "lost-wax casting" given by Linde Neels from Ginkgo. 

We worked with sheets of wax that where molded, folded, ripped, dripped, cut ... into the desired shape of the piece of jewelry we had in mind. 

Sounds easier than it is. 

I chose to make 3 pairs of earstuds, not really knowing how it would look after the process of being turned into silver pieces. 

 Macroshots: the earstuds mesure approx 1 cm.

Simplicity with a curl

Minimalistic crochet collection  

MCC
on sale in my Dawanda shop

Custom orders

Two totally different styles, but both made with the same enthusiasm.

Cute names and gardenghosts

  James Wong:  "the alternative guide for cool stuff to grow"

 Admit: cute names & savoury discriptions

 Found these seeds at Suttonseeds UK. They mention a delivery time of about 2 weeks, but they arrived within one week!

 

Update: kitchengarden@home today - gardenghosts: disguised tomatoplants

Shiitake experiment ... still looks (and smells) the same ... no changes, no fungus popping up.

Variation

  

More ideas are popping up to make variations on the crochet tube necklaces.

An old box

 

 A while ago I received a nice surprise in my mailbox.  Dear Yael from PazzaPazza sended me this old cigarette box filled with old Gütermann silk sewingthread in bright colors. 

What a delight!

I did not use these bobins at the moment of receiving, due to lack of time and inspiration. 

Thank you Yael, for arousing my crochetpassion!

Minimalism

 Minimalism in materials: just a crochet needle, some real silk thread and a metal ring.

 Minimalism in implementation