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  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 1,069 Trailblazing

    It's so exciting to see everyone's artwork. What a wide range of gorgeous and inspiring art forms. Wow!

    This is my newly found artwork, which I started 1-1/2 years ago due to being housebound with my mobility disability. It's jewellery made primarily from second-hand jewellery donations that were made to a charity shop that I volunteer for. These are from the donations that couldn't be sold for various reasons, such as too dirty, old-fashioned, unacceptably ugly or broken. If I can't clean them and sell them, or fix them and sell them, I take them apart, then design and make new jewellery, which is then sold for charity. These are all my designs from this Christmas' collection…

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  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 3,218 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    They're beautiful @StarryEyed! Such a great idea to use old pieces to make new ones. Do you have a favourite?

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 1,069 Trailblazing
    edited January 4

    Thank you, @Rachel_Scope . I had volunteered in the store for about seven years before getting immobile, so I knew how the system worked. But it took me 1-1/2 years before I came up with the idea. A little thick. Lol!

    You ask which is my favourite, as in of the four necklaces I posted?

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 3,218 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    It's impressive that you came up with the idea at all! I'm a big believer in reusing items.

    Either from those 4 or any that you've made. I've love to see a picture of course.

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 1,069 Trailblazing

    You want a short answer or a long answer? 😁

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 1,069 Trailblazing

    And thank you.

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 3,218 Scope Online Community Coordinator

    I'm happy with either! I look forward to seeing your creations when I'm back in the morning 😊

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 1,069 Trailblazing

    Short answer - There are too many reasons to like a piece that I can't pick a favourite.

    Long answer - Reasons I like a piece are:

    *I was able to fix it and sell it so it was easy

    *I was able to clean it and sell it so it was easy

    *I like the materials (my favourite materials are wood, glass, silver, resin, natural stones, aluminium, leather and most plastics).

    *I like the colour

    *I like the colour combinations

    *I like the texture

    *I like the form

    *I had to be very creative to design/fix the piece

    *I was able to design and make the piece quickly

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 8,889 Championing
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  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 8,889 Championing

    This is something a drew a while ago

    I do remember one mental health worker talking about drawing as a good thing to do to help with Mental Health

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 8,889 Championing

    I would like to get better at art

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 8,889 Championing

    I may take it back up again

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 1,069 Trailblazing

    Hi Strawberry 🥰 Your drawing is so fluid and lively and complex. I love it! I can't draw worth beans. Never could. You definitely have the gift!

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 8,889 Championing

    Thank you @StarryEyed

    I appreciate your kind words

    Very grateful

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 1,069 Trailblazing

    By saying you'd like to get better, do you mean by taking courses? There are tons of online courses. I learned almost everything about jewellery making through the internet - Google searches, YouTube and Pinterest.

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 8,889 Championing

    Hi @StarryEyed , no not go on a course

    Just more practice

    But i will have a look at stuff on You tube

    Thanks

    Sorry for my late reply but i decided to get my art pad out and draw again

    Im glad you found help to do your jewellery making

    Nice one

  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 1,069 Trailblazing
  • StarryEyed
    StarryEyed Online Community Member Posts: 1,069 Trailblazing

    Right, Strawberry, practice makes perfect. It makes it more fun and interesting for me when looking at what others do. For example, here's a free 15-minute flower sketching tutorial...

    https://youtu.be/6BdyQnsyq9E?si=lyDJkwojIBv1XhsF

    Rachel, here are the other two necklaces I designed for my Christmas collection....

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    It's a six-way tie. I love all of them. Mind you, I wouldn't wear any of them myself, as they're not my style. My personal style doesn't factor into what is meant for others.

    Which is your favourite?

    Do you think Scope may be interested in volunteers doing this with their second-hand stores?

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 8,889 Championing

    Thank you @StarryEyed .

    Really appreciate you thinking of helping me out .

    Very Grateful and thanks for getting the you tube stuff too .

    Sincerely grateful

  • Strawberry1
    Strawberry1 Online Community Member, Scope Member Posts: 8,889 Championing

    Your jewellery what you have made is really good @StarryEyed

    Really good

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