Much Needed Updating

Much needed updating
Sunday, Apr 6, 2008


Well, the year has been a busy one so far and I've fallen behind in updating the website and my blog. Apologies! I have many new pieces to share with you that need to be photographed and listed which I intend to get posted in the next week or two. I have just completed the Festival on the Green Fine Art Show and now I have to rework my needle lace caged pendant tutorial for publication in Step by Step Wire magazine's Summer issue. Apparently I should not have cropped the pictures becuase it reduced the file size to below publication standards. I'm going to begin that work today while the lighting is right (I like to take my pics in natural lighting). I will be working on that over the next few days to meet or beat the deadline, so I will not have much time to devote to updating the website until I have that out of the way. Check back soon for pics of new work and the stories of their creation.

Thank you for your continued interest in my work!
Delia Stone

The Pink Lady

I've been experimenting with some new techniques and had a project which I had started and set aside. It seemed a bit overwhelming and like it was going to take me days to progress with it ,so I took a break from it. I picked it back up yesterday and stared at it for a a little while and all of the sudden I was posessed to finish it - today! I finally realized that it was just such an organic technique that the only way I could win was to surrender to it. I had to just let go of all preconceived notions about what the piece should look like and stop tyring to make it happen. I just let the wire go where it wanted to and this was the result.

It's BIG. It's what I call a four fingers pendant. It lays across all four fingers when it's in your hand. That being said, though I personally prefer jewelry that is less... well, shall we say 'bold' I really like this piece. I learned a LOT from making this pendant. It was a fun project once I got over being intimidated by it and just let it happen. Thanks for looking. All feedback is welcomed.

Eclipse

I call this "Eclipse"... It's like the full moon and the dark moon meeting in harmonic convergence.

This piece is one of my signature chandelier pendants. I love combining opalite and onyx. They make for such a beautiful contrast ... shiney black and glowing white! Oh my! This peice also has an opalite bead wrapped in a delicate herringbone wrap attached to the bail to give the pendant a touch of detail. The opalite has a firey and ethereal presence in hand that the photograph could not truely capture.

Pardon the "Other Pendants" text. I altered this pic for my website and forgot to save the original.

This pendant is for sale on my website: www.freewebs.com/deliasstones/