The Gospel According To Dusti

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Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Here is my latest assemblage.

This is brass chain with miniature escutcheons, jump rings and a skull bead converging on a prefabricated cast metal piece. I cut these skulls in half and drill holes through them to turn them into beads. Then I gouge out the eye sockets to accommodate vintage rhinestones in their original settings. A bicone Swarovski bead hangs beneath the skull.

I love making art from found objects and using materials in unexpected ways. I have a few more interesting things in the works such as a plastic doll face set in a Byzantine bezel and a necklace featuring clock hands.
I will be posting more pictures as projects are completed!

5 comments:

Lisa said...

I don't know how you do it. and I love the little key holes, are you going to sell it? Uhmmm!
You do it all, you're so talented.

Lisa

Dana said...

Dear Halloweenstress, I have a technical question. What is "escutcheon"? Thank you in advance for enlightening me.

Shes Off Her Rocker said...

OMG!!! I must have one...a trade, perhaps?? Its the most beautiful thing..and looks like it would be a choker...my fav style of necklace!! Dusti it is fabulous!!!!!

Dusti said...

Thanks Lisa! I need to sell it in my Etsy shop which I've done nothing with so far...Dana, an excutcheon is a fancy key hole plate. The one I showed two posts ago is a real one off a piece of my furniture. These are little scrap book things I bought to use in some jewelry. Bran, the good news is I can make more! I got the middle piece from Michale's. I hate to use prefab jewelry stuff in my work but it was perfect! I need to go back & get a few more...

Dusti said...

(oops I misspelled escutcheon!)