Silver

[poliphilo]

Ailz's birthday's coming up and so is our wedding anniversary and we both like silver- so I found a specialist jeweller in the area and we went and had a browse and bought these-


A manta ray bangle by Nova of Norwich

and



A bracelet by Shrieking Violet of Potter's Bar- which uses real flower heads

We'd taken a pic-nic with us and couldn't find anywhere pretty to eat it- so eventually we pulled into a lay-by near Ticehurst, unpacked our folding table and chairs and ate by the road side as our parents would have done...

Comments

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Both pieces are lovely though I'm much more attracted to the flowers than the ray. Is there a special reason for the ray? It's very striking!

Happy anniversaries!
:)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

No special reason for the ray- it's just unusual- and we like unusual things.

The flowers are my favourite too. Ailz prefers the ray.

Thank you.

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday to Ailz and happy anniversary to you both. The ray is an interesting piece, but I suspect I'd keep stabbing myself with it! The bracelet is really pretty.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

They're both lovely. Congratulations and good wishes to you and craftyailz.

I like that you hyphenate pic-nic.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I don't know if I'm right in spelling pic-nic the way I do, but if in doubt about a word of that kind I usually hyphenate.

[porsupah.livejournal.com]

The ray particularly catches me - it's quite an elegant piece, uncomplicated, yet also with no small measure of artistry involved in crafting those gentle curves.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Nature comes up with the best shapes...

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

If you like that ray, you'll like our Orcadian pal Roger Philby's work!

His site's down for maintenance at present, but take a look some time when it's back!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Maybe you'd give me a nudge when he's up and running again.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Will do!

I love his work!

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

I like that there's a sense of fun and playfulness in both pieces - as well as a more classical beauty!

Well chosen.

I love giving women jewellery; there's something rather wonderful about the purely ornamental, non-utilitarian nature of jewellery that really appeals to me. I rarely wear any myself, so I use friends as a reason to buy or make pretty things. (I do occasionally wear my great-grandfather's silver-and-moonstone tie pin, though. But it has to be a pretty dressy occasion for me to punch a hole in a tie, because basically the tie will never be the same afterwards.)

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I love jewellery- and buy it regularly- but rarely for myself.

I wear one ring, and I've got various things hanging off chains round my neck- but they're usually under my shirt so not visible.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

I love my wedding band - and it feels a bit sad that it's no longer appropriate for me to wear it.

Recently I made a necklace for a friend out of the glass bead fringe of a broken, old lampshade that came with my house.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's a shame about wedding band. You should treat yourself to a ring that's just for you.

That's pretty. I do like beads.

[sorenr.livejournal.com]

I'm rather amused by the fact that I've made a necklace out of the remains of an old lamp shade... It sounds more far-out than if looks.

And I have a ring that I can wear; I have my father's gold ring with a flat, square onyx. It's nothing much - but then, heirlooms don't always need intrinsic value.

[huskyteer.livejournal.com]

I love the manta ray! So cool.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Aerodynamic, eh!

[davesmusictank.livejournal.com]

Happy anniversary

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks.