Three bracelets for fall-autumn

Bracelet - Fall In Love

Art beads:

Beige, blue and brown stripy polymer clay disc - HumbleBeads

Leaf in polymer clay - HumbleBeads

Other:

Chocolate jasper rounds

Lime yellow jade faceted rounds

Skye blue czech glass beads

Rhodium toggle clasp

Pale blue waxed linen cord

Bracelet - Greens With Ivory Opals

Art beads:

Bright green and clay raku ceramic round bead - Jubilee

Mermaid blue-green ceramic round - Gaea

Ivory white ceramic round - Gaea

Green and Ivory ceramic Oval - MarlasMud

Hammered copper toggle bar - Malin de Koning

Other:

Ivory white opal nuggets

Faceted semi-precious stone (unknown)

11/0 ivory seed beads

Ivory waxed linen cord

Bracelet - Purples With Green And Lime Turquoises

Art Beads:

Syringa lilac with green leafs polymer clay discs - Humble Beads

Syringa lilac ridged lampwork glass round - Gardanne

Rose swirl copper clasp - The Curious Bead Shop

Other:

Green And Lime Turquoises

Green griffin silk cord

All my best,

Malin de Koning

Feeling Green

Bracelet

Art bead: 

Kiwi green large ceramic lentil by Elaine Ray

Other components:

Raw brass chain

Vintaj brass clasp and finding

Large seed beads

Green waxed linen cord

Earrings

Art beads:

Green enameled rounds by Gardanne

Other components:

Wooden discs

Vintaj brass earring hooks

Green waxed linen cord

Necklace

Art bead:

Lime green with teal enameled butterfly by Gardanne

Other components:

Taupe grey twisted silk cord

Brass chain and findings

Please let me know if you've taken fancy in any of these pieces.

All my best,

Malin

Bracelet Craze #7

Here's 3 new ones:

Art bead: black facetted Erudite in polymer clay by Second Surf

Semi-precious stone: white-gray agate rounds

Art bead: elephant in polymer clay by PipsJewelry

Art bead: stoneware swirly lentil by BHClaySmith

Only the last one is for sale. Let me know if you are interested.

All my best,

Malin

Bracelet Craze #6

So, I've upscaled the value of some of my later ones in this recent range of bracelets that I call Bracelet Craze (of 2014), by using semiprecious stones as well. Check back at previous, recent posts if you are interested in seeing more in the series. The posts are all named Bracelet Craze and then a number. I hope you too like my latest creations. I am very pleased with them myself if I may say so :-).

Art bead: patterned clay lentil by BHClaySmith

Semi-precious stone: Pale yellow quartz rounds

Art bead: Mellow Yellow bottle cap bead by Trinket Foundry

Semi-precious stone: Lime green jade nuggets

Art bead: green Erudite facetted round in polymer clay by Second Surf

Art bead: green raku ceramic flower by Jubilee

Please contact me if you would like to buy any of these bracelets.

E-mail: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,

Malin

Bracelet Craze #3

More bracelets … 7 of them ...

Art bead: Ceramic book by Mary Harding

Art bead: Blue semi-spherical raku ceramic bead by Jubilee

Art bead: Ecru Wing Ding lampwork glass bead by Genea

Art bead: Yellow Yes polymer clay heart by JettaBug

Art bead: Grumpy Bull Dog head ceramic by BHClaySmith

Art bead: Green flat drop ceramic bead by Gaea

Art bead: Lime green ceramic coin by Jubilee 

Please contact me if you are interested in any of these bracelets. E-mail: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,

Malin

Bracelet Craze - #2

And the bracelet craze continues. (See previous post.)

Art bead: green raku coin ceramic by Jubilee

Art bead: blue raku semi sphere ceramic by Jubilee

Art bead: ivory with brown Erudite shard by Barbara Bechtel of Second Surf

Art bead: midsummer's flowers ceramic lentil by Golem

Please contact me if you like any of these bracelets.

Email-address:  malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,

Malin

Malin's Bracelet Craze of July 2014

Bracelets are just pouring out of me. For the last few days I can't stop making them. I am having so much fun. They are all basically following the same design concept, seemingly simple, but which I still can vary in endless variations. Two complementing kinds of beads sitting on each side of one art bead. Strung on either waxed linen or Griffin silk cord, and with a simple hook or swirl clasp.

It's all about the proportions and the combination of colors, shapes and textures. And that's what I have always loved about designing anyway. All the parts aiming to enhance each other and still creating a beautiful unity. It's the essence of my design/art philosophy! It doesn't matter weather I am painting a painting, sculpting, designing a graphic profile or making jewelry. I have had the same approach since ever. Kind of investigating and researching what happens if I try this, or that. And that is why it is so much fun for me. A never ending journey on which I keep discovering new things all the time. May my life never end giving me new thrills of all kinds. Some of my earliest childhood memories are to do with me playing with, and discovering things about colors and form. It's in my blood. It's my passion. 

Forest green ceramic round by Karen Totten.

Raku ceramic square by Jubilee.

Orange with brown Erudite facetted polymer clay bead by Barbara Bechtel of Second Surf.

Forest green ceramic round by Karen Totten.

Green round ceramic bead with a tree by Kylie Parry.

Ivory with gold flower polymer clay disk by Leah Curtis of BeadyEyed Bunny.

Please contact me if you take fancy in any of these bracelets and wish to buy it. E-mail me at: malindekoning@hotmail.com

NOW:
What is YOUR design philosophy? Are you even aware of if you have one? What is it you are investigating/researching when you are designing? In what lies the thrill for you? Please write a comment! I would love to hear all about it.

All my best,
Malin

Jewelry

Bracelet - Clan of Three Rocks

Art Beads:

Handmade fabric bead cones - DatzKatz

Bracelet - Coral Crush

Art Beads:

Raku ceramic cubic bead - BHClaySmith

Bracelet - Double Bump

(This bracelet looks so great on, but it was difficult to do it justice in a photo. I can't help seeing a kind of pouty smiley face in this picture.) 

Art Beads:

Copper leaf clasp - DaisyChainExtra

Red dotted polymer clay bumpy beads - SomethingToDoWithYourHands

Necklace with Fake (acrylic) Amber Nuggets

(No art beads in this piece)

All my best,

Malin

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Please let me know if you are interested in any of my jewelry. Contact me: malindekoning[at]hotmail[dot]com
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4 bracelets

Bracelet - Ivory And Rose

Art beads:

• Ivory WingDing lampwork glass bead - Genea 
• Ivory small ceramic bead - Gaea
• Rose swirl clasp in oxidized copper - CuriousBeads

Other beads and components:

• Smokey teal blue facetted czech glass
• Clear oval czech glass
• Orange waxed linen cord

Bracelet - Green Leaf And Squares

Art beads:

• Square raku ceramic beads in greens and yellows - Jubilee
• Green leaf ceramic clasp - Bo Hulley

Other beads and components:

• Chunky rectangular milky beige czech glass beads
• Long rectangular beige czech glass beads
• Pale beige waxed linen cord

Bracelet - Oak Leaf And Flower

Art beads:

• Oak leaf clasp in oxidized copper - Joanne Tinley of DaisyChain
• Rusty red polymer clay flower - Rejetta Sellers of JettaBug

Other beads and components:

• Long rectangular beige czech glass beads
• Sand beige waxed linen cord

Bracelet - Old Rose And Blue Flower

Art beads:

• Old rose enameled drop beads - SueBeads
• Rose swirl clasp in oxidized silver - CuriousBeads

Other beads and components:

• Blue flower czech glass
• Blue and wine red facetted czech glass rondelles
• Clear oval czech glass
• Blue waxed linen cord

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Almost all of my jewelry pieces are available for purchase. Please let me know if you are interested in any of them. 
Contact me at: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,
Malin

3 new bracelets starting of 2014

Bracelet 1


Art Beads - Blue hollow polymer clay beads by StillPointWorks

Bracelet 2

Art Bead - Tin Snippet link by Lorelei Eurto
Art Bead - Brass long hammered link by MissFickleMedia (curved by me)


Bracelet 3

Art Bead - Hammered copper leaf clasp by DaisyChainExtras
Art Bead - Hollow ceramic lentil, white with brown pattern by Golem

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All my jewelry pieces are available for purchasing, even though I might not yet have listed them in my Etsy Shop. Please let me know if you are interested in any of them. Contact me at: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,

Malin

Long Necklaces

I am a tall woman, 184 cm or just above 6 feet. I don't know if that is the reason I like elongated things just in general. But perhaps the explanation could be found there. It is not completely unlikely anyway. Or what do you think?

And, when it comes to jewelry I believe I most often like to make things sort of fitting my own body constitution proportion wise. And also to go with the kind of clothes I like to wear. So with necklaces, I  often like them long. To hang below my bussom.

However, I find long necklaces a bit difficult to photograph. So I have a bunch of them made over time that I have not yet taken proper single photos of. Here are a few. I decided to take a group picture of:

Most of them contain beautiful and exciting art beads. The two ones furthest to the right are my latest creations in the lot, finished in January. I often put a clasp also on my long necklaces, even though they would easily go over the head, if I believe some people might like to wear them doubled or even tripled.

All my best,

Malin

2011, and I am wishing for elephants

Ever since I was a child I have liked elephants. I kind of collected them. Had many cuddly toys for instance. And have you seen that nature film about elephants that mourne their dead? They stop at the spot where someone died years ago and stand still for a day or so. Very moving to see. And later the whole flock goes on a search for a missing young one. They just don't give up, and when the mum and the child finally see each other from a distance they start running, and it is so beautiful. David Attenburgh narrating. I cry rivers. They really are such magnificent animals.

Now I am at it again. I am lusting to add beautiful elephants in my jewellery. I am calling all art bead makers to create toggles, beads, pendants or anything that could be used in my jewellery. Your own personal interpretation of the elephant/s. And I am hereby calling first dibs on your pieces! Thank you!

Here are a few things to be found on Etsy at the moment:

Lolis Charm, Antique Brass Oval Setting - Elephant / Green, 1 pc

Ash Glaze Elephant Bank

Jamn Warm Gray Silk Ribbons Hand Dyed Sewn 5 Ribbons Elephant Taupe Grey

Ceramic Buttons With Animals By Oiye x 6

20 elephant beads, tibetan silver, 11mm, B21

Hill Tribe Elephant Spirit Lock

All my best,

Malin