Bracelets

Bracelet - Houses (so packed with art beads)

Art beads: Saffron Yellow twisted rings - MissFickleMedia
Green Erudite facetted polymer clay bead - Second Surf
Bronze large Bicone with patterned edge, polymer clay- GracefulWillowBeads
Green edged raku ceramic Disc - Jubilee
Yellow raku ceramic House - Jubilee
Oxidized Copper Oak leaf dangle - DaisyChain
Teal on dark clay small Pebble bead - Gaea
Pink and orange polymer clay cube - GracefulWillowBeads
Green raku ceramic House - Jubilee

Other:

Wooden side drilled oval bead

Oxidized copper wire
Oxidized copper lobster clasp


Bracelet - Maroc

Art beads: Bronze Macaroni ceramic bead - Elaine Ray

Rustic Sea Blue etched Lampwork rondelle - OutWest

Sand and Sea Blue polymer clay disc - HumbleBeads

Other:

Brass spacer beads

Large rose red and dark grey matte seed beads 

Bronze drop beads

Czech glass beads
Vintaj brass swirl clasp
Waxed linen cord


Bracelet - Roses Garden

Art beads:

Copper Rose Swirl hook clasp - CuriousBeadShop

Flower stamped resin coins - Susan K Nestor

Rose and Pink raku ceramic beads (6) - Jubilee

Other:

Copper ring

Czech glass beads

Waxed linen cord

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

Necklace & Earrings

Necklace - With Green Ceramic Button And Black Patinated Shard

This is a rather long necklace, with the pendant hanging below the bosom.

Art beads:

• Green Ceramic Button - Gaea
• Black patinated metal shard - MissFickleMedia
• Patinated toggle clasp - MissFickleMedia

Other beads and components:

• Pink Coral rounds 4mm
• Ghana Bauxite pipestones 4mm
• Green frosted large seed beads
• Rectangular links raw brass chain
• Square profile brass wire
• Vintaj brass jump ring
• Green Griffin silk cord

Earrings - Blue & Yellow Delight

These earrings look so great on. I should make sure to show you a picture of them when they are being worn. And I am also considering keeping them for myself. We'll see … I haven't completely made up my mind yet ...

Art beads:

• Yellow on chocolate Ceramic rounds - Gaea
• Ocean blue patinated petal links - MissFickleMedia

Other beads and components:

• Blue waxed linen cord
• Vintaj brass findings and ear studs

If you are interested in any of these pieces please let me know. 

e-mail: malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

All my best,

Malin

3 bracelets

Bracelet - Rusty Rose Garden - SOLD!

Art beads: rusty red patinated chain by MissFickleMedia, rose swirl clasp by TheCuriousBeadShop, beaded bead by Malin de Koning

Other beads and components: green jade (semiprecious stone) rounds, rose goldy czech glass faceted coins, dark green waxed linen cord


Bracelet - Samarkand

Art beads: painted polymer clay beads by GracefulWillowBeads

Other beads and components: matte anthracite large seed beads, brass colored large seed beads, turquoise picasso glass cubes, heavily oxidized brass hook and eye clasp, dark turquoise waxed linen cord


Bracelet - Surf's Up

Art beads: hand painted boat shaped wooden beads by GracefulWillowBeads

Other beads and components: cloudy turquoise glass bicones, milky ivory gilt lined seed beads, heavily oxidized brass hook and eye clasp, black waxed linen cord


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

All my best,
Malin

Jewelry in June

Necklace with mandala pendant

Art bead:

Mandala pendant - Barbara Bechtel, Second Surf

Other:

Various czech glass, lucite beads, acrylic beads, seed beads, gold painted wood, vintage bronze colored rounds, waxed linen cord, brass findings

Earrings - Roobios

Art beads:

Painted beach pebbles - PlymouthRocks

Edge glaze raku circles - Jubilee

Other:

Vintaj brass earhooks and findings

Waxed linen cord

Please let me know if you are interested in any of these. Contact me at malindekoning[at]hotmail.com.

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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Earrings

4 new pairs of earrings:

Hammered copper hearts by Joanne Tinley of DaisyChain

Earwires by CuriousBead

All my best,

Malin

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Please let me know if you are interested in buying any of my jewelry pieces. 

Write to me:  malindekoning[at]hotmail.com

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Lamb and Fish

Easter week I am presenting jewelry containing a lamb and fish. Might seem like a thought, but it isn't … unless it is a subconscious one …

I have never been one for practicing Christianity myself, in the sense of for instance regularly going to church, praying or reading the bible. I wouldn't call myself religious. Even so I do believe there was most probably a person called Jesus 2000 years ago, who was an extraordinary person in many ways. Like Gandhi, Mandela, Luther King, Mother Theresa and other great and real people in our history. Jesus was probably unusually extraordinary. And there have been times when I've found myself asking "What would Jesus have done in a situation like this?". I find him to be a great life guide. And the story of his life is ever so fascinating and inspiring.

Bracelet - Lisa Shaun

My daughter Arabella has a cuddly toy named Lisa Shaun (Shaun for surname since she is actually related to Shaun the Sheep … ). Lisa is soft, slouchy, extremely huggable, super cute, kind, caring and always there to give comfort for anyone in need of it. But she is also large. She can't be carried around everywhere. So when Rejetta Sellers recently showed us her latest design, an absolutely irresistible lamb/sheep bead in polymer clay, I knew I had to get one at once. And I've made this bracelet for Arabella. Now she can carry Lisa with her on the wrist at all times, for comfort when I am not around. The design is a result of a cooperation between Arabella and myself. The story is this: Lisa is in a field with purple flowers and under a bluish sky.

ART BEADS:

Lamb/sheep in polymer clay - Rejetta Sellers, JettaBugJewelry

Purple flower stamped resin coins - Susan K Nestor

OTHER:

Purple bicone, greenish leaf and bluish facetted rondelles - czech glass beads

Silvery flower magnetic clasp

Waxed linen cording

Necklace - Lime Green With Fish

ART BEAD:

Lime green raku ceramic pendant - Jubilee

OTHER:

Green tube indonesian glass beads

Matte pale periwinkle peanut beads

Old rose/purple small seed beads

Silvery ornate hook and eye clasp

Super soft and agile beading wire

Secretly hiding behind the lime green pendant are two fish shapes carved into the clay.

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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