May 27th, 2008
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Button Down by K Tempest Bradford
Bracelet with interwoven cotton ribbon, buttons, and metal lobster hook clasps. Click the images for hi-res versions.
This bracelet is the creation of K. Tempest Bradford, author of “Black Feather“.
My story is based on three different folktales I read as a teenager: The Six Swans, The Seven Ravens, and The Twelve Brothers. In each of these stories a sister has to save her brothers who were transformed into birds. The conditions set for her in each are slightly different, but one that is common to all stories is that she has to sew shirts for each of her siblings to wear. The Six Swans is probably most memorable of the versions because she doesn’t quite finish the shirt for her youngest brother and he spends the rest of his life with a huge wing for an arm. I always pictured the shirts as the white, button down variety–very clean and crisp and simple.
The bracelet is long enough to wrap around most wrists twice, some three times, and can even be worn as a choker.
K. Tempest Bradford
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May 11th, 2008
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Timothy Set by Sarah Evans
Earrings: Silver wire and seed beads on stainless steel hooks; Choker and Bracelet: Freshwater pearls, silver wire beaded “whiskers”, and red frosted-glass cats’ tongues sewn onto black velvet ribbons. The bracelet is 7″, the choker is 14.5″ expandable up to 16.5″. Click the images for hi-res versions.
Based on “Timothy” by Colin Greenland
I made this set hoping to tie in a visual image of Timothy himself…the cat, that is. Black velvet ribbon with spots of white–the pearls–are meant to be his coloring, and the curled wire his whiskers. The red beads sewn in there were originally red petals, which seemed appropriate at the time because so much of the story is looking out over the garden. But I like them because, when looked at the right way, they also resemble cats’ tongues. The red charm in the middle of the choker with black lace stretched over it represents all the cloaked passion in this enchanting story. Also, regarding the earrings: I used many colors there instead of just red to reference Timothy’s seeing color for the first time. (The earrings are also whiskers.)
Saran Evans
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May 5th, 2008
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A Map of the Everywhere — Boxcar Diner by Sarah Evans
7″ bracelet, abalone, seed beads.
Based on “A Map of the Everywhere” by Matthew Cheney
The boxcar diner from the ending of the story was never really specified, but I had the impression somehow that it really was on train tracks, so I made a train track bracelet with an abalone boxcar and various seed beads and star beads dotting it.
Sarah Evans
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