more necklaces and "passion"challenge

obsession passion?maybe a bit of both..... these necklaces are my lately totally recycled, upcycled ,unique designed,eco friendly or earth friendly jewelry made to orders(except one)
 i think i fit this months theme "passion" at artistinblogland with these magic mandalas,beads and cardboard pieces as they shows clearly my affinity to paper.i love the paper! and i work passionately  for me and you when i can.

i hope my passion for paper will last long :)
have a great weekend !........................ildi

w.i.p. bowl and ready necklace

hello! first of all  Big thanks for my lately followers :) & a Big thanks++ for my earlier and earliests followers who still stands by me :)
no time for many words i just want to show you what i am working on when the alignment of planets allows me

all the bests and happy recycling!

Paper Mache Rose Pins

and other bits...made of homemade paper pulp...
if you were thinking what's cooking on my kitchen then you can see now my" cooled" preparations on table.
i'm not a magnifique paper cook but i love what i do when i can do it.lately considered a luxury.

though they are only bits i did not made them in a few days...it all started in early June!! when my mother asked me to make some roses.a very good friend of mine was also interested buying some rosy stuffs so i made a few   attempts followed by other as everybody were pleased.
now they only need pins and ready to go!
the little mousie will however stay because is my little ones favorite toy for the moment :)

when ready i searched the net to find some similar stuffs but i only could see roses made of creppe paper and layered ones not pulp.glad i've managed to do some.it was not very easy to shape them.if by chance you've already seen paper pulp roses i would be very interested to let me know.

now the strand of pictures:

i hope soon some of them will be available on my etsy.
have a wonderful day!
ildi

zsuzsika

she is gessoed ,now it comes my favorite part-the painting !!!

and there she is........my first doll................

yesterday i finished her...
well this is how our traditional suit looks a bit stylized though(the dress in original is longer and not so round.the models on dress and vest are different depending on the aera from which they comes-anyway the red color and wolf teeths on the vests are omnipresent,while the apron is not ) the tenis shoes are my contribution lol,they usually wear long black boots or lacquer shoes but i couldn't resist....
i don't know how to make the final touch-varnish it or just coat it with a diluted pva glue...i would go for the varnish but all my varnishes shines too much.
...........i love the way she hangs,hehe...............

recently finished old cup

while still recovering form a bad could witch ended up with a nice pneumonia i "finally"

managed to finish and old wip(well still got to varnish it,but i already call it finished...i can't wait).

pour thing had its leg broken and it had a few more weak points but i did not rushed
and resolved them slowly as time and mood let me...

i don't have "how to build "pictures but i tell you i made it over the same type of milk jug i use for this kind of cups (called "MILLI"milk) using both methods -strips and pulp-and i love that shape that can easily become something else for ex.a princess dress if turned upside down lol...

when i reached the painting part i thought i may use one of my pattern sketches over it (see the blue paint version) but it was not only v difficult but also not v effective so i let it go and made something" lighter" using paper coils (not a bit of clay i swear! that medium is making me with the eye from a long time but i'm a stubborn head and have this silly ambition of "pure"paper...well at least regarding this cup lol).
i made the coils with the same method i wrote about a few posts ago..

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this is the final product,i don't know what's coming

next i could make a nice mosaic of unfinished stuffs waiting in different places...