Monday, February 4, 2008

Is there such a thing?

As "Found Art jewelry"? A question I'm pondering today....and if I have time, will post to the Etsy forums.

I ask, because I'm contemplating a bracelet, and thought it would be a good descriptor. See, I've had these very nice cobalt-blue Swarovski cubes, but no idea what to do with them. Then, yesterday I found this little crystal butterfly pendant. Used to be attached to a dress of my 'baby' girl...the dress is gone, but this pretty pendant is left. And the 2 shades of blue reminded me of those cubes...

Suddenly, I have the thought of a bracelet...sterling links, the cubes, maybe some small pearls or something - and that butterfly as the center piece. I think it will be adorable.

Can I - should I - label it as "Found Art" or something similar?

5 comments:

KieutiePie said...

I'm not so familiar with stuff like that! ={ What exactly makes something "Found Art" and why are you so set on that name? =}

GreenSpaceGoods said...

hmm. That's a tough one, because part of it is upcycled, but not all of it. I think I would use the word upcycled and in your description, explain where that little charm came from. I think most Etsians would understand that more than "found art". :)

Dharma Designs said...

Sounds pretty!

TexasTesla said...

Upcycled! Hadn't heard the term, but I like it.

Kieutiepie...the "found art" term just popped in my head. I literally found the charm in my daughters room (under her bed), and when I was browsing around the internet for something to describe it, I saw a reference to "Found Object Art"

KieutiePie said...

Well I suppose you can call it whatever you want! You did.. find it! =}

btw - the link you wrote in my blog went to texastesla@blogspot.com! Just thought you might want to know. It doesn't go straight to your blog! Feel free to fix that if you want. You never know who might try to click the link and not find you!