Saturday, October 1, 2016

Quiz






Quiz:   What do each of these Women have in Common?


Yes!  You guessed it......  A Necklace! 
And each is wearing a necklace that Makes a Statement !!
(and not much else)
Are you feeling a little under-accessorized?

Maridadi by Bridget  to the rescue!
I am hosting a studio show in late October.  Expect an invite.


 


I took these photos
 in the Rufino Tamayo Museum of Pre-Hispanic Art
  in Oaxaca,  Mexico.     
The statues are from the PreClassical Period 
(1,250 B.C - 200 A.D.)   








Let us Honor History!

  It was not only the prevalence of jewelry in the museums that captured me.   
But the color and vibrancy that surrounded us.  
Markets, textiles, buildings, music, food, all of it containing an 
energetic force and joyful display.  "Here we are!" it shouted
Feast your eyes, feast your senses.  

And we did. 









 






 


And, once I was back in my studio, designing necklaces, I found myself reaching for color

 






 






Since then I’ve been to Cape Town -- reforged my African connection
And returned to Durham with suitcases weighted with wonderful beads

I've been designing up a storm
































So as I go to various things in the neighborhood, I find people wearing 
your necklaces and loving them!    (email from R. in Boston)

Someone stopped me in the airport to ask about my necklace.  (S. in Paris)

My husband buys me really expensive jewelry, but when I travel 
I always choose to take the ones you made.   (M. in California)

I wish I had your business cards.  People are always asking 
where I got my necklaces!  (L. tells me this regularly)











1 comment:

Marcia said...

Oh Bridget, I SO much appreciate your willingness to share with us your artistic eye, and how you link the colors of the scenes you experience traveling (GREAT PIX!) with your marvelous necklace designs, including the colors, shapes, materials, and ORIGINS of the individual beads -I adore your notes about the HISTORY of your unusual beads, which makes them all the more precious to wear or to gift. THANK you for sharing a fraction of your many talents (visual artist, writer, photographer, creator of marvelous necklaces) with us!
Admiringly, Marcia