I’m getting all sorts of gin and tonic jewellery ready for my exhibition at Local Images in Penola, opening Friday at 5.00pm.
“Be-Gin Again”
Tag: recycled glass jewellery
Gin AND Tonic earrings
Really in the middle of making lots of jewellery for the exhibition at Penola. I thought these earrings were quite lovely.
The pair on the left are made from a Hendricks Gin bottle, and the pair on the right are made from a Fever-Tree tonic bottle.
Cheers! Here’s to recycling…
I am given lots of old bottles from all sorts of people, and I really love that people are using me like a recycling bin. Sometimes it takes me a while to make something from the glass, but I’ve definitely had a lot of fun with this wine bottle this week. Who knew that a clear wine bottle could be made into so many different pieces of jewellery? Remember this necklace? And this bracelet? Here’s another necklace to add to the collection:
Sparkly champagne bottle bracelet
The subtle contrast in the beads, alternating from etched to shiny makes this bracelet really interesting…that, and it was also made from a champagne bottle!
Just letting you know that I’m happy to take custom orders for pieces. Last year I had a customer, who had celebrated a special birthday with a magnum of Moet champagne, request several pieces of jewellery to share with her daughters as a memento from the special day! I recently got an email from one of those daughters who said “the most amazing keepsake”.
Don’t throw the bottles in the bin! If you would like to discuss a custom order, please feel free to email me Jules.frahm@gmail.com
Pink Depression Glass Bracelet
I had some beads leftover from the Pink Depression Glass test beads that I made, so I decided to mix them with some of the silver and gold pixie dust wine bottle beads! Well, I have to say, they mix really well together, the end result is a very pretty, delicate and feminine bracelet.
Bombay Sapphire Gin Earrings
Long Bombay Sapphire Gin Earrings! Each of the beads decorated in a different way:
Coopers Ale bottle roll
If you have ever had a bottle of Coopers Ale, you might know that it needs to be rolled before you open it. Well, I feel like I am on a bit of a Coopers Ale bottle roll at the moment with this project. Today I am featuring a pair of earrings with a lovely contrast in all of the beads. The same glass, from the same Coopers Ale beer bottle, finished three different ways. Subtle, but so pretty.
Cool blue recycled glass necklace
It’s day 5 of my #ayearofrecycledglassjewellery challenge! I’m really loving making all of these new necklaces. I promise I will be making some new earrings very soon for all of the earring lovers out there!
Today I have put together a selection of cool blues, clears and silvery tones. Perfect for such a hot day! Reminds me that we are going swimming very soon. Stay cool…
A year of recycled glass jewellery
Hello, and welcome to my blog for 2018! I’m a big fan of New Years. I also love new months, new weeks, and new days! This year I have decided to challenge myself a little bit. I’m going to share a photograph of recycled glass jewellery every day. I love making beads from recycled glass, and I love that people resonate with it so much.
To kick the year off I have made a necklace from some of the recycled glass beads that I made from a Coopers Ale bottle. I love the sparkly gold and silver beads in between.
To be honest, I really love that a product destined for a bin can be transformed into a beautiful, wearable piece of art! Thanks for joining me on this journey for 2018.
Brand South Australia – Regional Awards
I found out a couple of weeks ago that I was nominated for a Brand South Australia Regional Award. The person who nominated me chose to do that anonymously, so I can’t thank them in person. Instead I thought I would thank them here, on my blog, and write a little bit about how important it is to me to be a Regional South Australian artist!
First of all…thank you to the person who nominated me. That was the first step in the process, and from there I also had to fill out an online questionnaire to enter the awards. It made me think a lot about myself as an artist, and in particular as a regional South Australian artist.
I was born in the country, and bred in the country, but when I was old enough I couldn’t wait to leave the country! I had big plans to go to University, to get a degree, and to get a good job in the city.
I did all of that, and I am still glad that I did. It gave me opportunities to travel the world, and to live in all sorts of different cities, which I did for many years.
But, when it came time to settling down, I couldn’t think of a better place to do that than Adelaide. And when it came time to starting a family, we couldn’t think of a better place to raise our kids than the country! My husband is a school teacher, so we applied for jobs in regional areas, and were lucky enough to start out at the high school in Mount Gambier. After 2 years of living in the South East, family pulled us closer to Adelaide, and we are now happily settled in Murray Bridge.
South Australia is my home, and I am proud to be South Australian. No matter where I travel, I always look for Coopers Ale to drink (and it can be found in Tulsa, Oklahoma by the way)!
When I started recycling glass bottles to make beads, I deliberately picked two South Australian icons – Coopers and Banrock Station. Both companies have very impressive environmental philosophies and standards, and that fit really well with the work that I was doing.
I have used most of the Coopers beer bottles, from Coopers Sparkling Ale to Coopers Clear. And I have also used several of the Banrock Station wine bottles. People must think I am very strange when I am in Dan Murphy’s and I am holding the wine bottle up to the light to see what colour glass bottle it is in!
To celebrate my award nomination, and to also celebrate the re-launch of ethikl (an online marketplace committed to selling items that are eco-friendly/ethically produced), I have loaded a selection of Banrock Station and Coopers Ale products into my ethikl shop, and discounted them by 10%.
Go South Aussies!
