Black beauty
Here we are, September already and heading towards the fall! Well here in Florida it is still very hot and I will be able to go and collect some nice stones, bones and shells for a while.
I hope that the tropical storms are bringing some great pieces to the shore. Recently I have picked up some magnificent petrified bone pieces. They look beautiful and I always wonder where they came from.
At the moment I am starting to experiment with some jewelry for men, using these petrified bone pieces. I am also trying to find a market for them. The combination I have in mind is using braided leather, silver and the petrified bones.
Above is a very basic piece I found, it already had a hole, so I just strung the silver wire and leather through. Simple, yet grand. It has a sort of “native” appeal!
Talk to you next month with some more news.
Some great finds from a dear friend
Hello everyone,
Turtle Patrol along the beach gives me the opportunity to look out for the turtles and help protecting them. at the same time, it also gives me the chance to find some great “jewels”. At 6:00 am nobody has walked the beaches yet and the treasures I am looking for are all mine!
Thursday, Aug. 12, I found some great pieces, when I pick them up, I can already see the finished product. Sometimes I have to think a little and figure out the best way to bring out the beauty of these fragments.
Soon I will have some new jewelry pieces on my website for you to buy.
July 2010
My biggest news is that the BIJEAU jewelry can be purchased on-line now!
Yes, the site has a shopping cart and you can pay using PayPal. So, go and browse, shop for that special gift!
I had my first International Jewelry Bash – Thailand, Sarasota and Brazil. Three women, three different type of handmade jewelry.
I was a great success, great friends, great food and of course great jewelry. We had some beautiful pieces, Lapis from Thailand, even tiny Bikinis from Brazil with jewels on them…!
We will host another party next month, stay tuned for our schedule and some more news.
June 2010
I discovered a new item I can make jewelry with, sea beans. These are seeds, floating on the water and they eventually land on the beach.
Sea-beans (also known as drift seeds) are seeds and fruits that are carried to the ocean, often by freshwater streams and rivers, then drift with the ocean currents and (hopefully!) wash ashore.
May, 2010
I went to Englewood beach with my friend Tracey from Toronto. She is a great friend and one of my best customers and supporters. We decided to do a photo session on the beach.
I will post a few pictures later on and you can see “Bijeau at work”….looking and picking up pieces and trying to decide if they make the cut!
April 2010,
This month I am trying out the new drills my sister sent me from Switzerland. She works for a dentist and they usually discard the drills when they get dull. But for me they work great.
I can drill holes in my shell fragments. This makes it easy to add a bail and a cord or chain.
It makes the pieces look very delicate.
THis is one of my new pieces, very delicate...like lace
March 2010,
I am working with some interesting shell fragments. I made a piece called PINK BUTTERFLY. It is gorgeous…..everytime I wear it, I get compliments and people want one!
I never duplicate a piece, I can’t, even If I tried…..every piece is unique and I like that about my jewelry. You are guaranteed to wear a “one of a kind jewel” from BIJEAU.
February, 2010
Not much to report this month, I am walking the beach to find new jewels to try and create something else. I think I will try and work with shell fragments, some of them are beautiful. Only Mother Nature can shape them this way! Of course I am always looking for something special for my clientele.
January 2010 - Here I am again, continuing my story about the ocean. It is a different world down there. For those who have never snorkeled or done any SCUBA diving, believe me, it is stunning! Of course, you move like in slow motion and it is very quiet. The only noise you hear are the bubbles from your SCUBA gear, called the regulator.
Some waters are so clear, you feel like you are diving in a giant bottle of club soda! Wow, all the coral, the sea grass, the fish, the little crabs, the eels….what else could show up? You always have to be aware of what is around you. It is very easy to get disoriented under water. This is why you have to be able to read a compass.
More later….talk to you soon.
MY BLOGS • December, 2009 - When I walk along the beaches and look for my jewels, I often wonder where all the shells, stones and all the other materials are coming from. All kinds of questions go through my head and I try to find answers. I know I don’t have them and the best I can do is just guess.
I can also turn to the Internet and find some answers to my questions. Just recently I discovered an interesting article on Ocean-Floor Sediment and I would like to share some of this information with you. This will explain why some of my jewelry is so bizarre and peculiar in shape and color. During storms, pieces break off and travel by waves for enormous distances.
The ocean floor is composed of all kinds of different material, things you don’t even think of. Apparently sediment contains eroded land material, biological and volcanic matter, as well as particles from seawater and believe it or not; some material which derives from interstellar space.
As I go on reading this article, I get fascinated, however it is very scientific and detailed. I will have to give you “the short version” at a later date. Some of the pictures shown are mesmerizing, maybe I can take one of my diving pictures to show you some sea floor and underwater life. It is a great experience.
Talk to you later!
