LUCY

LUCY, a photo by trishastrove on Flickr.

I had a request from a friend last weekend, to customize a necklace for someone she was visiting overseas. Described as a lady who is still young at heart, a tad flamboyant and who loves colour, I thought "vibrant" ! She asked for unique beads to be incorporated into this piece, so I turned to my stash of Karin's clay beads, and found exactly what I had in mind - gloriously colourful clay lentils with swirls of red, purple, burnt orange and yellow flowers, on a fiesty orange background ... so nice and vibrant !

To these I added Lavender Amethysty Coins, dark purple Amethyst nuggets, and a large freeform Amethyst stone in the centre, faceted Carnelian ovals in flaming shades of fun and spunk, little light yellow and amethyst rondelles dotted here and there, and a pretty petalled pewter flower for some whimsy/femininity.

At 38", it can be worn long or doubled-up in various ways. Versatile in that it'll look great with a LBD, spark up a jeans and open-collared white shirt, or bring you nicely into traditional glamour as in the photo above, on a bright lime green Peranakan Nonya Kebaya.

Karin's Clay for (2010) Xmas gifts .....

The past 1-1/2 years or so have been pretty unproductive for me on the handcrafted side with so much of my time devoted to Tania's rehab. after her numerous operations.

During this time, of course, I've been hoarding Karin's clay beads, but managed to make a few pieces for Xmas. Friends and relatives who flew in for the Season, who had never seen Karin's gorgeous beads before, instantly fell in love with them and snapped them up for gifts.

With Karin's well-thought out colours, swirls, twirls and silver dust, not much additional enhancements were needed as their beauty speak for themselves. In all humility, I have to say that Belinda has done much more justice to these clay pretties than me (yes Madame Belinda ... I am your very ardent admirer ... heh heh) .... but there's nothing like people from other countries enjoying these clay beauties with fresh eyes. Haven't uploaded photos of a couple of other pieces, but will try to soon.
I hope this will make Karin very happy, and I have a few more orders for more pieces :) Thank you Karin !

- Carved Amethyst Leaves
- Freshwater Pearls
- 925 Silverdust drops/Onyx Rondelles
- Smooth Carnelian briolettes


All accents are 925 Silver, 14K Gold-filled.

XYLIA Necklace - Sold

The XYLIA necklace, is very simple in design, and can be used in so many ways, to evoke different looks.

Here, I've presented it in a Peranakan way, with a Kebaya blouse, again using almost the same elements as the XYLIA bracelet, but this time with all 14K Gold-filled spacer beads, chains & components; GP Rollo Chain.

Green Aventurine Bamboo-shaped beads, Karin's vibrantly beautiful polymer clay pillows and a short cascade of natural red coral.

The necklace can be worn short, or a little longer as you like.


another inherited Peranakan Blouse for my daughter from Mama

Floral Fancy -$48 - Sold

If you like bright, colourful stuff, here's a cheerful bracelet using Karin Moendjen (Polymer Clay Artist - Germany) of Kamoe-Clay-Design's gorgeously floral handmade Polymer Clay Pillows.

Picking off the colours from the Pillows, smooth czech glass brioletts have been used in complementing colours. Agate melon beads in reddish brown & lime green reflect a garden mood, and clear czech glass melon beads with gold lining pick up on the gold-foil dust in the Pillows, and also 'tone down' this colourful trail at specific points. Swarovski crystals in Sand Opal have been added as spacers.

This bracelet closes with a pretty non-tarnish brass butterfly toggle clasp.

AMY - Sold

Strands of cherry quartz, garnets, faceted citrine rondells, tiny smooth olivine/green tourmalines, pink tourmalines and lots of 14K gold-filled teeny beads meet in the middle, with a 15x15mm smooth, glossy Kamoe Clay floral tile, which pulls all these colours together effortlessly.

'AMY' was of course inspired by this - yes - another inherited Nonya Peranakan Kebaya blouse. Its an old piece and the embroidery is exquisite.(see pix of Kebaya blouse below).

Lots of 14K gold-filled here, in the form of many teeny beads at both ends of each strand, melon beads, lobster clasp, extension chain. ALL findings/accents are 14K GF.

Would fit a wrist from as dainty as 5-1/2 in. and can be adjusted up to an 8 in. wrist. Closes with a 14K Gold-filled lobster clasp.


~~ Price upon enquiry ~~

AMY

'AMY' has a soft, warm, feminine, romantic glow about her .........

AMY

Another inherited nonya kebaya from my MIL. Inspiration for this bracelet of course. Kamoe Clay floral tile, smooth cherry quartz beads, garnets, teeny tourmalines, faceted citrine for subtle sparkle, and teeny 14K GF beads at the centre flanking the clay tile.
This bracelet will fit a wrist from as little as 5-1/2 in. and can be adjusted up to an 8 in. wrist. Closes with a 14K Gold-filled lobster clasp;
ALL findings here are 14K gold-filled.

BRYONY - $45 - Sold

A necklace measuring about 24 inches in total (including the tassel chains).
When wearing it (as shown on my young model), it has a 12 inch 'V' drop, and continues downward another 3 inches with Karin Moendjen's (Kamoe Clay, Germany) gorgeous handmade Polymer Clay Square Pillow, jet swarovski bicones and fine cable tassel chains.
Agate Melon beads in soft ash grey and black & red Czech glass beads have been used to give it an oriental flavour, and the beautiful rose on Karin's Polymer Clay Pillow fits into this theme effortlessly. Round Swarovski crystals (black diamond) add subtle sparkle along the trail. Chains, lobster clasp, and extension chain are non-tarnish gun-metal.

Rosey Posey - $28 - Sold

A dainty, lady-like pair of earrings consisting Handmade Rose-patterned Polymer Clay beads by Karin Moendjen of Kamoe Clay Design (Germany). These round Beads are nicely glossed, smooth, and measure a petite 10mm in dia.
The total length is approx. 2.5cm (excluding the ear-hooks).
Chains, ear-hooks and beadcaps are all 14KGold-filled.

JOANNE ...

JOANNE ...

The central focal of this bracelet is a handmade black polymer sqaure pillow with a pretty rose by Karin Moendjen of Kamoe Clay, Germany. It is flanked by loads of fine cable gun metal chains on one side, and bigger link chains on the other with fresh water pearls and black onyx. Closes with an ornate clasp. This was a special request for a girl turning 21.