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.

Helene - Custom order

Helene - Custom order, a photo by trishastrove on Flickr.

Request for a Birthday Gift Necklace with a Peranakan flavour for a Peranakan lady.

The first thing that came to mind were the brightly coloured ornate tiles on the facade of Peranakan homes, designs of which were an inter-marriage of East and West. Turning immediately to my stash of Karin's gorgeous Polymer Clay Beads, I found the perfect design in the bright vibrant colours of mustard yellow, red and green - yes, especially the red flower !

The East/West fusion of a German-made tile with Asian elements like Yellow Butter Jade, Green Aventurine, Red Sponge Coral and gold filigreed bead-caps for more 'pernakan ornateness' morphed HELENE effortlessly into a Pernakan looking necklace. How cool is that :) I'm sure A.H. is gonna love wearing this piece with her traditional kebayas as well as her modern pieces.

(14K gold-filled & plated).

CANDICE

Many years ago, during one of his many golfing trips up to Thailand with the senior golfers, my Dad came back with the beautiful pink & white bi-coloured bougainvillea plant in the above RH pix. At that point in time, he'd never set eyes on bi-coloured bougainvillea and he was truly amazed and pleasantly surprised, as he'd never seen this species at the flower gardens here. When googling the name of this variety, how apt it was when I found out its called 'SURPRISE'.

My sister and I were reminiscing about plants and fruit trees he's planted in the garden over the years, and were tickled pink when we remembered how he actually brought this bougainvillea back here :)

Inspired to make a necklace, I was delighted to find that I had a strand of Kamoe-Clay Polymer Clay lentils with just the perfect design and colours to help me out with the piece in mind - smooth, highly-glossed and perfectly colourful with white and shaded pink flowers ... how perfect is that !

After adding a topping of pink gemmies like shaded Tourmalines & Rose Quartz to the Clay lentil, and a hanging cluster of green Peridot & Vesuvianite Rondelles + faceted pink Beryl briolettes, it really did look pretty, especially with more white accents in the form of freshwater and a couple of 8mm swarovski glass pearls along an etched pewter chain of 16", with an extension chain of up to 18".

14K goldfill and Vermeil elements and accents.
U.S. etched pewter chain.

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LILLYBETH Earrings

Spring blooms in flowery pinks, reds, tangerine ... so lovely for the upcoming Spring Festival at the beginning of February or whenever ... :)

These Polymer Clay Beads, from Karin, have been topped with petite blue-flash labradorite rondelles for a sweet pair of earrings to dangle just under your lobes. Approx. 15mm in dia.

In this Special Set, comes a matching Heart Focal with these beads, into which I've made a necklace (in the background), and will upload this soon.

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.

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.