Julia Bristow Harlequin Lupine Necklace

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artisan, class the body pastiche, Handcrafted, Harlequin lupine, High Mountain Images, Jewelry, Julia Bristow, Julia Bristow Jewelry, karen tillison, kathy marks, necklace, Oakhurst, shopping, Sierra Art Trails, Steve Montalto, wearable art, Yosemite

One of my favorite flowers here in the Sierra Nevada is the Harlequin Lupine (Lupinus stiversii). It is slightly rare to see it and when you do, it is always a treat – like finding candy or bubblegum.  I attempted to create a necklace resembling this beautiful wildflower.

Although difficult to locate the exact colors, I hand-wove these flower and leaf charms using Czech glass beads and assembled necklace using wood jasper and antiqued brass findings. Below is my image of real harlequin lupine flowers:

This necklace will be one of the items on exhibit at the 14th annual Sierra Art Trails in Oakhurst, California, September 30-October 2, 10-6, where Julia Bristow Jewelry will be exhibiting as artist #30 at Class, The Body Pastiche Studio,  with artist #29, Kathy Marks, and artist #31, Karen Tillison.

Harlequin lupine – This photo is by Steve Montalto

Steve Montalto of High Mountain Images,  artist #50 in Sierra Art Trails 2016 will be exhibiting his work at the Yosemite Southgate Hotel on Highway 41.

 

Hope to see you there!

Huge blowout sale 30-50% off ALL items – Julia Bristow Casual Spirit Collection and children’s jewelry items. Pretty pendants and cool summertime beach style, shell, floral, and gemstone jewelry. Items are continually being posted to my Etsy sale store – just in time for Mother’s day! Check back often. EVERY item in the store is being listed up to 50% OFF the original price!!! These items have been removed from my website making room for new inventory.

 

On a jewelry making binge! Mother’s Day special offer…

Spring is in the air! The beautiful spring air has brought up a lot of inspiration and I have been having fun making a bunch of new pretty jewelry items in the past few weeks. However, due to computer issues, have been unable to add them to my website. I will get them listed soon so keep checking back!

Mother’s Day is coming soon, so I am offering a special for Mother’s Day. Buy any necklace and you will receive a free pair of matching earrings! This offer is good on any order placed between now and May 9th.* Don’t miss this special offer. You can find a great gift for your mom on Mother’s Day on www.JuliaBristowJewelry.com!

Just a small sample of a few of the casual pieces I’ve been making:

*Please keep in mind orders must be placed in advance if you’d like them to arrive by Mother’s Day.

Handwoven wisteria vine necklace

Made this wisteria vine necklace ~ looks just like the beautiful wisteria flowers blooming in my backyard – one of my many favorite flowers! Used quite a few strands of Czech glass beads for this necklace, probably close to 20 strands.

Changed the name: Purple Robe Locust seems more fitting!

Well, I hate to say it, but I have decided the necklace is more a perfect match to the beautiful “Purple Robe Locust” tree and I am changing the name! Wisteria and Locust trees are two of my favorites. Although the flowers are similar, I realize this necklace matches the tree perfectly. I thought I would show it side-by-side so you can see how closely I tried to match the look, since I love those clusters of flowers so! Even the bark of the tree matches perfectly!

Some purple robe trees have even lighter flowers like this one

Wouldn’t you agree this is a more fitting name?

Next I think it will be fun to work on a wisteria one to match the more violet shade of the wisteria flowers.