and having so much fun:
Emily Amey February 27, 2008
Emily Amey is a jewelry artist that is very inspiring to me lately. Her designs are elegant and beautifully inspired. Her appreciation of plant life is translated effortlessly into her jewelry with simplicity, resulting in a variety of organic forms and great design.
One of my most favorite designs is based on a Seafan. Here are a few of her variations:
Also hip and elegant: her vine designs, here as a necklace and super cool hoop earrings:
And one more great pair of earrings (because who doesn’t love a pair of hoops?) are these bubble hoop earrings:
A great deal of my undergraduate work was based on the exploration of natural forms, so I have been really drawn to Emily Amey’s work not only because her pieces are beautiful, but because of her wonderful execution of design based on one of the most influential elements ever: nature.
Anne Black & Porcelain December 18, 2007
I recently came across the work of Anne Black, a Danish designer whose lovely work in porcelain illustrates simplicity and the sweet surprise of detail. Her jewelry designs encompass brooches, rings, necklaces and earrings, all featuring simple, graphic designs.
Necklaces:
rings:
brooches:
earrings:
Check out Anne Black’s website to view more of her ceramic work. The subtle details of her design work are exquisite.
Welcome! November 19, 2007
Welcome to the Open Sesame blog! Open Sesame is a collaborative jewelry design business between Emily Percival- Snyder and Juanita Spitler. We are excited to begin this blog to discuss our ideas and inspirations, and also our adventures in beginning our own business.
The story behind the name: According to Wikipedia.com, the story starts off with a man named Ali Baba, cutting wood in the forest. He over hears a group of 40 thieves traveling through the forest to their secret cave full of treasure. The cave is sealed with magic though, and Ali Baba discovers that the cave opens to the command of “Open Sesame!” When the thieves have left, he goes to the cave and says “Open Sesame!” He enters and gathers himself a helping of the treasure.
Our idea of calling our business Open Sesame came from the vivid ideas of what kind “treasure” was hidden inside that cave. We hope that our customers regard our jewelry as treasure ( we sure do!). You can check out our shop at www.opensesame.etsy.com. Let us know what you think!
