#diy earrings

[szollibisz]

Thought I'd post some portfolio work because why not

This was for a specific assignment, of illustrating the same poem five different ways. I chose East Europe Triptych by Tóth Krisztina. You can read the full poem and the english translation here.

The first piece was inspired by old 70s hungarian cartoons and 50s posters. I focused on the general vibe of traveling through Hungary by train, which I find myself doing more and more nowadays.

2. My second piece was a digitally drawn zine. This time, instead of heavily interpreting a twisting the text, I took direct images from the second part of the poem and drew them, and then put them together in an accordion zine, with traditionally collaged covers.

3. For the third one I wanted to focus on the poem's theme of belonging and connection, but using the simplest visuals to convey them. I decided to make 5 posters all illustrating different aspects of connecting with another person, place or feeling, using the idea of overlapping shapes and colors, as well as some text.

4. I knew I wanted to make a collage, and I wanted to use some religious imagery in one of the pieces. I know it's not a very prominent theme in the text, but my entire life I've lived in a country where christianity and catholicism dictate many facets of life. I can't imagine a hungary or eastern europe without it. I treated this piece sort of like an altar, and the character as the virgin mary. The trash around her is sort of a messed up mandorla.

5. I wanted to do something completely outside my comfort zone, and since jewelry is a big symbol in the poem I chose to make some earrings. They were modeled after car parts, since in the last stanza it was used alongside the jewelry as a metaphor.

[hyperpsychomaniac]

Instagram absolutely killed my reach just trying to show off my oatchi earrings so I'm just posting this here 😭

[devilishparrot-art]

i made a tapeworm earring!!

[kkitsunesama]

fukaflower carebears clay earrings ! ft. others i made 2day as well :3

[letter-orcs-art]

Luna moth earrings

[skribblez-on-toast]

Colin the Computer earrings!

[that-agender-from-pluto]

Omg holy shit I forgot to post these

Everyone look at the earrings I made

[simplecorndog]

so you wanna make plastic garbage into earrings, huh?

i see you found someone on that app of yours that does it. 85k followers, top viewed video of 2.8M, not bad. franka.uk I see. right, lets get to work.

heres what youre gonna do. look though your recycling bin for LDPE or HDPE plastic (#2 or #4) and only those two types, ya got it? that's bottle caps, laundry detergent bottles, etc.

get a blender. blend. you can either do same color or multicolor, that's up to you. pick your colors, throw them in a blender you DO NOT eat out of, and blend.

now youre gonna wanna melt it. get yourself a panini press or an iron if you're feeling brave, and two pieces of parchment paper. lay the first one down, then lay our your plastic bits, and then the second paper. its not rocket science. start at low heat and WATCH.

when its flat, take it off and let it cool. be careful, its gonna be hot, so dumb be stupid about this. wait for it to cool down a bit, you can press it between some books if you're feeling fancy. get your metal cookie cutters and get to work. they wont punch through, so wait for it to cool all the way and get yourself an exact knife to finish the job.

now you're gonna smooth them out. if you're using an exacto knife, you'll wanna wear a glove or some thumb protection so you don't cut yourself. you could also use sandpaper, might take longer though, or a dremel. if you don't have a dremel, don't panic, it would just be the fastest and smoothest thing, that's all.

finally, youre gonna want take what you made and fashion them into earrings. you can make them into other things too, maybe a wall hanging or a sign, but our example is earrings, alright? now, get a drill bit that's the size you need for your jump ring, likely 2 or 3 mm. get a pair of needle nose or jewelry pliers, feed one ring through the hole and then a second one to connect the earring hook. if you wanna add more charms, top or bottom, drill more holes and repeat.

you're done. think you can handle that?

[rosielindy]

Getting some crafting done between work calls. Adding to my election season accessories. Blue dot earrings. I’m going to make a few pair and give them away to women in my area. 🔵🌊💙

[hfjtp]

[thecozycuttlefish]

Free pattern if you want to make a thing

[vera-simik]

When you order something

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When it arrives 😄

[kandi-catnip]

WOO finally posting Kandi after a while, I've been busy doing things like getting a job, very exciting ik ik /s

ANYWHO there's a matching(ish) cuff set that reminds me of like clown ruffles and a set of earrings. I'm also working on sewing a lot more, so I might not be making so much kandi for now

[leavingautumn13]

spider earrings

[skribblez-on-toast]

Also, the Larry and Lawrie earrings are finished!

[cordalino]

I just think she's neat <:D