I decided today to blog each Monday about my life here in Marrakech. It may simply be a photo and may sometimes be Morocco Monday if I`m out of town.
This morning, I had coffee (and some delicious almond cake)....
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| The salon at Dar Charkia |
with my dear friend Lisa, who together with her lovely husband Michael are fellow riad owners. They run
Dar Charkia as a maison d`hote - a bed and breakfast - in the medina here in Marrakech.
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| Looking into the courtyard at Dar Charkia |
We drank coffee, chewed the fat and I delivered the necklace that I finished making yesterday.
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| Detail of sterling silver granular Bali bead and CFW pearl Y necklace |
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| Sterling silver Bali dangles and pearl detail |
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| Biwa pearl and Bali daisy bead detail |
Lisa commissioned me to make this necklace absolutely ages ago after seeing it in the fabulous book, Simply Pearls by Nancy Alden, which you can purchase
here. It`s full to bursting with gorgeous designs which make pearls not only stylish but funky and modern too. I have always loved pearls and if I was to concentrate on making jewelery, it would be to combine pearls with sterling silver and semi-precious stones.
The granular Bali beads and biwa pearls really make this look designer and I absolutely love it. Here is the finished product, hanging from a tadelakt egg in Dar Charkia`s salon.
Thanks to Lisa, I can now wire wrap - the process of using sterling silver wire (or any other metal) to join beads by wrapping the wire around itself! What`s next Lisa?
