The moon last night was amazing! So inspiring in fact, I tossed and turned as I mulled over how to recreate the feeling of this phenomenon in a new piece of jewelry. I wanted to design a bracelet so you could be the one looking at it, kinda like seeing the moon. A necklace, while beautiful, adorns you and other people enjoy seeing it on you but you can only see most of it in a mirror. I specifically wanted to make a bracelet to remind people to look up, and to keep life in perspective.
The full moon of June 23, 2013 was the largest moon of the year - a so-called super moon. Scientist called it a perigree moon or a time when the moon is at its closest point in its orbit to the earth. They claim it was 14% bigger and 30% brighter than any other full moons of 2013. Not sure how that gets measured or validated but one thing I can attest to was its beauty.
At first , when we went outside to see what all the fuss was about, my friend Diane and I saw nothing but a few stars. For accuracy sake, we did see something! Hundreds of fireflies had decided to give us quite a show! But that's another story for another piece of jewelry which added to my night time musings! Okay so, back to the moon, We decided to go closer to the River walk that runs along the Connecticut River in Agawam, Massachusetts to try and get an unobstructed view. As soon as we left our street the moon made its entrance. It orangey glow was beginning to peak out between the trees. As we got closer to the river's bank, it was quite a sight to behold.
In my minds eye I feel I captured the vision before us within this bracelets design. The moons reflection shimmered upon the water like liquidy gun metal with a bright silver band running vertically from one bank to the other. The moon itself was like a rich peachy and glowing amber in color. I chose the stones to represent these images and used seed beads to capture the luminescent qualities of the moon reflection of sunlight. The piece felt like the perfect choice to "break out" my grammy's vintage glass seed beads. The fantastic amber opalescent cut charlotte's from the early 20's made the perfect match for the color of that moon.
It is very humbling to realize that humans, for as long as humans existed, have all gazed upon the same moon that we were enjoying last night. Its a shared human experience. Super moon is my interpretation of that experience.
Available now on our Etsy store : https://www.etsy.com/listing/154916698/pearl-and-blue-super-moon
The full moon of June 23, 2013 was the largest moon of the year - a so-called super moon. Scientist called it a perigree moon or a time when the moon is at its closest point in its orbit to the earth. They claim it was 14% bigger and 30% brighter than any other full moons of 2013. Not sure how that gets measured or validated but one thing I can attest to was its beauty.
At first , when we went outside to see what all the fuss was about, my friend Diane and I saw nothing but a few stars. For accuracy sake, we did see something! Hundreds of fireflies had decided to give us quite a show! But that's another story for another piece of jewelry which added to my night time musings! Okay so, back to the moon, We decided to go closer to the River walk that runs along the Connecticut River in Agawam, Massachusetts to try and get an unobstructed view. As soon as we left our street the moon made its entrance. It orangey glow was beginning to peak out between the trees. As we got closer to the river's bank, it was quite a sight to behold.
In my minds eye I feel I captured the vision before us within this bracelets design. The moons reflection shimmered upon the water like liquidy gun metal with a bright silver band running vertically from one bank to the other. The moon itself was like a rich peachy and glowing amber in color. I chose the stones to represent these images and used seed beads to capture the luminescent qualities of the moon reflection of sunlight. The piece felt like the perfect choice to "break out" my grammy's vintage glass seed beads. The fantastic amber opalescent cut charlotte's from the early 20's made the perfect match for the color of that moon.
It is very humbling to realize that humans, for as long as humans existed, have all gazed upon the same moon that we were enjoying last night. Its a shared human experience. Super moon is my interpretation of that experience.
Available now on our Etsy store : https://www.etsy.com/listing/154916698/pearl-and-blue-super-moon
