GORGEOUS

These necklaces by Ayelet Rottenberg (New Zealand) are bold yet feminine, innovative yet traditional, monochromatic yet bright, but first of all they are simply gorgeous.

There are only a few designs in Ayelet's Etsy shop right now, so head to her photo album for 25 pages full of her beautiful pictures.

QUIRKY

I am re-writing this post after receiving an e-mail from Alison, the UK jewelry artist, originally featured here.

Alison wrote to let me know that the swirly beads and pendants that she used to make the necklaces below were actually made by Melissa Parrett, who was featured in my blog earlier this year.

You can see these and other beautiful jewelry by Alison in her shop, MyHeartsMyFlowers.etsy.com.

DOTTED

Here are a few simple, but impressive designs by Jen Marsh (LuckyYouStudio.etsy.com). All of these pendants and earrings are made with yet another polymer clay variation of an antique mokume gane technique. It seems that the possibilities of even this technique alone are endless, not to mention all the other ways of working with polymer clay!

PAINTED

Lynda of ArtByLynda.etsy.com uses polymer clay pendants as tiny canvas for her acrylic pendants. The resulting pendants are as original as they are lovely. From my own experience, I can add that painting on such a small scale is a very special skill, way more difficult than it looks.

WINGED

Berit Hines of ClayCenter.etsy.com makes many different polymer clay canes, but these recently listed butterfly wings are my favorite.

Berit, a degreed ceramic artist, is originally from the Netherlands. Now she lives in the USA and works with polymer clay.

DOUBLE

PurpleCactusStudios.etsy.com is the result of collaboration between two artists, Amber Edison and Laurence Abensour. Here are a few of my favorite designs from their shop: an original twist on a traditional swirly design.

SUBTLE

Gentle colors and romantic designs form the signature look of jewelry by Karen Pasieka, a Canadian polymer clay artist with an architectural background.

You can find Karen's works in her Etsy shop, SubtleDetails.etsy.com, and on her web site, subtledetails.ca.