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me numerous weeks just to get three entries completed and mardi gras is over oh well for those who know me it s classic char right i am dedicating this day to my friend angelique theriot who is a native of nola an architectural historian and at this minute is driving across the mohave desert on a cross country trek to her soon to be new home in san francisco ca we miss her already like many of us in the crescent city angelique is a lover of all things mardi gras and an avid attendee at parades however she really goes that extra mile at mardi gras in terms of attire angelique wearing a queen of wands tarot card inspired costume angelique makes the most spectacular ensembles sometimes planning months in advance and researching historic costume design for instance one year she created a death s head moth getup based on vintage ink and watercolor drawings in this case an illustration of a mistick krewe of comus death s head moth costume from the 1873 s mardi gras parade inspired her own garb death s head moth costume from tulane university s louisiana research collection angelique on left as a death s head moth with her friend ginger on the right queen of wands and her beau chef brent trachina the queen of wands with isis aka katie gelfand angelique aboard the u s s drag queen mary this is my favorite her ensemble for mardi gras 2015 was inspired by the lavish costumes used in ziegfeld follies ca 1907 to 1936 zeigfeld girl angelique s 2015 mardi gras zeigfeld costume angelique s 2015 zeigfeld costume in the quarter on fat tuesday not limited to mardi gras in her creativeness angelique designs fabulous costumes for other days that are celebrated in new orleans like mid summer mardi gras and krewe de boo mid summer mermaid perhaps one of the worst female serial killers of all time the infamously vile countess elizabeth bathory de ecsed inspired angelique s halloween costume last year the countess bathory and mowgli aka brent as a farewell present i designed a necklace for angelique to go with her vintage looks the 1920 s style pendant is suspended from a long chain with agate and turquoise beads and a tassel at the bottom copper metal clay pendant with hand faceted turquoise beads the photographs below of angelique and brent were taken recently by aubrey edwards who uses often overlooked scenery to highlight her disparate subjects which include musicians performance artists community activists and even southern firework salesmen angelique is wearing the necklace i made for her angelique and brent as captured by aubrey edwards we are going to miss you boo but i ll see you in april regardless of what she s wearing angelique always looks awesome and the third day seemed like a week again navin r johnson steve martin in 1979 s the jerk posted by charlotte donald pevny at 2 13 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest wednesday january 21 2015 you will see the zulu king down on st claude and dumaire lyrics from the mardi gras classic go to the mardi gras by henry roeland roy byrd aka professor longhair finished bronze crowns this is my entry for day 2 of heidi post s jewelry challenge adhering to my mardi gras theme i present bronze and white copper crowns for the season however i must briefly address two questions that have cropped up in the last few days first folks want to know why i haven t posted on my blog since 2011 that one is easy i was too busy making jewelry and doing archaeology sheryl howard at merkay fine jewelry in jennings la is the exclusive carrier of my work she is amazing and very supportive even though it takes me forever to do anything i like to think of my jewelry as small batch kind of like whiskey i own mojeaujewelry com but i haven t had time to set up a web site of course in relation to archaeology i co authored a book wrote a book chapter published several articles and have presented a number of papers on some really neat archaeological sites in the southeast so i haven t been idle i just haven t had time to blog second question how or why did you start making jewelry i started making jewelry for one simple reason my yums aka my mom penny donald we call her yums cause that s what the grandkids call her anyway she was wearing these fabulous creations by a woman from my hometown kathie krielow and she just raved about them along with everyone else in my hometown and rightly so and she purchased kathie s pieces for us as well me my sisters my sister in law well i was so inspired by kathie and i still am she s amazing that i started making jewelry too mostly tying stringing pearls i m good at knots who knew bronze metal clay in the leather hard stage before firing when i started working with metal clay yums kept saying char i want you to make me something a big hunk of metal that looks like it came right out of the ground being an archaeologist i have first hand experience with what time dirt and moisture can do to metal white copper metal clay before firing but it dawned on me that what my yums wanted me to do went against everything i learned at texas a m about the proper conservation of artifacts from folks like donny hamilton wayne smith and helen dewolf everything i know about chemicals i owe to donny and wayne that sounds bad but chemicals are necessary to patinate metal i e give it an aged finish and when i m making jewelry i try to channel helen she s both an artist and a conservator the best possible combination so my point is this i m continually striving to make my mom the perfect hunk of metal all beat up as she phrases it oh if only i could master soldering it s holding me back in a big way right y all white copper metal clay crowns before firing one final word most of my work has a medieval flare to it it s not my fault and it s not just my archaeological training most of my life i ve had relatives travel far and wide bringing back what to me where always exotic treasures like spears grave rubbings coins etc my uncles mac and david and my aunts brenda and charlotte were especially proficient at this lol thank heavens the second day seemed like five days navin r johnson steve martin in 1979 s the jerk posted by charlotte donald pevny at 8 42 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday january 19 2015 oh because it s carnival time lyrics from the mardi gras classic carnival time recorded by al johnson in 1960 well it s official the twelfth night festival aka the feast of the epiphany ushered in the 2015 mardi gras season on tuesday january 6th float from krewe of bacchus 2013 photo by cd pevny actually twelfth night can fall on january 5th or 6th depending on whether you use christmas day the 25th of december as the first day of christmas as in my true love gave to me or the day after the 26th of december mardi gras indian 2013 photo by cd pevny in a nutshell easter alway s falls on the first sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox ash wednesday is 46 days before easter and of course mardi gras is always on the tuesday before ash wednesday http www mardigrasneworleans com mgdates html member of the el lucha krewe 2013 photo by cd pevny the first krewe to parade this season was jeanne d arc which rolled on twelfth night january 6th not coincidentally this is same day that joan of arc s birthday is celebrated joan of arc 1412 1431 is known as the maid of orléans her life was short she was burned at the stake when she was 19 years old but productive and inspiring saint joan was canonized by the roman catholic church in 1920 joan of arc statue in nola jeanne d arc coat of arms joan of arc c 1485 so when heidi post of ex post facto jewelry issued a jewelry design challenge last week i e every day for 5 days i have to post a photo of something i ve designed on facebook and then tag someone else to take up the challenge i decided that my creations would focus on mardi gras my favorite holiday and i m only 9 days late with my first post that s not so bad for me clovis oyster designed by yours truly still needs glitter mustaches made by the bearded oysters for this year s 610 stompers ball 2014 bearded oyster on the first day the joan of arc twelfth night french louisiana connection was too much to resist jeanne d arc fleur de lis and other medieval style medallions handmade by me from bronze metal clay they still need bails of course these photos are posted on my mojeau jewelry page on facebook jeanne d arc medallion jeanne d arc and fleur de lis medallions fleur de lis coat of arms heidi sent me this challenge knowing that i don t know anyone else that makes jewelry except for her so who am i going to pass the challenge to lol not to mention this is my first blog post in four years it s not called the infrequent beader for nothing right someone help a girl out please volunteer to be it and make sure you visit heidi s facebook page for ex post facto and like it the first day felt like a week navin r johnson steve martin in 1979 s the jerk posted by charlotte donald pevny at 6 41 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday september 17 2011 another serving of bead gumbo s il vous plait ok i have a few things left to post but i don t know if i can get them up until most of you are asleep kate sent me three of her hand hammered copper rings one of which came as a toggle with a bar well i joined them all together and they look like chain which i absolutely love i need about 25 more of these fabulous rings i d join them all together and make one long chunky chain anyway i linked these up with lots of antiqued copper chain and some irregularly shaped turquoise nuggets the necklace is my version of a bib necklace i suppose asymmetrical as usual kate did such a fantastic job creating a rich warm patina on her copper links i m wearing this to the saints game tomorrow posted by charlotte donald pevny at 1 36 pm 17 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest bead gumbo today is the day here are all of the partner s for the september 2011 bead soup blog party http lorianderson beadsoupblogparty blogspot com lori we can t thank you enough where you find the energy i ll never know i think the drawing for next time is a fabulous idea by the way as usual i m running a bit behind i fell asleep at 8 pm last night and didn t wake up until 7 am this morning obviously i needed the sleep i did however finish all my pieces i ll be posting them here and there today i can t do it all at one time because i have to work today so with that caveat the first necklace i want to post is the one i have a hard time believing that i actually made and yet it s one of my favorites i didn t do a single thing i said i wanted to do in my last blog i didn t use any pearls i didn t use every bead i went big and bold i didn t use any silk thread i decided instead to use wrapped loops as much as i can i m horrible at wrapped loops they make my hands ache i don t know how you ladies do it my friend heidi s loops are always perfect check out her bsbp at http expostfactojewelry blogspot com but all in all i am very happy with this piece kate http tropicalblonde blogspot com sent me these gorgeous 16 mm carnelian beads i wrapped those up on copper wire and put them with 20 to 35 mm long african opal briolettes and a huge 80 mm long carved asianesque bead that i had picked up last year at a bead show here in nola see i buy big beads i just rarely use them lol i also used oxidized silver rollo chain i can t give up everything oh and another big ethnic bead a hollow brass bead with a black jet cab three different types of metal upside down boy you turn me inside out i made my own hammered copper clasp you would think that with all those big beads this necklace would be super heavy but it s not kate sent me these lovely coral nuggets tiger s eye rounds and her unique hand crafted polymer clay rondelle s i loved the way the colors blend and complement each other and i love big hanging chandelier type earrings yes my weakness but they have to be lightweight these fit that bill perfectly big and bold with copper chain corny maybe but that s what inspired me ole i think they look like flamenco dancers you know the way the sleeves on the male dancer s shirt are layered with ruffles or the senorita s ruffled skirt that s how i see the coral the center bead is the head of the dancer his arms raised above his head clapping in time to the music so here in louisiana we love a hearty kind of soup or stew called gumbo first you have to make a roux which becomes the base and the flavor of the stock kate really sent me beads that made a great base for me to work with posted by charlotte donald pevny at 8 52 am 43 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest sunday september 11 2011 two blogs in less than a week i m still rolling on necklaces especially my necklace for the bsbp but i ve started to work on earrings as well earrings for halloween no less last year i didn t start early enough this was a harsh lesson to learn i m still the world s greatest procrastinator but i recognize my problem and i m dealing with it tomorrow this is a necklace i made the other day with irregularly shaped coral beads accented by turquoise and silver i could not resist making the necklace into the shape of an arrowhead for display purposes i think the coral looks like indian corn this is a close up of the copper toggle handcrafted by me speaking of toggles pictured below are two toggles i made from silver clay actually the bar portion is not in this photo there are also three small charms formed from silver clay i want them to look beat up like metal artifacts that just came out of the ground i still need to dip them in liver of sulfur the toggle at the back is going on a strand of pearls the toggle in the foreground is going to a lovely strand of turquoise from magpiegemstones com that i am in the process of stringing on brown silk thread i m also trying to finish up a relatively simple necklace but just can t seem to commit to one strand of chain or two i m leaning towards two this design from bottom to top consists of a large rose quartz bead attached to an ethnic brass enamel coin shaped hollow bead the chain is actually antiqued brass though in this photo it looks more like antiqued silver hmmm something to think about below are a few pairs of my funky hopefully scary halloween earrings i have playfully twistedly dubbed them skull fairies i was inspired by day of the dead imagery and those tiny aluminum flowers court jester kind of beetlejuice to me but perhaps i flatter myself dancing skeletons these remind me of those weird squiddies from the movie matrix finally i d like to include a photo of my friend heidi this picture was taken at her birthday tea this past weekend we had a great time at the english tea room in covington la i had a tea named sgt peppers it...