Day five of my Artificial Colours & Flavours Week. The Gooshy pieces have proven themselves popular, here, on facebook and at home, so I'm sticking with that material for the moment. I've been somewhat in error though. Gooshy isn't the brand, but the product name. The brand is Foohy - should any stationery officionadoes wish to know. I picked up another couple of packets of their Gooshy pencil grips today and I'm seriously considering investing in a whole lot more, in case this turns out to be a saleable line for me. Perhaps I ought to try and sell a few first, then decide how much to spend.
Anyhow, today I went for a new colour and format. The bright orange grip was begging to be used, so I've wrapped a band around its middle as well as putting the ends on, and have turned it into a stick pin.
I'm thinking I might make the actual pin a little shorter. It's quite a bit longer than my other stick pins. It's only a minor detail, but it did make it a tight fit for the little box I was packing it into, and it isn't really necessary for it to be that long. It might even be nicer to wear with less length to it. That would only take a couple of minutes to fix, so I wont worry about it for now.
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| Orange Gooshy Pin. Sterling silver, Gooshy pencil grip. |
There's been a request for a ring, so I might consider that tomorrow. That, or the other piece I keep threatening to make, which is non-Gooshy and using some recycled plastic junk which I find rather pleasing to the eye. No promises. I'm just taking each day as it comes and will see where the mood takes me. You're lucky you got a simple pin tonight, given that I went to the studio fresh from an exhibition of erotic photography!
Cufflinks next? To match the Gooshy Tie pin. Half a Gooshy on each as maybe you would need to flatten it. Should I ask if you got any inspiration for the photos? Or perhaps not.....
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Hmm, I have been thinking I need to add some cufflinks into the mix, though I'm not quite sure how I'd do that with the Gooshy grips. I'll think on it for a while. Almost at the end of my week of colour, and I do have something else in mind, but I will probably do more of these along the way, regardless.
DeleteYou might be onto something with the half a gooshy. If I split one lengthwise....
Well, they are inexpensive enough for me to play with and not worry if I wreck a couple in the process.
As to inspiration from the photos, no, nothing I've applied to my jewellery designs as yet, but your saying that might just make me look at those grips in a whole new light!
Actually, the exhibition, while quite sensual, was not especially racy or 'in your face', so to speak. There was some nudity - well, rather a lot of nudity, but it was all fairly tastefully presented and mostly not especially graphic.
You got a really funky judge who wants a matching ping and ring gavel set???
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Oh, well done, Ralph. Now I have Flip Wilson's voice inside my head, going "Here come de Judge, here come de Judge". Craig thought this pin looked like a gavel, too. I was going to make a ring with a similar design, the gooshy piece in a loop on top of the ring band, but I ended up going lantern style instead.
DeleteCool! Very striking! Like the colour.
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Striking. Like a gavel. *groan* I'm sure that's not what you meant though. It is a VERY bright orange!
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