African tribal Jewelry

I can never just stick to one thing, one art form, one medium, one job, one home.  I am a wanderer with a wild, gypsy heart.  However, I do return to certain themes in my artwork over and over again.  When I received my New book; Ancient Modern, Polymer Clay and Wire Jewelry by Ronna Sarvas Weltman, I was reminded of some African inspired jewelry that I made a few years back.  I have been inspired again to create some new pieces with that tribal, ethnic flair. 

I have to pull out some of the polymer discs that I made during a very ambitious "disc" faze and combine them with stone, beach glass, sea shells, and polymer to create some new Summer pieces.

I will be sure to share my new creations with you but, in the meantime, here are a few of my vintage tribal pieces along with the African, Tagua Nut, necklace I purchased, that inspired the tribal theme which morphed into the disc thing, which somehow jumped over to graffiti and jellyfish.

The brain Cane Tribal ( this cane was made and donated by my good friend Kathi Briefer-Gose)




Forest Floor Tribal Necklace This one is all me.  Inspired by the ground in the wooded part of our property.  This necklace was featured in Belle Armoire magazine, Whenever it was created, years ago.



Small, Barrel Bead, Brain Cane Tribal



Bracelet my husband made:



This is the inspiration piece!