I discovered this Dutch artist awhile back through Phoebe's blog. Nel Linssen has been creating extremely elegant, sculptural, and textural jewelry from paper for over 20 years now. The bracelet shown above (bottom image) was created in 1986.
Speaking of Phoebe, she recently "tagged" me and has been told by the blog gods that I must share 6 "weird" things about myself. I wonder if this whole thing started off as sharing "3 awesome things about yourself" and then somewhere along the way it got to some blogger jerk who changed it to 6 weird things. (Thanks alot whoever you are!)
Thank you Phoebe for thinking of me and tagging me--(I thought it was cool that your grandma knew Eva Zeisel!). Anyway, here are my 6:
1. I enjoy speaking in the 3rd person, especially to give myself props, as in: "Meg, you rock!" (always said facing a mirror).
2. I love to buy Greatest Hits Albums from musical artists who are under the age of 25.
3. I'm a bit of a rock snob. I only listen to obscure indie bands like Matchbox 20, Goo Goo Dolls...
4. I don't really get my inspiration from the things I post. My inspiration really comes from fortune cookies and occasionally a sip of Jack.
5. Tom on myspace really is my friend--we even had lunch the other day!
6. I take chain letter-type requests very seriously.
Since this chain letter demand didn't come with any severe consequences (like your blog will evaporate into cyberspace dust if you don't tag 5 other bloggers) then I'll just end the tagging here. I know, call me a party-pooper!
ha! fabulous list :)
Posted by: Jessica Hood | January 26, 2007 at 05:57 AM
These bracelets are amazing! Thanks for sharing them, I love the texture and attention to detail.
Posted by: Jessica | January 26, 2007 at 06:12 AM
glad you liked the nel linssen post... ! xp
Posted by: phoebe (silk felt soil) | January 29, 2007 at 10:06 AM
so beautiful! just found you here... where have i BEEN!>
Posted by: susan | January 29, 2007 at 10:11 AM
the bracelets are truly unique and glorious - but meeting up with someone you first met on mySpace? omg !!! (lol)
Posted by: jewelry pendants | July 24, 2009 at 08:38 AM
Nice bracelets i like it.
keep up the great work..
Posted by: silver bracelet | November 30, 2009 at 01:11 AM
Nice bracelet, I like it. Very elegant and beautiful. I like black jewelery. I would like to buy them somehow.
Posted by: Vintage Pendants | December 17, 2009 at 04:11 AM
I wonder if this whole thing started off as sharing 3 awesome things about yourself" and then somewhere along the way it got to some blogger jerk who changed it.
Posted by: Term Papers | February 10, 2010 at 03:51 AM
I think it should be something really hard to create because it's made of paper, I'd like to get some bracelets like those as a gift for my wife.m10m
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