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This new jewellery collection will be showcased at The Flight Of Fancy , where you will find Fine Art + Exceptional Craft + Exquisite Studio Jewelry The Flight of Fancy is an award-winning art and craft gallery located in Bear River, Nova Scotia, Canada. Offering a unique shopping experience with something for everyone. Proudly supporting local and showcasing excellence in art and craft from over 150 artisans; find one-of-a-kind, handmade treasures in our eclectic collection. Disciplines include: painting, woodwork (carved, turned, burned, steamed), raku, porcelain, earthenware, pottery, hand blown glass, ironwork, indigenous crafts - baskets, drums, carvings, beadwork, leatherwork, jewelry - as well as candles, books, wooden toys, small batch soap, natural care products for health and wellness, notecards and more! Celebrating over 40 years in business, ‘The Flight’ has long since established itself as one of Atlantic Canada’s most outstanding fine art and craft retailers offering an exciting selection of visual arts in Nova Scotia; contemporary abstract to traditional mastery. Mediums include oil, acrylic, watercolor, photographic, silkscreen, wood, glass, stone, bone, antler, clay, textile, leather, and iron. From stunning observations of light passing through bottles in a still-life to brilliant moose antler carvings depicting the symbiotic relationship between Indigenous Peoples and their environment shared with the animals, birds and Mother Nature. Seasonal Hours
1869 Clementsvale Road, Bear River Nova Scotia B0S 1B0 Phone: (902) 467-4171 Toll Free: (866) 467-4171 Email: order@theflight.ca May & June Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm July - September 7 days a week 10am-4pm October - December Wednesday to Sunday 10am-4pm
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 My new ETSY SHOP banner - summertime vibes! Turquoise waters and sapphire skies with a glint of sunshine. https://www.etsy.com/shop/melodyarmstrong Follow my Etsy Shop to stay up to date on my newest jewellery listings!  QUANTIC LUXE EARRINGS with DIAMONDs Luxury Earrings made with Oxidized Textured Sterling Silver, 14K Gold, Checkerboard Cut Quartz Capped Turquoise, 2mm Salt and Pepper Diamonds, created to Dazzle. These are the perfect Statement Earrings to be worn on that special night out - guaranteed to attract attention! https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1023938411/quantic-luxe-earrings-turquoise-diamond?ref=shop_home_feat_1&frs=1  QUANTIC LUXE EARRINGS with SAPPHIREs Luxury Earrings made with Oxidized Textured Sterling Silver, 14K Gold, Oval Checkerboard Cut Quartz Capped Turquoise, 2mm Blue Sapphires, created to Dazzle. These are the perfect Statement Earrings to be worn on that special night out - guaranteed to attract attention! https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1023946963/quantic-luxe-earrings-turquoise-blue?ref=shop_home_active_3&frs=1  TURQUOISE DERMIS RING The "DERMIS" Ring series is my signature style of unique statement rings. I combine two layers, one layer is a dark oxidized textured band over top of a bright high polished silver layer. The textured layer is like a skin wrapping over the main wide band. These rings always feature a bold beautiful stone affixed prominently on top, sometimes in the centre and sometimes over the edge of the ring. The Sleeping Beauty Turquoise cushion shaped cabochon has a pure aqua blue color which shows very little to no veining and is surrounded by a shiny silver frame. This is an Elegant Statement ring to be worn everyday or the perfect gift for a loved one! https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/932801417/turquoise-dermis-ring-sterling-silver?ref=shop_home_active_53&frs=1  SPECTRUM RING
MADE TO ORDER All jewellery pieces are handmade and unique. Textured and Oxidized Sterling Silver Band with a 12mm Cushion Cut Cubic Zirconia. Band is 8mm wide. A real show stopper! https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/654051638/spectrum-ring-silver-ring-cushion-cut?ref=shop_home_feat_2&frs=1 Art Gallery of Regina 2021 Members Show and Sale Runs April 17 - May 9, 2021 online exhibition opens April 17 Closing Reception May 9, 2021 4 - 5 pm(ONLINE) Art Gallery of Regina https://www.artgalleryofregina.ca/members-show-and-sale   Amber Butterfly Wing Earrings Sterling Silver, Amber, Iron Pyrite $325 Quartz Butterfly Wing Earrings Sterling Silver, Rose Quartz, Quartz $325 Blue Butterfly Wing Earrings Sterling Silver, Anodized Titanium $285 Purple Butterfly Wing Earrings Sterling Silver, Anodized Titanium $285 Light Blue Butterfly Wing Earrings Sterling Silver, Anodized Titanium $285 Gold Butterfly Wing Earrings Sterling Silver, Anodized Titanium $285 MELODY ARMSTRONG - ARTIST STATEMENT
Melody Armstrong’s artistic objective is to transfer her vision, creative passion and risk taking into her jewellery in an expressive way to arrive at exciting jewellery forms that elicit awe and inspiration, and personalize them in order to give her work a distinctive character. Melody’s jewellery designs testify to the textural dynamic and technical volition behind the work, seemingly to have evolved from organic origins taking on an industrial influence. The ever changing interplay of colors and textures creates dynamic contrasts – evoking a vividness of exquisite dimensions – which is rich, alluring and of the utmost elegance. Techniques employed in the Butterfly Wing Series include piercing the silver wing structures by sawing, then filing and sanding to perfect the shapes. The reactive metal - Niobium - is anodized using an electrical-chemical process where the voltage determines the colour outcome. The interference surface colours that are developed by this process mimics the interference colours of insect wings. Stone setting and riveting techniques are also incorporated, using the torch, pliers, hammers, and wire wrapping semi precious bead elements. Melody Armstrong is inspired by the delicateness of moths and butterflies and their complex nature, transferring that mysterious luminescence and lace-like aesthetic into a hard metal structure. By preserving the original organic design and beauty of the insect elements, she creates this series allowing the wearer to appreciate the jewellery object on the body as unique adornment.  Sip & shop at The Earring Show virtual happy hour! Art earrings, artist interviews, stylist tips, cocktail demonstrations and more. Join me to support artists and handmade craft on May 6th at 7pm PST #theearringshow2021 https://craftcouncilbc.ca/tes/ Craft BC Details: https://www.melodyarmstrong.com/blog/butterfly-wing-earrings CCBC invites you to our 8th annual The Earring Show fundraiser packed full of creative talent and over 200 pairs of earrings. This exciting exhibition and sale features contemporary designer-makers producing wearable art in a whole host of mediums. All funds raised from the event go towards CCBC, its programs, and to help promote contemporary crafts to BC and Canada. Join our ‘sip and shop’ virtual opening of The Earring Show where you can meet some of our finalists, style earrings, make cocktails, shop with us and more! Featuring: contemporary wearable art, cocktails and style for days! Interviews and guest presentations from:
Follow us on social @craftcouncilbc on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter! #theearringshow2021   Magenta Butterfly Wing Earrings - Sterling silver, niobium. Limited Edition 5.5x3x1cm $285  Teal Butterfly Wing Earrings - Sterling silver, niobium. Limited Edition 6x2.4x1cm $285  Labradorite Butterfly Wing Earrings - Sterling silver, labradorite, quartz. Limited Edition 6x3x1cm $525 ARTIST STATEMENT Melody Armstrong’s artistic objective is to transfer her vision, creative passion and risk taking into her jewellery in an expressive way to arrive at exciting jewellery forms that elicit awe and inspiration, and personalize them in order to give her work a distinctive character. Melody’s jewellery designs testify to the textural dynamic and technical volition behind the work, seemingly to have evolved from organic origins taking on an industrial influence. The ever changing interplay of colors and textures creates dynamic contrasts – evoking a vividness of exquisite dimensions – which is rich, alluring and of the utmost elegance. Techniques employed in the Butterfly Wing Series include piercing the silver wing structures by sawing, then filing and sanding to perfect the shapes. The reactive metal - Niobium - is anodized using an electrical-chemical process where the voltage determines the colour outcome. The interference surface colours that are developed by this process mimics the interference colours of insect wings. Stone setting and riveting techniques are also incorporated, using the torch, pliers, hammers, and wire wrapping semi precious bead elements. Melody Armstrong is inspired by the delicateness of moths and butterflies and their complex nature, transferring that mysterious luminescence and lace-like aesthetic into a hard metal structure. By preserving the original organic design and beauty of the insect elements, she creates this series allowing the wearer to appreciate the jewellery object on the body as unique adornment. Custom order inspired by the clients Polyphemus Moth visit on her doorstep. I think I like this one even more that the first one. I changed the proportions of this moth to closely match her actual sighting, and I combined warm tones of gold, bronze, amber and fire.  Sterling silver, anodized titanium, anodized niobium, amber, fire citrine. Oxidized silver wheat chain. 18 inches.  I am please to announce that my recent submission to the SK ARTS call out for their Permanent Collection has been accepted! This is my second piece of jewellery that has been selected for the collection, as well as the two Saskatchewan Arts Award Prototypes I submitted and was short listed for. "2019 Saskatchewan Arts Award" Prototype Submission https://www.melodyarmstrong.com/blog/saskatchewan-art-award-one-of-two-designs-that-were-short-listed "THE SKY IS LIMITLESS" Arts Award Prototype https://www.melodyarmstrong.com/blog/the-sky-is-limitless9123397 CITRON NECKPIECE https://www.melodyarmstrong.com/store/p7/CITRON_NECKPIECE.html Polyphemus Moth Necklace Sterling silver, anodized titanium, anodized niobium, opal, garnet, 1.7mm sterling silver snake chain, 18 inches. $650.00   My newest addition to my "MOTH" series is the Polyphemus Moth inspired necklace. The Polyphemus Moth is a rare sighting in Saskatchewan, a nice surprise when discovered one evening at Lake Diefenbaker by myself and a previous find in the rhubarb patch by my father. I have taken this organic theme and provided it with an industrial aesthetic by creating it out of a combination of three metals, adding colour with the surface treatments of anodizing the reactive metals, titanium and niobium and oxidizing the sterling silver, giving it a richness and enhancing the textures. The metallic tones compliment the flashes of greens and reds in the opals and the cherry reds in the tiny garnets. In progress shots:    Art Gallery of Regina. https://www.artgalleryofregina.ca/ OUTSIDE THE BOX GROUP EXHIBITION Jewellery Artists Guild of Regina group exhibition. December 4th 2020 to February 25th 2021 Exhibition name: Silver Linings Just before the lock-down I was exploring a new jewellery technique fusing. This freed up time period allowed me to experiment and have fun with this new skill, which is a more spontaneous approach and constitutes a more organic unplanned outcome compared to my traditional way of making jewellery. I thoroughly enjoyed this reprieve from normalcy and took full advantage of it by playing, relaxing and enjoying nature and that is my SILVER LINING! SILVER LINING FUSE RING Sterling silver, bronze. 2020 Size 7 2x2x1.1 cm $200 SILVER LINING FUSE EARRINGS Sterling silver, bronze. 2020 5.5x1.2x1.1 cm $200 SILVER LINING FUSE NECKLACE Sterling silver, bronze. 2020 3.8x2.4x.8cm 18” - 2.2mm dapped cable chain $185     Not included in this exhibition were other creative endeavours. STATEMENT: Being on the lock-down was like being on a sabbatical which allowed me to have lots of free time to pursue my other passion, painting on canvas. Something I don’t usually have time for when running my jewellery business and instructing jewellery classes. While enjoying the fabulous summer weather, I set up my easel outside and spent many creative days painting in the fresh air. Painting taps into a different area of my brain from that which I would use for jewellery making, a more spontaneous momentum compared to the more methodical approach to creating jewellery. I chose the bicycle as my subject matter because it signified the freedom I experience while riding, to compensate for other freedoms that were taken away by the lockdown and the forced isolation. Bike riding allowed me the oportunity to commune with nature, enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. BICYCLE ABSTRACTION #1 - BLUE SKY Acrylic on canvas. 2020 61x91.4x1.7 cm $650   BICYCLE ABSTRACTION #2 - in progress. |
Represented by Assiniboia Gallery at 2266 Smith Street, Regina, Saskatchewan. Assiniboia Gallery showcases a wide selection of Melody’s Jewellery and will accommodate custom jewellery designs. Archives
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