Filigree - Wire Jewelry Collection

India has a a rich culture of jewels and jewelry, most of them in form of Gold Jewelry, Silver Jewelry and Meenakari. And apart from these forms, we love Bollywood kinda jewelry, very colorful and bright. We hate dull colors. That's reflected in our home decor to a typical Indian Bride's traditional outfit. Where as if you create wire jewelry, it neither involve the perfect and kinda typical Indian designs nor they are much glittery.

Aishwarya Rai Bacchan wearing traditional Indian Jewelry

And that's why in India, wire jewelry is a completely new form, especially the Western part of India, where I belong.So, when I started making wire jewelry, I received some odd response from the people around, like, "Are they the same wire, used by electricians?", or "Are those earring sturdy? I can bend them easily." or "These stuff belongs to a different class of people, who buys them here?" or "Oww, this is something new!" or "Can you make something glittery?"
Though some artists in India are now towards creating jewelry in new forms of wire, fabric, raw metal and more. Thanks to those first movers who are trying to set a new trend in Jewelry Industry and creating very beautiful handcrafted mix media jewelry, and I can see a niche market in at least metros and Southern part of India where Sari and Jewelry are essentials for a woman.

With the thought of  creating some pieces for this niche, I have designed a collection of wire jewelry- Filigree, which is based on basic wire weaving and wire wrapping techniques. These collection is created using brass, copper and silver wire works and some pretty beads.

Intertwisted heart earrings

Glamour Pendent - mystique orange art bead woven with glamorous blues

Bud earrings - copper and brass wirework

Golden Twist - Gold coated brass wire earrings

Blooming flower earrings

love pendent

Indian Ethnic earrings

Filigree garden pendent - brass and copper wire work, woven with metal beads

Tangled - Silver wire earrings

Criss-cross heart pendent

And, the good news is, all these awesome pieces are super quick and easy to create. I shall be sharing a post about basic wire wrapping and techniques. Up to then, keep calm and create pretty jewelry! And lemme know how you like my Filigree collection. :)

Prakruti