Part Two – Artist Interview Kyra Crilly
June 2, 2009 by Michelle Smith
Filed under Accessories, Recycled, Reclaimed and Vintage
Here’s Part Two of my interview with jewelry designer Kyra Crilly of GhostShip. Kyra uses vintage sea glass, a found item, to craft gorgeous necklaces, earrings, and bracelets. GhostShip, Crilly’s shop is located at Etsy – a cyber mall for handmade, one of a kind items. If you missed Part One of the interview, then please click here.
PBN: The piece with the red glass…how do you go about designing a piece?
Kyra Crilly: Red sea glass is the rarest of them all. There is much speculation where red glass comes from, as commercial red glass is not produced much anymore. …read more
Artist Interview – Kyra Crilly of GhostShip
May 31, 2009 by Michelle Smith
Filed under Chic Discussion, Recycled, Reclaimed and Vintage
I had the opportunity to interview Kyra Crilly from the Ghost Ship jewelry at Etsy. I found her shop on Friday and I fell in love with her work. Each piece has this romantic feel – in part from the vintage sea glass itself, which is frosty and beautiful and rare, but also the settings are delicate, with accents of pearl and silver filigree .
Kyra is new to the glass and has only been operating her shop for a couple of months. She wrote a piece about working with the glass, called The Art and Meditation of Drilling Sea Glassthat …read more
