April 8, 2012 • 11:59 pm 0
Hello all, I’d like to request that you take just a few minutes to complete a little survey that will be most helpful to my practice as I look for places to sell my work online.
Thank you very much in advance!
You can take the survey by clicking this link:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/X9F6G3W
Fondue pendant earrings on the dock
Filed under: jewellery, Uncategorized, handcrafted online sites, jewellery business survey, online shopping, online shopping survey, survey
January 3, 2012 • 10:14 pm 0
Righty ho! (Oh yes I’m sounding more and more English after my 12 years in London) So it’s 2012 (remember to write the correct year on those cheques!). ; )
I must say I’ve been neglecting my blog lately but I hope to be more on top of things in the coming year.
Things have been moving for ilanaDesign however. I sold to shops, had commissions and have been meeting interesting and wonderful people in the industry and forming my ‘jewellery family’. Ooooo warm fuzzies now! Like sipping a hot toddy, mmm mmm.
At the moment I’m scrambling to get my display ready for the Xobo Shop located in South Kensington on the very posh Walton Street! Oo la la baby. This shop is up and running as we speak, with the very exciting new furniture line from Xobo Design, and the photography of brilliant portrait photographer Robert Taylor (stay tuned to my blog for more…).
Some of the great furniture includes the Oyster Wardrobe, this fantastic colourful wardrobe based on a gentleman’s travelling suitcase! How cool is that!
Xobo Oyster Wardrobe
Going forward, I have yet expansive plans for my Vase Ring. I won’t give that away just yet though! But I can say I’m excited about it.
So, I wonder now, what are YOUR plans for 2012? Yes you! You who is reading these words at this very moment! Get in touch, give me your news as I love hearing from you people out there!
In the meantime…
Looking oh so divine in my Snail Chapeau!
Lots of love to all of you and wishes for peacefulness within, togetherness, and whatever really, truly, deeply makes you happy!
Peace out,
ilana
Filed under: Uncategorized, portrait photographer, south kensington
April 2, 2011 • 12:16 am 0
Hi beautiful people, followers of designy, arty and soul-opening stuff!
Just a little peek-a-boo to say hey-ho before I go home for a few weeks I can go with a smile on my face with my Fondue collection on the platform!
Platform Gallery that is.
Until April 15th you can find my Fondue collection at Platform Gallery in Hatton Garden as part of the Work in Progress showcase organised by Holts Academy.
I’ve a new addition to the Fondue family and that is the chunky man’s ring, in a serious Fondue-stylee! Gentlemen check it out. You want to say “cool, masculine, funk”? Hot-up your digits with one of these, baby!
Man's chunky Fondue ring
A hip statement on the thumb or index finger! oo la la!
And of course, lots for the ladies…
And on this note, I jet off to Montréal!
A bientôt les amis!
Filed under: Designer sale, jewellery, Men's chunky silver ring, Uncategorized, jewellery, men's funky ring, platform gallery, Silver jewellery, work in progress
January 2, 2011 • 11:04 pm 0
Hey everyone, I received these blog stats for the past year and I wish to share them with you who actually made this happen!! Thank you everyone!
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:
The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!.
A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,300 times in 2010. That’s about 3 full 747s.
In 2010, there were 12 new posts, not bad for the first year! There were 47 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 30mb. That’s about 4 pictures per month.
The busiest day of the year was April 22nd with 41 views. The most popular post that day was Jewellery portfolio.
The top referring sites in 2010 were facebook.com, linkedin.com, ilana-design.co.uk, mail.live.com, and uk.linkedin.com.
Some visitors came searching, mostly for rings sketches, jewellery sketches, ring sketches, thumb ring, and jewellery hand sketches.
These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.
Jewellery portfolio April 2010
2 comments
About April 2010
Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb – An interactive playful ring with grit May 2010
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Contact me April 2010
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Short n sweet, the time is nigh… November 2010
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December 12, 2010 • 2:40 pm 0
And that, thankfully, is not the sound of my drains gone wrong and slowly overflowing (a non-fictional occurence), but rather, the motion of post-event sales!
Made in Clerkenwell turned out to be great for exposure. How interesting how things stay in peoples’ minds where they sit and cogitate and then translate themselves into sales!
I’m happy! So thank you to all who came and all who purchased and continue reading me here. There are new project ideas travelling through my grey matter at the moment…
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May 20, 2010 • 3:59 pm 2
Who out there remembers this great Dr. Seuss book (Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb)? I was an avid Dr. Seuss reader as a child (well, my mother read them all to my brother and I and we absolutely devoured them with excitement!).
This is a bespoke ring with the brief being simply to make a thumb ring, in silver, that was specially made for my client with him in mind and that no one else would have.
That was pretty open, so I went a little further, and created a ring that can be worn 5 or more different ways [a multi-wear ring as I call it] so that he never gets bored (just as we never got bored of my mom reading the same Dr. Seuss stories night after night – each time feeling like it was the first!).
Being able to create a different look as the feeling grabs him, this ring becomes interactive and playful! (Again, the Dr. Seuss experience!) For example, just by spinning it to misalign it, gives it a whole other look.
The photos below depict some of the different ways it can be worn. I didn’t photograph it as a single band, but of course that’s one of the many options!
This image shows the ways in which it can be worn. But don't forget it can be worn singly as well!
And now to bring you behind the scenes with a couple of pics of the making and a few idea development sketches.
Hope you enjoy them…
Flat metal with stopout
Two rings shaped
Thumb ring development sketches_1
Thumb ring development sketches_2
Thumb ring development sketches_3
And below, my beginnings in art, inspired by ‘Hand Hand, Fingers, Thumb’ a childhood drawing based on the book…
My childhood drawing inspired by the book "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb'
Filed under: Uncategorized, bespoke, bespoke jewellery, etched jewellery, man's ring, multi-wear ring, oxidised jewellery, silver ring, thumb ring
April 20, 2010 • 2:11 pm 0
Filed under: jewellery, Uncategorized, copper, etched jewellery, medicinal jewellery
