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| Enamel Guilloche Rose by ART A set from my collection |
I don't get my mail every day. We have lived on a rock quarry for the past year, and I thought we were moving on this year, but my husband agreed to work for our son-in-law another year - so here we are. I don't mind. It's interesting to live here. Needless to say, I don't get my mail every day, because we use our daughters address, and she has to send a package out her through inter office mail. They don't deliver every day. We went to her house yesterday for her 35th birthday - WOW - where did time go? Another story for another day!
She had several packages for me. I was delighted when I opened them, because several new Tortolani pieces came in (thanks to sellers that are JR members that posted to the cow last week :), and a couple of pieces that are additions to a new small collection that I started a few months ago (including a frog - of which I am a long time collector of).
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When I get a new piece for my collections, I always take pictures of it - or them in this case.
I cannot explain how much I fall in love with a piece of jewelry as I view it in close detail under the lens of a camera. Joy literally overwhelms me, as I view all of the intricate detail that a designer puts into their designs. Take for instance, the tiny little sparkle of a stone, the itty bitty stippling or texture that is so important in adding to the dimensions a piece might have. I am always amazed at the difference in stone quality, or wonder how a designer might have made the decision to "add" some feature to a figural piece that gives it more character.
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| Les Bernard Collection |
I cannot explain how much I fall in love with a piece of jewelry as I view it in close detail under the lens of a camera. Joy literally overwhelms me, as I view all of the intricate detail that a designer puts into their designs. Take for instance, the tiny little sparkle of a stone, the itty bitty stippling or texture that is so important in adding to the dimensions a piece might have. I am always amazed at the difference in stone quality, or wonder how a designer might have made the decision to "add" some feature to a figural piece that gives it more character.
I've taken a lot of pictures of jewelry to sell, but when I take a picture of a piece of jewelry that I truly love...a piece that I collect....something happens to my inner self - a love for the piece really blooms.
Do the rest of you Jewelry Collectors get twitterpated over your collection? Is this too much information about me? (ha ha)....don't get me wrong, I still value my husband and my children and grandchildren more than my jewelry but it runs a close second to them. Just kidding! However, I am thinking that there are no drugs that could give me that great feeling as receiving something new to add to my collections.
