Silvia Borges
Acrylic Jewelry
Light Weight & Colorful
Initially I wanted to make colorful buttons for my handbags.
The results were so stunning, right away they guided me towards more personal accessories, such as earrings and necklaces.
The very first collection of earrings was accepted by a museum shop in 2018, so this is how Eresina Earrings entered the scene.
My house has a mature garden, overflowing with butterflies and birds. The name "Eresina" comes from an African butterfly, so it sounded like the perfect choice for a "resin" brand name.
Butterfly Acrylic Painting
This very graceful shape is one of my favorites because it reminds us of butterflies, bright and colorful on a summer afternoon.
Composition: paper, glass beads, steel wire
Sailing the Shores Acrylic Painting
There are several sail boat renditions in my collection.
This one is special because of the way the sails and keels were hung in a wire sling, giving them an extra bouncy effect.
Composition: paper, glass beads, steel
Window Sunset Acrylic Painting
This geometric shape reminds me of a hawksbill dagger shape. My painting is usually 6" x 6" adding 6 pairs of earrings to my tray.
Composition: paper, acrylic beads, steel
Printed Cotton Earrings
Working with fabrics is a lot of fun, although the techniques are different, providing us with excellent results.
Butterfly Fabric Earrings
This collection came from Laurel Burch, a well-know artist famous for her colorful creations in fabrics of cats, horses, and nature fabrics, which I had purchased for making handbags. Good use of scraps!
Sheer Fabric Earrings
This pair was made with one single shape having the top lightly colored in lavender. Secret ingredient: nail powder dip!
Composition: fabric, glass beads, steel
Sulphur Butterfly Wings
Occasionally, when I find an insect dead in my yard, I will create an organic pair. This again requires a different approach because we can not simply pour resin on top of butterfly wings.
Composition: wings, glass beads, steel
Cicada Wings over Fabric
Cicadas are a summer long sound here in my Homosassa garden.
Killer wasps bomb the yard with quite a few, which I save to prolong their beauty on some earrings. This one was placed over blue organza and then resined over.
Composition: fabric, wings, faux pearls, steel
Fallen Acorn Earrings
Around October and November the trees start dropping acorns all over the streets. I like to save some for when I am in a mood or the unusual organic shape.
Composition: natural acorns, glass beads, copper and steel wires.
Alcohol Ink Earrings
The fluidity of alcohol inks over Yupo paper was just perfect for this inverted tear-drop shape.
This kind of medium is translucent, so the frosted glass beads were the perfect top.
PLEASE COME VIEW MY CURRENT COLLECTION AT
THE RAINBOW SPRINGS ART CENTER, DUNNELLON, FL
Silvia Borges