Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Isn't it Grand!

Here I am back again with another HAF blog ring artisan feature. This week I get to feature CJGrand from The Grand Design. This is an interesting one for me, as one of the styles she specialises in is SteamPunk, which is not something I have really understood or even liked very much. But I have to say that her style of SteamPunk is very inspiring, and very attractive. Enough so that I am reconsidering my previous aversion to the style.
The other items that she creates is Healing Jewelry, using gemstones. Her creations are fabulous, making the most of the fabulous abundance of gemstones available.
You can see more of her fabulous creations in her Etsy and her ArtFire stores, as well as checking out her blog, where she promotes other handmade artisans and items.

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Beautiful picks! Steampunk is definitely a different style and I'm glad you can see some of the beauty in it!

creativehaven said...

Awesome choices!! I love her style too!

Unknown said...

Her way of creating this style has made me warm up to it a bit more too. Her pieces have an elegance about them. Great post!

Heather said...

beautiful pieces!! Her work is gorgeous...

Mewes Mountain Arts said...

Steampunk is definitely something different but I think that CJ does it such justice that you can't help but like it! Great post!

Larissa said...

I love her work, but then I've been a Steampunk fan since I first noticed it.

jewelry by NaLa said...

CJ's Steampunk is some of the best I've seen. I like your choices for this post!

CJ Grand said...

Thank you everyone for your compliments. It gives me a much needed boost.

jewelrybyjanelle50 said...

Nice post for a great artist!

Handmade Artists' Forum and Shop said...

Love CJ's work she is the steampunk goddess! Grand Design has also been such a wonderful member of our group and has helped me many times with the Daily Steampunk as well as other stuff.
Thanks Haffina for such a great post about a great member and artist.
HAF

Christine Burgess said...

I agree with you on really changing my mind about the steampunk style. I have always liked it but didn't really know the background.
Wonderful post and CJ's work is outstanding.

Unknown said...

lolo There's steampunk and there's steampunk and some of it is awesome like CJ's and some well, I just don't get! Great post Haffina!