Sometimes you find things and sometimes things find you.
My version of Katrina’s DIY earring prop (with a pendant) inside my light tent.
Recently, I was discussing a freelance project through email with an editor and another artist. While we were emailing back and forth, I decided to explore the artist’s website. Boy, am I glad I did. First, I love seeing what other artists are doing, how they structure their website, the media they work with. It’s all very inspiring.
As I looked at Katrina Lum‘s website, I found her tutorials page. One of them was her DIY Earring Prop. And I knew I had found a gem to solve a problem I had been dealing with for a while.
I haven’t been able to find some sort of signature prop to use with all of my pendants, earrings and other items. It has been frustrating. I looked into some of the pro props, scoured the local Michael’s and Pier One but just couldn’t find anything I really liked or was in my budget.
Image right out of the camera
Then I stumbled upon Katrina’s tutorial. It was the perfect solution. Low cost because I had everything I needed in the house and a way to make the jewelry the focus of the image, not the background or props.
I put the entire thing together in less than 30 minutes. I used my trusty glue gun which speeded up the process even more. The one other thing I did differently – for now anyway – is to use ‘T” pins instead of tape to hold the fishing line into place.
So I just wanted to publicly thank Kristina Lum for her terrific tutorial. Check out her site, her tutorials and her lovely art jewelry.
Now all I have to do is master the art of removing the visible fishing line in Photoshop……
Deanna Duncan-Allen is an artist working several media including glass, metals and recycled materials to create jewelry and functional items as well as a freelance writer / photographer.
Throughout her career, Deanna has been published as a writer and photographer in a variety of magazines and newspapers throughout the Rocky Mountain region including the Arvada Sentinel, Focus on Denver, Cherry Creek Locale, Fort Lupton Press, Broomfield Enterprise, Rocky Mountain Sports and Fitness, Drinking Water and Backflow Prevention, Women's Edition and most recently, The Polymer Arts magazine. She has worked in public relations and marketing specializing in assisting small businesses tell their stories through traditional and digital media. She is the former editor and publisher of Cherry Creek Focus newspaper.
Extremely active in the Colorado soccer community, Deanna works for the Colorado Soccer Association as the Colorado Soccer Referee Program registrar and online learning coordinator. She is a USSF certified assignor, state instructor, assessor and referee, and continues to help develop and deliver educational program materials to new and recertifying referees throughout Colorado.
Certifications and Education: BA Journalism, Metropolitan State College of Denver; PMCC Level I and Level II Certification; USSF Youth Module Coaching Certification; USSF “E” License; NSCAA Regional Diploma; USSF Grade 05 (State) Instructor, USSF Grade 07 Assessor; USSF Grade 08 Assignor; USSF Grade 07 Referee
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