Hardware Chic
Accessories from Hardware Store Treasures
Go ShoppingTour your hardware store (the old-fashioned kind with bins and boxes of stuff is best.) Look for unusual items you can use as the base for your accessories.
duct tape
washers, nuts, and bolts
plumbing parts
metal fasteners, S-rings, key rings, hooks
ball chain and other chains
inspiration to get you
started on your designs
Hardware Cloth
Braceletswire hardware cloth, wire,
and glass beads
Hex-Nut Necklace
hex-nuts, wire, cordfrom Hardwear book
Washer Cuff &
Connector Chain
rubber strip, washers, wire
various connectorsfrom Hardwear book
Washer Necklace
small washers, cordfrom Hardwear book
Large Washer
Beltlarge washers, cord
from Hardwear book
Link Belt(inspired by
Gucci)
various links, screw eyes, plastic tubing
from Hardwear book
Key Chain Necklace
various sizes of key chains
from Hardwear book
Duct Tape Cuffduct tape or
electrical tape,matching earrings
from cordfrom Hardwear book
Anni AlbersArtist Anni Albers
designed jewelry from common items in the
1940s with the idea that beautiful objects did not
need to be expensive
drapery rings, ribbon
ferrules, chamois strip
washers, ribbon
medium washers, ribbon
ball chain, bobbie pins
drain cover, paper clips, ball chain
corks, bobbie pins, cord
rubber hose washers, ribbon
Now go explore the hardware
store!
Hardwear, Hannah Rogge; photographs by Marianne Rafter.
Stewart, Tabori & Chang Publishers
Anni Albers designs from Josef and Anni Albers Foundation;
www.albersfoundation.org
Hardware Cloth Bracelet from HGTV.com