Cyanotype "Leila" version 5 tourmaline earrings the light tone crystals are

the light tone crystals are not entirely colourless

The camera forces the colour to turn lighter in a still photo

so I set out to remove the remaining clear rhinestones (half of them had already fallen off to begin with and some where discolored because of ancient repairs with different glues)

The moonstones complement the beautiful white inclusions on the unique green agates

the longer one is 8cm longer

Cyanotype "Leila" version 5 tourmaline earrings the light tone crystals areOriginal, unique cyanotype print of a photo that I have taken from a vintage 1926 German fashion magazine "Elegante Welt". Pictured in the photo, modeling a stunning headdress is Leila Bederkhan (1903 Constantinople 1986 Paris), a Kurdish dancer who was a very famous artist on both sides of the Atlantic in the 1920s and 1930s. Here she looks to me like someone stepped out of a dream. The very blue blueprint then takes the picture out of its original