 Bakelite Bracelets & Bangles from Elvenkrafte Studios, page 1 |
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Below you will find detailed descriptions as well as thumbnail graphics for several of Brad's Bakelite Bracelets & Bangles. Page 1, Page 2 Click here if you are looking for Brad's Bakelite Pins & Brooches. Please remember that you can return to this page by using your "Back" button after you click on the thumbnails below to view larger graphics.
Translucent Yellow Swirl Deeply Carved Through Floral Design Bangle This is a nice vintage lemony yellow Bakelite that has swirls of lighter yellows and cream. The design is an original and quite complex. The walls of the bangle are 1 & 1/4 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick. The inner diameter is a bit over 2 & 1/2 inches. Pictures just don't do this beauty justice. Very carefully carved and patiently polished, this is a very nice piece. I inscribed my signature and the date on the inside surface. Reduced Price.....$550
Carved and Laminated Bakelite Tulips Bangle Carved from vintage Bakelite stock in a nice grassy green swirl, this bangle has 12 tulips evenly laid out on its surface in a alternating pattern. There are two each of the following colors: blue, pink/red, yellow, orange, dark red or maroon, and lavender. The tulip bloom colors are also from vintage Bakelite and are laminated into the surface of the bangle, not just stuck on top. Each tulip bloom is carved like a newly opened flower still slightly closed at the top. The bangle is very carefully carved and polished. The walls are 1 & 1/2 inches wide, vary from 5/16th of an inch thick (thicker if measured on the flower blooms themselves), and the bangle is very slightly domed so that the center of the walls are thicker than the edges. The inner diameter is 2 & 1/2 inches. I've inscribed my signature and the date inside and the inner surface is pretty much unaltered from the way it came from the factory so you may be able to get a positive Bakelite test with Simichrome or other testing methods (definitely will test positive with hot water). Reduced Price $650.00 ......will consider offers
Red, White, and Blue Saturn Style Bakelite Bangle Here is a wonderfully patriotic bangle laminated using the three U.S. Flag colors, red, white and blue. All three colors are vintage Bakelite (white will eventually oxidize to a nice buttery cream corn color). The middle blue moon ring or layer in the bangle is upraised slightly in a Saturn design style. The walls measure 1 & 1/8 inches wide and the thickness varies from 3/8 at the blue layer to just under 1/4 inch and sloping to slightly less at the edges. The inner diameter is 2 & 1/2 inches. The bangle is nicely polished both outside and in, and I have inscribed my signature and the date. Reduced Price......$300.00
Carved Blue Moon and Purple Gold Dust Bangles Here are two bangles carved in designs similar to some of the old vintage Bakelite treasures. The blue moon is carved like tightly twisted rope, with very patiently aligned carved grooves. The colors in this blue bangle are just gorgeous with the swirling variations from creamy light blue to deeper sky blues. The walls are 7/8 of an inch wide and domed with a center thickness of 1/4 inch. The outside has a very nice polish and the inner surface has been left with a slight oxidization to test positive. The purple gold or star dust bangle has the finest of gold flakes dispersed throughout the Bakelite. It is carved in a diamond pattern with every other diamond consisting of even smaller diamonds. Very nicely carved and polished, this bangle also has a slight oxidization on the inner surface. The measurements are the same as with the blue moon bangle. Both bracelets have my signature and the date inscribed in the inner surface.
Heavily Carved Blue Moon Grapes/Vines Bracelet I've had a hard time taking accurate pictures of this beautiful bracelet, trying to capture both the swirling blue colors and the carved details. This original design is of grapes and grape leaves/vines twined around the surface of the bracelet. Carved from a gorgeous vintage blue moon Bakelite, this bracelet is not only beautiful but one of those touchy/feely pieces also with the polished carving. The walls of the bracelet are 1 & 1/2 inches wide and are carved from 3/8 inch thick. The inner diameter is 2 & 1/2 inches and the inner surface is only lightly polished so that some of the original oxidization is intact. My signature and the date are inscribed. Price....$700.00
Reverse Carved Sea Life or Fish Bowl Octagon Bracelet This may very well be my best reverse carved sea life bangles so far. Carved in a vintage apple juice Bakelite, that has a hint of pink when looked at from the ends, this octagon bracelet has an inner diameter of 2 & 9/16th inches, walls that are 1 & 1/4 inches wide and over 1/4 inch thick. The sea life carved into the inside surface include a turtle, an octopus, a blue seahorse, a few starfish, and lots of fishies...with some wavy sea grass and pebbles scattered here and there. I signed my name and the date on the back side of some of the larger carvings with paint and the surface of the bracelet is very nicely polished. Price......$900.00
Reverse Carved Teal or Turquoise Blue Prystal Bakelite Bangle This is a lovely, lovely color of Prystal Bakelite in a deep turquoise blue color. I reverse carved an alternating floral pattern with some linear designs into the inner surface of this beautiful bracelet and then gave it a high degree of polish. As you can see in the pictures, it is very reflective. Because of the clear nature of this material, I did not sign or date this bracelet as of yet. I will leave it up to a new owner to decide whether I should or not. I will be happy to perhaps paint the reverse carving with a color of your choosing, which will enable me to sign the back of one of the carved areas. The inner diameter of this bracelet is 2 & 1/2 inches and the walls are 1 & 1/4 inches wide, domed down to the edges from a 1/4 inch thick center. Price.....$550.00
Reverse Carved Apple Juice & Red Bakelite Stretch Bracelet This is one of the prettiest bracelets that I've created so far. I sometimes take influence from vintage designs and have seen bracelets in a similar style to this (not as pretty though.......) yet much different in appearance. Using a faceted piece of vintage apple juice Bakelite, I reverse carved a pretty floral pattern into it which includes white flowers, red berries and green leaves, all on gold stems. The bracelet has an almost Christmas-y look to it but, with the shine of freshly carved and polished Bakelite, this is one bracelet you won't mind wearing year round. Strung on very stout elastic beading cord, the bracelet is very comfortable to wear and has an unstretched inner diameter of a bit over 7 inches. The larger red beads measure just a hair under 1 inch long, about 5/8 inches wide and 1/2 inch thick. The apple juice part is also just a bit under one inch in height, and over 1/4 inch thick. This is a spectacular bracelet and definitely one of a kind. I've inscribed my signature and the date on the inside surface of one of the large red beads. Price....$
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