Faerie crowns for queens of their own kingdoms, the Aynia Lilac, the Aphrodite Azure, and the Vivienne Rainbow Faerie Queen crowns will be listing this Thursday morning, May 28 at 8:30am Pacific Daylight Time.
The metal crown portion of all of these is designed by Alessio Benetti of The Original Atelier.
They've been popular among fantasy designers, who often cut them up to rearrange into crowns and accessories.
I'd only done 2 that way a few years ago before I knew the artist behind them, and thought I would embellish these with my original wings in mini form, along with all the bling, to get out of my creative rut in this pandemic anxiety mode .
First, the Aynia Lilac Queen Crown - my favorite!
This crown has a color theme of wine, lavender and burgundy.
The 5 inch Aynia wings (side) and 1 & a half sets of smaller wings in front and accenting the side top (Salome and Vivienne designs) are all painted in the same color family with touches of bright blue. Wine colored glass jewels decorate the base of the wings, with iridescent Swarovski crystals on the wings and front of the crown.
Brass and clear glass chains hang from each side with pale lavender iridescent crystal drops and purple iridescent beads. This crown will be $479 USD
Next, the Vivienne Rainbow Queen crown.
The metal on this one is a slightly deeper brass color and it has a bit of a tarnish to it, FYI. Gives it a more antique look.
The mini Vivienne wings are painted in the Electric Rainbow Palette, they practically glow! Clear AB oval cabachons decorate the center and each side. A bright, almost neon tangerine AB Swarovski crystal accents the bottom front while clear AB crystal drops hang from brass chains on either side.
This crown will be $300 USD
Finally, the Aphrodite Azure Queen crown.
A silver colored crown (unlike the brass crowns this silver was painted on as that is how I received it) features the 5 inch Aphrodite wings on the sides and the smaller version on front painted in teal and deep blues.
Swarovski crystals are scattered on the wings and decorate the front of the crown, with a giant iridescent magenta and blue cabachon in the center.
It would be perfect for a dry land mermaid.
Silver and iridescent blue beaded chains hang from each side, ending with blue crystal drops.
This crown will be $425 USD
Each comes with ribbon at each side that can tie behind your head. They are removable as well in case you want to try your own attachment methods.
I’m still figuring the pricing, as these took a lot of time and love, and I won’t be making these exact crowns again.
I talked to Alessio Benetti after completing them and showing him the finished crowns, and he informed me that the ones I purchased were actually copies of his work by counterfeit companies!! o.O
Naturally, that is upsetting , as you all know how I feel about infringement.
He was not bothered by it, and it sounds like he’s been dealing with it for quite some time, years in fact, but since he is based in Italy and the counterfeit company is in the US, there isn’t much he can do - unless they ever go back to Italy, where authorities would be waiting for them.
Alessio even suggested I just buy more from the copycats if I like them, because of the expense and difficulty of selling wholesale to America - which he also offered anyway - but I will not be buying any of the copies. I refuse to support art theft, no matter how pretty or cheap it is for me.
Below is what the crowns looked like before I altered and embellished them.
What I will be doing instead, is finally put my original crown project into motion with my own original designs.
I started the project a couple years ago but lost momentum when a life event killed a lot of my motivation, but I now have quite a few designs drawn out and I will be picking a few - maybe 2 to start with - and finalizing the cut files.
This will allow me to build attachment points into the design itself, removing a lot of the headache that’s induced from trying to attach my own work to existing pieces that were meant to be as-is.
That’s the scoop!
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