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