First Efforts

Moyra's Web Jewels began on June 19, 1997.  Her very first (as far as I know) web site is saved for posterity at webarchive.org, as Moyra's Web Jewels.  The address of the site was www.mysticpc.com/jewels.  The navigational interface for the site, shown smaller in the picture above, was made of a large gold and silver fractal design with large jewels on it.  The interface was later used as a linking logo, which is how I first saw it.  Seeing the large interface, I now understand where that little logo came from.

The page title graphic (not shown here, but found on the same page as the logo shown above) is smaller, with some swirls of what looks like gold lace, with jewels and the words, "Moyra's Web Jewels."  There are also individual large jewels mounted in gold at the top of the page, which are links to various parts of the site, and a jeweled bracelet for a page divider.

Since webarchive.org has removed the backgrounds from Moyra's interfaces, we do not know how they appeared originally, except that they were clearly meant for a dark background.  I have taken the liberty of placing the small replica above (and one on the following page) on a black background, so that you may have some idea of how they originally appeared.

The individual elements and sets that were available from Moyra's first Web Jewels website" can be visited by clicking on the large jewels at the top of each page.  Sadly, none of the actual sets, nor the pages they were on, appear to be archived.  I have been able to find some of them, and in other cases I believe that separate elements were later combined into a set, such as the flower bullets and dividers becoming the Flowers Set and the various butterflies eventually becoming Our Lady of the Butteflies.  Some of them were carried on to the future Web Jewels sites, such as the Cultural ones.

Here are all the sets (in their individual categories) that were listed on Moyra's first web site.  The sets of the week for this first week were "Discreet Dimensions" and "PC Set," both of which can be found in the Museum Galleries.  The sets I've found (or tentatively identified) are indicated below with an asterisk, indicating that you can find them in the Museum Galleries.  You can also click on the name of the set to go directly to the Gallery entry for it.

Nature Coral Reef Set* Spring Set* Summer Set* Autumn Set* Winter Set* Flower Buttons* Flower Dividing Bars* Flower seamless wallpapers* Flower Animated Button* Rainbow Ranunculus Buttons* 14 Butterflies Assorted Bugs Three Suns Iceplant Set Stones Opalescent Set Pearl Buttons Multicolored Cabochon cut oval jewels Multicolored Cabochon cut round jewels Five Golden Mythic Beasts* Cultural Arabian Nights Set* Egypt Set* Greece Set* Rome Set* Pompei Set* Arabesque Set* Byzantine Set* Celtic Set* Medieval Set* Chinese Set* Alhambra Set*

Discreet Discreet set 1 - earth tones Discreet set 2 - cloud colors Grey Talk Boxes Subtle Blues Set Five Patterned e-mail stamps Discreet Dimensions* Vibrant Psychedelia Set 1 Arrow Buttons 1 Oval Buttons 1 Intense Colored Talk Boxes Vibrant Suns Reality & Astrology Eyecons Messy Paint [could be Absinthe Fauvism?] Gold & Silver Suns Silver Moons Gold & Silver Zodiac Hands (fleshtones) Lunation Bar Twelve Zodiac Metal Bars Horoscope Sun and Moon Money Set* Astrology Set 1* One World Set* PC Set* Textures (Abstract) Blue Textured Set 1 Seven Subtly Colored Seamless Papers Reds, greens and blues textured Set Abstract Set 1 (pastels) Abstract Set 2 (bright earth tones) Abstract Set 3 (aquamarines & blues) Swirls Set 1 Metallic Blue Texture Set

As you can see, Moyra's categories for her art were already in place on this first website.  The site also included The Golden Rule," Moyra-style, and a section containing "Pixelita's Advice for Aspiring Pixel Pushers."  (Even her very first website contained advice for others!)  Thus, we see that all of the essentials of the highly successful Moyra's Web Jewels were already in place when she first started out.

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