An eni-styled piece. I love the Galaxy chalcedony faceted briolettes, and mixed with the dark pearls and celesite, I really enjoy this piece!
Egyptian Coils. I have made several of these bracelets, and this one (18g, 5" sections) turned out the best of all. I love the way it feels on my skin, and the oxidized treatment (eggs, I always use eggs!) gives the swirls and ripples depth and richness. I also love to "test" customers when they pick one up by asking if they'd like to guess how much wire is in one of these beauties...this one is just shy of 11 feet of sterling wire!
Silver, 2 1/2 inches long
I decided to try reticulation with this piece and actually had a better surface before I overdid it and nearly melted it. After almost hitting the "depths" of despair, I think I'm finally happy with the resulting "ripples".
I will make more of these to custom fit freeform pearls.....
Well, I think this piece is pretty self explanitory! I used 1mm Sterling wire to make this bracelet and finished it with a clasp made from 1.3mm wire, and added a wire wrapped kite shaped garnet dangle to the extender chain. More in my blog.
Whilst on holiday in Cornwall I treated myself to a little beading class- it was great fun to sit and play around with beads and colours purely for the fun of it. We were making a 'Freeform Nugget Pendant' and I added in lots of colourful, fun beads.
I just need to to bead a spiral rope necklace to wear it on now!
I thought I was going to have to skip several weeks in the YOJ, through one thing and another, but then I had a couple of productive days and turned out a bunch of these little swarovski and sterling earrings. Decided it was better to put something, anything, in rather than leave these weeks blank. These aren't great photos - the colours are all wrong - but I really wanted to get them posted.
C&C welcome, although I can't imagine any for this (and no, I'm not hinting). There is a group photo of the lot of them on my journal if you need a sparkle fix.
I made this pendant for my cousin's birthday present. It's a little late because her birthday was in February and i've only just finished it!!! I wanted to do something that was very personal and would mean something just to her, so I researched Chinese words until I found the just the right thing.
The pendant is sterling silver and the front has been acid etched with the name of her daughter Jasmine. The back has been etched with the name of her husband Joe.
Once etched, I shaped and soldered the two pieces together.
On the front - I wanted the symbols to be raised so painted on the acid resist in the shape of the symbols. On the back I painted the whole piece with resist and then scratched out Joes name so that this would be recessed.
I prefer the front to the back but that was because the acid was too strong - it only took ten minutes to etch both pieces so I didn't dare leave them in any longer.
The recessed areas have been oxidised, and then the whole piece was polished up to a high shine. On the back you can see a reflection of a shopping bag which is in a box near the light tent.
This was one of those projects were I underestimated how long it would take me every step of the way. The stone for the pendant I found in my yard, and have had laying around for awhile. Originally I thought it looked like a mountain through the mist on a night with a full moon, but it also looks like the bottom of a puddle seen through ripples. Other things I used were garnet, smokey quartz, abalone, hematite, and seed beads. I did a lot of hammering, coiling, and weaving. It is LOS, but I didn't polish it afterwards to retain the myriad of colors. As always, thanks for looking!
This necklace alternates clear swarovski crystals with Japanese glass pearl beads. A cross enhanced with clear crystals makes this the perfect gift for a first communion. I've been busy catching up on special orders after returning from a 2 week trip to move my mom from Florida back to her home in Illinois.
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