Kathy Frey has come up with some really interesting designs. I bought her book recently, "Elegant Wire Jewelry," and have enjoyed exploring her ideas. This one looks like a tornado, hence the name. She calls it "Inverted Pyramid." The little dangle is an aquamarine bead.
Sorry I'm Using up the whole front page! Sterling and amethyst with crystal accents.
Laura Cohn
JLC Designs
Nearly caught up!
The next piece in my Geometric Series of beadwork.
These were beaded to match my necklace Gemetric 2.8.2 and feature a miniscule amount of wirework so I don't feel too guilty about posting them!
Jean Power
www.jeanpower.com
When
I think of China I think dragons, pagodas, red and gold, and rich detail. I made three pairs of earrings to reflect these ideas. They are simple, but I like them.
*note* It's hard to see because the detail is gold on blue, however, the blue earrings actually have a gold dragon painted onto them.
Yet another of my sculpted coil pendants. I've been neck deep in custom orders lately and today I just had to break away and make something I've been wanting to make. I wanted to play around with my sculpted coil pendants again, this time working on a symetrical piece. It's so difficult to try to get one side to mirror the other. I managed to get pretty close on this one, though it's not perfect by any measure. That's okay, that's how ya know it's handmade! :) I've included two pictures here. The one with the white background shows the accent stones stitched into the frame work better. The one with the driftwood in it shows off the colors of the main stone much better. More on my blog: http://deliastonesstudio.wordpress.com/
Creating this set to match a wedding gown was a real challenge but also a great pleasure for me. The Bride-to-be came to my studio to choose materials and colors leaving the choice of form for me.
The earrings and bracelet refer to the feathery style of the dress and colours of gemstones (citrine, lemon quartz and rock crystal) and freshwater pearls match the colour of shoes and other accessories the Bride will wear during this special day.
More pictures in my gallery :)
Thank you,
Iza
As usual, I started browsing google images for pics of China and I saw a pic with those trees that have no leafs, just this pink and lilac flowers that look like cotton candy.. and I knew I wanted to make something like that. So here is my lily magnolia necklace. I used pearls, SS and that briolette which I'm not sure whether its rose qtz or pink chalcedony.
Here's a pic of the tree Im talking about
and here's my necklace
I've been practicing my wire weaving which has gotten decidedly better, however, my symmetry has not! Getting the 2 earrings to be equals is quite the challenge...here and in my next pair that I will be posting later.
These are gold-filled wire and faceted orange carnelian. Very sunny and they make me happy!
Note to self - buy hard wire for earwires!
Thanks for looking; comments always welcome.
Melissa
Rats. I have really good ideas for this week's theme: Chinese Culture. Unfortunately I don't have any spare time, and I refuse to get behind on the weeks. So instead here is a piece I made 3 weeks ago. It's got 4 different colors of pearls, sterling silver, and it's made to be a 7 strand choker. The gorgeous teardrop shaped stone is Duck Creek Jasper. The colors make me think of the Black Hills and surrounding area in South Dakota, and it was made with my South Dakota friends in mind. For more pictures and story please see my blog: http://mkpbeadart.blogspot.com/2008/05/yoj-week-20-south-dakota.html#links
I would just like to extend my thoughts and prayers to the people that have experienced the loss of loved ones and the devastation of their homes and towns.
These copper earrings were fun to make...texturized them in select spots just to give them some interest and oxidized them. Very simple but fun to make and wear.
Kitty
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