Posts tagged "cold joining"
Marquise Series: Earrings 1 Sterling silver Constructed, cold-joined L 5.4 cm x W 1.4 cm The next logical step from the Bracelet I did for YOJ09-43 was to make a pair of earrings. I liked the idea of making the earwire in the same shape as the link – it gives the earring a chain-like...
Marquise Series: Bracelet 1 Sterling silver Constructed, cold-joined L 19.5 cm x W 1.4 cm I’m doing a serious push to get caught up on my YOJ projects before the end of the year. It’s sort of cheating, because I’m working on a bunch of things all at once, and posting it all in a...
Copper Pendants (2009) Constructed, hammered, cold joined, heat patination Copper Various sizes Still trying to play catch up on the YOJ, but I’m feeling decidedly uninspired. So, I decided I’d break out my bench block and do some hammering on copper. Just playing, nothing serious. I like pieces that resulted, but realized that some of...
Goddess Jewels (2009) Constructed, cold joined Sterling silver, Preciosa crystal The opening of the Metal Arts Guild of Canada exhibition “MAGC 2067 – Crafting the Future”, held on November 7 at Arta Gallery in Toronto, was a costume ball. In connection with the theme of the show, people were encouraged to dress up in character....
Knotted Tourmaline Earrings (2009) Constructed, cold joined Sterling silver, fine silver, tourmaline Recently members of the Starving Artists Etsy Team did a critique of my Etsy shop. One of the comments that came up a couple of times was that my descriptions tend to be a bit on the sparse side. I generally give information...
Oblong Purple Jade Pendant (2009) Constructed, cold joined Sterling silver, fine silver, purple jade (dyed) L 2.2 cm x W 2.5 cm Okay, so life fell apart for me two months ago, and I’m just starting to recover. I have not been making much new jewellery, but I am going to still try to keep...
Paua Shell Bangle (2009) Constructed, cold joined Sterling silver, fine silver, paua shell L 19 cm x W 1.5 cm I have lots of supplies left over from my classes at Haliburton, which I’ve decided I will not be using next year. The cabs I ordered were a huge disappointment, with widely variant thicknesses. In...
Moonrise (2009) Pendant, Sterling silver, fine silver, rainbow moonstone, indicolite (blue) tourmaline Constructed, cold joined L 6.4 cm x W 1.8 cm x D 1.2 cm (widest point) SOLD to a private collector, September 2010 On my annual trek to Bancroft this year, I decided to focus on buying cabachons. I have a huge stash...
Boulder Opal Pendant (2009) Sterling silver, boulder opal Constructed, cold joined L 3.7 cm x W 1.8 cm Private collection I used to be very active in the Gem & Mineral of Scarborough, and developed many good friends there. One of them, David Bellamy, gave me this stunning Australian boulder opal as a Christmas gift. ...
Cooked Copper Bangle (2009) Copper Constructed, cold joined L 22 cm x W 3.0 cm During week 2 of my stay in Haliburton, one of the students taking my Wire Jewellery II class, Barbara-Joy Peel, showed us some pieces she had made in copper. The pieces had a really fabulous patina, which she said she...
CZ Solitaire Pendant (2009) Sterling silver, cubic zirconium Constructed, cold joined L 1.5 cm x W 0.6 cm Getting caught up after a couple of weeks away. I kept up with the projects, but didn’t have a chance to photograph them until today. My entry for week 31 is an adaptation of the solitaire prong...
Copper Art Nouveau Cab Bangle (2009) Copper, dyed paua shell Constructed, cold joined L 8 1/2 inches x W 1 inch Over the next couple of days I’ll be posting the work produced by my students in Wire Jewellery 1 and 2, but for this week’s YOJ entry, I’m posting my teaching sample of the...
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