Posts tagged "cold worked"

YOJ09-52 Marquise Series: Pendant 6

Marquise Series:  Pendant 6 (2009) Sterling silver, ribbon Constructed, cold-joined L 9.8 cm x W 3.4 cm/Ribbon: L 52 cm x W 3.0 cm . My ex-husband used to say “Go Big or Stay Home”, so I’m finishing off the Year of Jewelry 2009 with a super-sized version of the Marquise Pendant.  This started off...

YOJ09-50 Marquise Series: Bracelet 3

Marquise Series: Bracelet 3 (2009) Sterling silver, copper, fine silver Constructed, cold-joined L 16.8 cm x W 1.1 cm For this piece, I took the idea developed in Week 48 and extended it to a bracelet.  The design looks simple, yet it surprised me how much work was involved in adding the copper beads. I...

YOJ09-49 Marquise Series: Pendant 4

Marquise Series:  Pendant 4 (2009) Sterling silver Constructed, cold-joined L 3.6 cm x W 1.6 cm Here is one more variation in sterling silver.  The original idea was to add a 2 mm Swarovski crystal, similar to what I did in the Week 47 project, but I ended up deciding against it. Pin it

YOJ09-48 Marquise Series: Pendant 3

Marquise Pendant:  Pendant 3 (2009) Sterling silver, fine silver, Swarovski crystal Constructed, cold-joined L3.5 cm x W 1.6 cm Lots of playing going on!  I love the sparkle of Swarovskis, so I added a thin row of crystals to this next pendant in the series.  I love the classic “sweetheart” look that resulted! Pin it...

YOJ09-47 Marquise Series: Pendant 2

Marquise Series:  Pendant 2 (2009) Sterling silver, fine silver, Swarovski crystal Constructed, cold-joined L 3.4 cm x W 0.9 cm I’m still working along the lines of “quick and simple” for this series, but this time, I wanted to add a tiny splash of colour. Still trying to keep the cost of the pendant down,...

YOJ09-45 Marquise Series: Bracelet 2

Marquise Series:  Bracelet 2 Sterling silver, fine silver Constructed, cold-joined L 19.5 cm x W 1.4 cm The next step in developing the Marquise Series was to add some form of embellishment, like a spiral.  To give this bracelet a bit of visual interest, I decided to alternate the links in mirror image.  They remind...

YOJ09-31 CZ Solitaire Pendant

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...

YOJ09-30 Copper Art Nouveau Cab Bangle

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...

YOJ09-28 Prong Set Ring

Prong Set Ring (2009) Sterling silver, cubic zirconium Size 7 Constructed, cold joined Life is crazy busy right now as I finish preparations for Haliburton.  So this week’s entry is a variation on Jorgen Greftegreff’s Prong Ring (published originally in the April 2001 issue of The Wire Artist Jeweller). The good news is that my...

YOJ09-27 Art Nouveau Cab Bangle

Art Nouveau Cab Bangle (2009) Sterling silver, bloodstone L 21.5 cm x W 2.5 cm Constructed, cold joined Although it’s supposed to be a calming stone, I’ve always found bloodstone to have a kind of overpowering “in-your-face” energy that’s difficult to deal with.  For the last few weeks, though, I’ve been wearing it while working...

YOJ09-26 Prong Set Pendant

Prong Set Pendant (2009) Sterling silver, labradorite Constructed, cold joined Private Collection I found this labradorite in my stash again recently while working on the prong set pendant tutorial. I’m rediscovering my love of stones, and am fantasizing about going to Bancroft to *shop*!  Having put myself on a buying moratorium for the last few...

YOJ09-25 Netted Pendant

Netted Pendant (2009) Fine silver, sterling silver L 6.0 cm x W 2.5 cm I’m running a bit behind with my YOJ postings, but I have been keeping up with doing the pieces.  My focus has been on preparing for my class, which starts 9 days from today!  This netted pendant is one of the...