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Teardrop Spiral Earrings (2011) Sterling silver Formed, forged, soldered L 4.3 cm x W. 1.95cm I’m late posting this week. I had started working with this teardrop shape last week, after doing research for the next installment of my essay series. There are many historical examples of boat-shaped earrings, and I found myself paying particular...
Butterfly Twirl Earrings (2011) Sterling silver Formed, soldered 2 cm dia. This week I had one more idea for the butterflies – a pair of hoop earrings. Here, the butterflies fly around in a loop. The earrings insert from the back of the earlobe and curl around to bring the butterflies to the front. It’s...
The Peanut Experiment (2011) Copper, polymer-coated copper, sterling silver Formed, fold-formed, cold-joined, fused, patinated W 2.5 cm x H 8.5 cm . This week’s entry is actually the end of a several week long process where I experimented with a different method for forming. This is an idea I’ve been wanting to try ever since...
Peacock Feather Earrings (2011) Sterling silver Formed L 8.5 cm x W 2.9 cm . I devoted a lot of this week to experimentation, and specifically to working with forming wire over a solid core. Although my experiment went well, I didn’t finish the project to the point where I can post it. More about...
Knotted Earrings 3 (2010) Sterling silver, fine silver, tourmaline Constructed, cold-joined L 3.7 cm x W 0.5 cm (W 1.45″ x L 0.2″) Continuing on from last week, since I made several of the Monkey’s Fist knots, I made another pair of earrings! I’ve been doing some experimenting with photography lately, putting my pieces on...
Knotted Earrings 2 (2010) Sterling silver, iolite Constructed, cold-joined L 2.5 cm x W 0.7 cm (L 0.98″ x W 0.275″) My life is all about choices: if I choose to focus on one area of my life, another area gets sacrificed. For the past few weeks, I’ve had to focus on some group endeavours,...
Shortly before Christmas I was contacted with an interview request by Tina of Your Daily Muse News. Tina’s blog is a terrific collection of unusual, inspiring and drop dead gorgeous creations that span a wide range of fine craft. Her blog immediately became one of my regularly visited bookmarks. While having a look at the...
Ancient Whispers Earrings (2010) Sterling silver Constructed, cold-joined L 4.3 cm x W 1.3 cm It’s been another productive week here in the studio, with two new ring designs (destined for tutorials), some bridal jewelry and this pair of earrings made. The earrings are the product of some work I’ve been doing on a proposal...
Ocean Jasper Pendant (2010) Sterling silver, fine silver, ocean jasper Constructed, cold-joined L 5.4 cm x W 3.0 I’m in production mode, building up some stock, and that means digging through my stash of stones. I came across this ocean jasper, which I bought last year from a fellow member of the International Guild of...
Marquise Series: Bridal Earrings (Interchangeable) (2010) Sterling silver, pearl Constructed, cold-joined L 4.0 cm x W 1.6 cm (L 1.57″ x W .55″) I was sitting at my computer on Tuesday night, minding my own business, when inspiration struck! It was one of those “bolt out of the blue” ideas that forced me to get...
Copper Single Bead Rings (2010) Copper, iolite, smoky quartz, amazonite Constructed, cold-joined Various sizes It’s ring week here at the studio! For a long time, I’ve been wanting to develop an original method for constructing a single bead ring, so this week I spent some time playing around with a couple of ideas. The one...
Felt & Crochet Bead Necklace (2010) Fine silver, merino wool, Beadalon stringing material, crimp beads Crochet, felted, assembled L 47.31 cm x 17 mm (largest bead) I mentioned in my Week 6 post that I was making felted beads, and now I can share the results of that effort. Initially I was going to pair...
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