YOJ11-12 Twirl & Swirl Earrings
Twirl & Swirl Earrings (2011) Sterling silver Formed, flameworked, cold-joined L 6.5 cm x W 1.6 cm So far in this Year of Jewelry I haven’t been following any of the themes, but this week’s theme, Made from Two Feet of Wire, was intriguing. The design constraint – using only two feet of wire total,...
YOJ11-08 Teardrop Spiral Earrings
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...
YOJ11-07 Butterfly Twirl Earrings
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...
YOJ11-06 More Butterflies :)
Fluttering Butterflies (2011) Sterling silver, aquamarine Formed, flame-worked, cold-joined L 4.8 cm x W 1.9 cm This week has been very satisfying, both in terms of the pieces I’ve made and the quantity of work I was able to produce. On top of it all, I had fun! Early in the week, I was...
YOJ11-05 Butterflies
Butterfly Earrings (2011) Sterling silver Formed, flame-worked L 1.9 cm x W 0.5 cm This week, after Snowpocolypse rolled through, Canada’s own Wiarton Willie brought the very welcome news that we will have a early spring this year! Woo hoo! That got me looking forward to sunshine and flowers… spring weddings and butterflies. I love...
YOJ11-04 In Production Mode
Aquamarine Bridal Set (2011) Sterling silver, aquamarine Formed, cold-joined, flameworked Pendant: L 4.0 cm x W 1.5 cm Earrings: L 3.8 cm x W 0.7 cm I had such high hopes this week for getting a lot done. I did get a lot done, but very little of it related to what I wanted to...
YOJ11-02 Peacock Feather Earrings
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...
Tutorial – Ancient Whispers Earrings (Free)
Ancient Whispers Earrings (Free download) 8 pages, 43 photos, 43 steps Level of Difficulty: Easy What do these earrings remind you of? A lady of Ancient Rome strolling in her garden, admiring the mosaics and calla lilies? The Ionic Columns of Ancient Greece soaring above the Acropolis? Whatever springs to mind, the classics are never...
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