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...
YOJ11-06 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...
Tutorial – Clip-on Earrings
For people who don’t have pierced ears, finding handmade earrings they can wear is a real challenge. Back when I did shows, I’d occasionally get requests for clip-on findings, and lost sales because I didn’t have them. Commercial findings were not an option for the types of shows I was doing. So when, about a...
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