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...
Marquise Series: Pendant 8 (2010) Sterling silver, fine silver, tourmaline Constructed, cold-joined, woven L 5.0 cm x W 2.25 cm x D 1.0 cm One of my new year’s resolutions was to start using a Job Jar. My family and friends, who know me very well, know that I’m hopeless about housework. I think it...
Green Sprout Pendant (2009) Constructed Sterling silver, fine silver, prasiolite (green amethyst) L 4.6 cm x W 2.2 cm This week, I’ve been thinking alot about growing things, regeneration and rejuvenation. Unfortunately, spring is a long way off, so I’m sort of out of sync with the cycle of life. It’s the colour of prasiolite...
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...
Viking Knit Ring (2009) Fine silver, malachite, howlite Nalbinding, single knit, constructed, cold joined I finally got back to writing this week! I have six tutorials to write in preparation for my class in Haliburton in July. So far I have completed writing the draft on one of them. Photos and actually putting the tutorials...
This has been a busy week. I’ve been juggling a bunch of different projects, trying to wrap some up, get ahead on others. I’ve made some progress in my quest to figure out how to incorporate felting for a bonsai. Unfortunately, the avenue I’m following at the moment is very labour intensive. Years ago, an...
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