YOJ10-11 Marquise Series: Bridal Earrings
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...
YOJ10-06 Marquise Series: Pendant 9
Marquise Series: Pendant 9 (2010) Sterling silver Constructed, cold-joined L 4.5 cm x W 2.65 cm Beaducation has made a bunch of its videos available for free, and last week, while I was pondering my next YOJ project, I watched the felted bead video to refresh my memory on how to do it. I’ve now...
YOJ10-04 Marquise Series: Earrings 2
Marquise Series: Earrings 2 (2010) Sterling silver Constructed L 10 cm x W 0.8 cm This week I decided to go back to and adapt the project I made at the beginning of this Year of Jewelry. I wanted to explore it a bit more. The idea was to create a “string” of marquise shapes. ...
YOJ10-03 Marquise Series: Pendant 8
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...
YOJ10-02 Marquise Series: Bead Cap 1
Marquise Series: Bead Cap 1 (2010) Sterling silver, fine silver Constructed, cold-joined, woven L 2.7 cm x W 2.6 cm Last week’s project was about going beyond a simple marquise shape to a compound shape. This week, I’m going a step further and moving into working in 3D. The original germ for this piece was...
YOJ10-01 Marquise Series: Pendant 7
Marquise Series: Pendant 7 (2009) Sterling silver Constructed, cold-joined L 5.2 cm X W 3.3 cm I made this pendant in the early part of the week, knowing that the first project for the new YOJ was due today. Up to now, I’ve been working with marquise shapes as single pieces, either as pendants on...
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...
YOJ09-51 Marquise Series: Pendant 5
Marquise Series: Pendant 5 (2009) Sterling silver, fine silver, Swarovski crystal Constructed, cold-joined, nalbinding L 6.5 cm x W 1.3 cm This pendant is made of two “recycled” pieces from Bracelet 3, which didn’t match the other links. Initially I only added the Swarovskis as embellishment, but the pendant looked unbalanced. So I decided to...
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.
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!
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,...
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