Posts tagged "sterling silver"
Breathe Scent Box (2011) Copper, fine silver, sterling silver Constructed, coiled, woven, cold-joined H: 2.0 cm x W: 2.6 cm x D: 2.96 cm Alright… I’m back… sort of… I got hit with a perfect storm of personal and professional chaos in May, and my weekly postings to YOJ were the casualty. *sigh* This piece,...
There are times when a call for entry with a specific theme is put out and I draw a complete blank. I go through all kinds of contortions trying to come up with some sort of inspiration, and then what I end up with looks equally tortured! So I was really excited when, upon finding...
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,...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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