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,...
YOJ09-46 Marquise Series: Pendant 1
Marquise Series: Pendant 1 Sterling silver, fine silver, cord Constructed, cold-joined L 6.1 cm x W 1.0 cm One of the jewelry groups on Facebook is currently running a design contest to “overcome the economic crisis”. The idea is to use cheaper materials to reduce the price point of the finished piece. The problem I...
YOJ09-45 Marquise Series: Bracelet 2
Marquise Series: Bracelet 2 Sterling silver, fine silver Constructed, cold-joined L 19.5 cm x W 1.4 cm The next step in developing the Marquise Series was to add some form of embellishment, like a spiral. To give this bracelet a bit of visual interest, I decided to alternate the links in mirror image. They remind...
YOJ09-44 Marquise Series: Earrings 1
Marquise Series: Earrings 1 Sterling silver Constructed, cold-joined L 5.4 cm x W 1.4 cm The next logical step from the Bracelet I did for YOJ09-43 was to make a pair of earrings. I liked the idea of making the earwire in the same shape as the link – it gives the earring a chain-like...
YOJ09-43 Marquise Series: Bracelet 1
Marquise Series: Bracelet 1 Sterling silver Constructed, cold-joined L 19.5 cm x W 1.4 cm I’m doing a serious push to get caught up on my YOJ projects before the end of the year. It’s sort of cheating, because I’m working on a bunch of things all at once, and posting it all in a...
YOJ09-41 Goddess Jewels
Goddess Jewels (2009) Constructed, cold joined Sterling silver, Preciosa crystal The opening of the Metal Arts Guild of Canada exhibition “MAGC 2067 – Crafting the Future”, held on November 7 at Arta Gallery in Toronto, was a costume ball. In connection with the theme of the show, people were encouraged to dress up in character....
YOJ09-40 Knotted Tourmaline Earrings
Knotted Tourmaline Earrings (2009) Constructed, cold joined Sterling silver, fine silver, tourmaline Recently members of the Starving Artists Etsy Team did a critique of my Etsy shop. One of the comments that came up a couple of times was that my descriptions tend to be a bit on the sparse side. I generally give information...
YOJ09-39 Oblong Purple Jade Pendant
Oblong Purple Jade Pendant (2009) Constructed, cold joined Sterling silver, fine silver, purple jade (dyed) L 2.2 cm x W 2.5 cm Okay, so life fell apart for me two months ago, and I’m just starting to recover. I have not been making much new jewellery, but I am going to still try to keep...
YOJ09-38 Star Earrings
Star Earrings (2009) Constructed, soldered Sterling silver L 1.5 cm x W 1.5 cm I’m about a month behind in my YOJ postings due to a personal crisis that has blown me completely off track. It’s been a very emotional couple of weeks with some highs and a lot of lows. I am determined to...
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