PASSAGE: HSTA Faculty Exhibition – June 30-July 30, 2010
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...
YOJ10-15 Knotted Earrings 3
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...
YOJ10-14 Knotted Earrings 2
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,...
Interview with Your Daily Muse News
Shortly before Christmas I was contacted with an interview request by Tina of Your Daily Muse News. Tina’s blog is a terrific collection of unusual, inspiring and drop dead gorgeous creations that span a wide range of fine craft. Her blog immediately became one of my regularly visited bookmarks. While having a look at the...
YOJ10-13 Ancient Whispers Earrings
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...
YOJ10-12 Ocean Jasper Pendant
Ocean Jasper Pendant (2010) Sterling silver, fine silver, ocean jasper Constructed, cold-joined L 5.4 cm x W 3.0 I’m in production mode, building up some stock, and that means digging through my stash of stones. I came across this ocean jasper, which I bought last year from a fellow member of the International Guild of...
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...
YOJ10-10 Ring Week at the Studio
Copper Single Bead Rings (2010) Copper, iolite, smoky quartz, amazonite Constructed, cold-joined Various sizes It’s ring week here at the studio! For a long time, I’ve been wanting to develop an original method for constructing a single bead ring, so this week I spent some time playing around with a couple of ideas. The one...
YOJ10-09 Felt & Crochet Bead Necklace
Felt & Crochet Bead Necklace (2010) Fine silver, merino wool, Beadalon stringing material, crimp beads Crochet, felted, assembled L 47.31 cm x 17 mm (largest bead) I mentioned in my Week 6 post that I was making felted beads, and now I can share the results of that effort. Initially I was going to pair...
YOJ10-08 Celtic Spiral Smoky Quartz Earrings
Celtic Spiral Smoky Quartz Earrings (2010) Sterling silver, smoky quartz Constructed, cold-joined L 3.4 cm x W 0.65 cm I love the quartz family of stones. They’re durable and affordable, which makes them great for everyday jewellery. They come in a wide variety of colours, which makes them really versatile. Since I’m still trying to...
YOJ10-07 Crochet Ball Pendant
Crochet Ball Pendant (2010) Fine silver Constructed, crochet, liver of sulphur patination L 3.9 cm x W 2.0 cm The other day, while commiserating with my friend Margaret about our work loads and not seeming to be able to stop to catch a breath, she quoted back to me a comment that I’d deadpanned into...
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...
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