Posts tagged "Year of Jewelry Project"
Bookmarks for Pet Lovers (2011) Page Puppy (left), Kitty Klip (right) Limited Edition of 100 each Copper, formed, hammered W 2.2 cm x H 2.5 cm (approx.) I kick off the new YOJ with some bookmarks for pet lovers! Page Puppy and Kitty Klip are loyal companions to help you find your place! They’ll slide...
The Creative Wire Jewelry Forum is once again hosting The Year of Jewelry Project. This year the invitation went out on social media as well as the forum, and the response has been tremendous! The basic concept of the project is “one piece, per week, for a year”. The participants, who range from newbies to...
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,...
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...
The turn of the new year means that a new Year of Jewelry is beginning. The push to get the previous year’s YOJ projects done has gotten me fired up again in terms of making. While challenging, the thing I like most about the YOJ is how productive it makes me feel. The project forces...
Okay, time to take a deep, cleansing breath and look back at 2009. When I read over the post I wrote in Dec. 2008 laying out my goals for the year, I see that I was able to stay reasonably true to them. . Goal #1, making a piece every week, was not met. Unfortunately,...
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...
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...
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. Pin it
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! Pin it...
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