I etched these Japanese crests onto copper a few weeks ago. I riveted one to another piece of copper and ran a chain through the two pieces. I had to add the end caps to the chain after putting the pendant on as the end caps would not fit through the pendant. Here’s pictures of the front and back.
The back I used a gingko leaf etched design. I thought it works well with the Japanese crest.
More trees and an orange dangle ornament……
The one on the left is going to end up as a necklace. I have no holiday jewelry so I thought a tree would be nice to wear.
I previously made up some copper viking knit and cut it into small sections for bracelets. These are two I just put together.
The second one is my attempt at “organic” beads which I don’t have very good success at.
I decided to try some trees using different colors to pizzazz them up a bit. Here’s a few that I just finished up.
The one on the left that looks crooked really isn’t. I used some red and goldstone, along with different colors of green and silver glass frit. These are “happy” trees.
I got three more trees done. These look almost the same as the last ones but all are a bit different.
I’ve got another set of them to come. That is if they work out. I’m trying some different colors which might not look that great when I start assembling them.
I decided to try something different with the dangle ornaments and make a bunch of different sized discs to make up a tree form. Here’s my first attempts.
I cut the fabric for these and made one up. I’m not crazy about these. But since I cut the fabric and got everything prepared, I went ahead and finished them up. Maybe someone will like them.
They are made out of hand dyed rayon velvet and cotton batik fabric. I backed them with wool felt flowers.
I decided to make some shorter ornaments that can actually be used on trees. These are about 3 inches long.
The bigger beads are hollow to make the ornaments lighter.
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