Kitty Colored Pencil Pendant

I took one of the colored pencil pieces I made last weekend and finished it into this pendant:

Front View

Side View

It’s a big piece, 3.5 inches long by 1 1/4 inches wide. The bezel set piece is a ceramic shard picked up from Lake Erie that I bought from a seller on Etsy. I ground down the bottom so it would sit right in the bezel. The colored pencil piece is raised with crimp beads. They are great to use, just need to find the right size to fit the escutcheon pins. No need to cut tiny pieces of tubing anymore. A real plus!!

Published in: on October 12, 2012 at 12:14 pm  Comments Off on Kitty Colored Pencil Pendant  
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Colored Pencil Pieces

These still need to be mounted on silver but I was please with these and had to take a picture. Of course, I couldn’t resist doing a cat piece and I ended up with two. And I had to try a bunny.  They are obviously pretty cartoony since this is the best I can draw.

I’m working on the silver part for the long yellow/pink kitty piece. It’s going to have a ceramic shard set on the top of the piece if it all works out like I envision it.

Published in: on October 7, 2012 at 2:02 pm  Comments Off on Colored Pencil Pieces  
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Black And White Bead Bracelet

I decided to make a bracelet to go with the black and white necklace. I thought I didn’t have enough beads for it and was going to make more later but I decided to see if I could make it work. Since I wanted to use smaller beads for the bracelet, I ended up using more plain spacer beads so it worked out.

 

Published in: on October 3, 2012 at 8:40 pm  Comments Off on Black And White Bead Bracelet  
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Pink Circles Colored Pencil Pendant

I finished another one. I really like the colored pencil piece but I did a bad job on the silver part and had lots of issues that I ran into. Mostly because I didn’t plan well. I’m not one to draw things out, I design as I go and it usually works out but in this case, not so much. One of the rivets got too close to the bail and I had a hard time hammering it without bending the tube bail. Then I used a dull drill bit on the bottom hole. It kind of mushed the silver around and left a rim. It’s hard to fix problems like these after I set the colored piece and sometimes working on it further just makes it worse.

The colored piece is raised off the silver 1mm. It’s hard to tell in the picture. I didn’t take a picture of the back as it’s too ugly to show. Guess I’m keeping this one for myself. Bummer. 🙂

Published in: on October 2, 2012 at 10:18 pm  Comments Off on Pink Circles Colored Pencil Pendant  
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Black And White Bead Necklace

I finally got enough black and white beads made to make this necklace. I decided to use sterling silver in this piece as it just makes black and white look so much better. It’s challenging working with just two colors, along with clear. I really wanted to add another color but resisted as I think these two colors look so striking by themselves.

Published in: on October 1, 2012 at 12:47 pm  Comments Off on Black And White Bead Necklace  
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Slow Day

So far I’ve cored 4 beads. I’ve had some big holed beads sitting around for a while. Since I’ve been using the same tubing on the colored pencil pendants, I got to a short end and wanted to use it up. It sure is hard to cut tubing with a short piece with a tube cutter. I should have just cut it in half, then I’d have two bails for other pendants, then start with a new rod for cording the beads. Lesson learned.

These also show the bad attempts at silver glass beads. The third on doesn’t have any silver glass in it, just got it cored. The other three are silver glass. Other bead makers so amazing things with silver glass, I’m happy is I get a decent color out of them.

Published in: on September 30, 2012 at 12:25 pm  Comments Off on Slow Day  
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Circles Pendant

This one didn’t turn out like I wanted it to. I had to make a change at the last minute because I stupidly scratched the colored pencil part. It’s really sturdy but touching it with a spinning drill bit will cause damage to most anything. So, I had to cover up the scratch. Still, I like it, maybe not as much as I envisioned but I still like it. I also learned not to do the highest most rivet until the end. I had to position the piece in the edge of my steel block to get the rivets done.

Front view

Side view

Published in: on September 29, 2012 at 2:13 pm  Comments Off on Circles Pendant  
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Last Little People Figure

This is the last one I plan to make for a while. I like making them but need to move on to other things. Plus, they start looking all the same to me. Taking a break will be good as I tend to come up with new ideas/designs if I stop making something for a while. I also want to try adding wire hair and glass bead arms. Have to get that all engineered in my head first.

I really like this bouncy figure. Maybe it’s the colors.

Published in: on September 29, 2012 at 10:14 am  Comments Off on Last Little People Figure  
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New Colored Pencil – Silver Pendant

I’m having a lot of fun making these colored pencil on copper pieces. It’s nice working with sterling silver too. This piece I raised the copper piece off the silver base with crimp beads.

Front view

Side view. It’s still hard to see the piece is raised. It looks crooked in the picture but it really isn’t.

Back view. Probably should do more finishing on it. I like to do a brush finish as it is easier to take care of since sterling silver tarnishes so easily. The challenge in this piece was making sure the tube bail wasn’t going to be in the way of the rivets. I like using tubing for bails. It’s so much easier than having to make the bail from scratch. I have a few more colored pieces already done, just have to do the silver part.

Published in: on September 28, 2012 at 10:49 am  Comments Off on New Colored Pencil – Silver Pendant  
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Little People With Legs

I was able to finish up the two Little People figures with the three legs tonight. I thought I wouldn’t have enough components made but fortunately it all worked out.

I really like the one on the right and want to keep it for myself but I already have 5 of them and that’s all that will fit on my shelf that the cats can’t get to. I want to make one more for another friend and this will be all I make for the time being.

 

Published in: on September 24, 2012 at 9:40 pm  Comments Off on Little People With Legs  
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