I always end up with extra beads from the jewelry I make. They are good beads but they usually end up in a bowl and never get touched again. I decided to use some of them up in these fibula pins.
These are all made out of copper wire.
Experiment With Copper Enamel Raku
I admit this piece isn’t all that exciting. It was an experiment to see if I could reduce the enamel to bring out some of the oxides. It did partially but some people get all these unexpected colors when they do it. Some colors work better than others but I’ve seen some pieces with with that look stunning. This one, not so much.
Pink Copper Bracelet
Yep, another bracelet. I’ll probably be making a few more. I made a bunch of different bead sets for them and am just getting around to assembling them.
Angel Bookmark
I’m back to making push pins so this is the only thing I finished this weekend. Another angel….
Enamel and Copper Tube Bracelet
I’m having a lot of fun playing with torch firing enamels onto copper. The enameled tube ends have been flared out using my rivet press. The other beads are tubing that I wrapped wire around. The ends are balled up copper and sterling silver. I was able to fuse the sterling silver onto the copper. It’s strung on thick brown leather with copper end caps.
Enamel Bead and Copper Bracelet
I quickly threw this bracelet together to see what it would look like. I should have used a thicker piece of copper and made it a bit longer. It didn’t have much texture to it so I added the raised dots. The beads are enameled by torch firing them.
This bracelet was fun and I’ll probably make a few more.
Another Bracelet
I found a piece of viking knit that I must have done a couple of years ago. So, it ended up in this bracelet. I’ve been trying to get some viking knit done all year but haven’t put a real effort into getting it done.
More Earrings And A Bracelet
I got several pieces enameled and used them for these earrings:
And still making tiny beads except not a pair of them. Just a random set of small beads. I made this bracelet out of some of them. I didn’t realize it would look so Halloween-y.
I was hoping it would be more red but not really dark red. Oh well….
Last Pair Of Tiny Beads
This is the last pair of tiny beads for the teeny tiny bead exchange. I probably made about 30 beads to get 6 that matched. It was much harder than I thought it would be. I just have to get these packaged up and sent off the the swap host.
New Pair Of Earrings
I finally got these done today. I had issues because the wire I used to attach the enameled pieces to the chain was a bit too thick. I’ll try them again (maybe) with thinner wire.
They are a dark red, it’s hard to tell. They dangle about 2 inches.
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