Made a few more…..
Copper green glass with iris gold frit.
Dark amber glass with iris gold frit.
Couple More Vessel Necklaces
Vessel Necklaces
Got these done for an order…..
Lots of vessel necklaces!! All with bead topped cork stoppers.
Bells Of Ireland Necklace
Another Laura McCabe kit that I bought a while ago. I love her kits, the instructions are easy to understand, no guessing on what to do next. This one took a while as I had to make 12 small bell flowers which are highly detailed, though hard to tell in the completed piece.
Leftovers Necklace
I had a bunch of leftover silver pieces from previous projects, Small pieces of chain, jump rings, short pieces of wire and punched out holes from silver sheet. They were taunting me, wanting to be used for something instead of sitting in a dark drawer. Not sure what I was going to do, I started putting pieces together, soldering each component. The one thing I did use that wasn’t leftover was some Argentium silver wire. I had some sitting around for the longest time. I heard it the wire balls up cleaning, unlike sterling silver. Decided to give it a try. Not one to test before starting, I just 60 pieces and took them out to the garage. I used my glass torch and was able to get a big clean ball without any pitting. Not only this, it seems to make bigger balls. I used 18 gauge wire and the size of the balls surprised me.
After finishing a decent length, I decided to add a shorter chain as it seemed kind of sparse. It’s funky, it’s rustic and I think I’ll be making more of these. I have more ideas for different chains and I like how nothing has to match.
Some close ups…..
While it was fun doing the smashed balls, it was much harder to smash the second end AFTER balling up each one. Might have been easier to do them before putting in the next piece.
New Bracelet
I bought these awesome dichroic cabochons from a gal in the UK. Her pieces sell out within seconds and I kept missing out so she made these especially for me.
I bezel set the cabs into sterling silver. Love the way this turned out.
Another New Ring
I wanted to make a band ring with silver filings fused onto it and square wire on the sides. I got the silver filings fused on just fine and one side of the square wire, the other side soldered on crooked so I removed it and started over. I accidentally cut a new piece of square wire in a different gauge and soldered it on before I realized it wasn’t the same as the other side. Decided to melt one side to give it an organic look rather than taking it off again. Then I sawed the end off a bit short and even with stretching the metal a bit on my ring mandrel I couldn’t get it to fit the finger I wanted to wear the ring on. So I cut it and decided to add a cab. Looked through my stash, couldn’t find a cab that I liked. I didn’t want to buy one, went on a scavenger hunt looking for something that would fit. Found a small flat pebble. But not flat enough to bezel set. What to do, what to do? Decided to drill a hole in the pebble and rivet it to a piece of metal. Here’s the finished ring.
Thought it would be a little heavy but I’ve been wearing it for a whole day and don’t even notice it there. Sometimes mistakes can be changed into something that looks like it’s planned out. I’m happy with the way this turned out.
New Ring
I’ve been wanting a new ring for a while. Just got around to making one for myself. It didn’t turn out like I wanted it to but I like the texture I got from fusing silver filings and sandings onto silver sheet. Still needs some experimentation.
Could have cleaned up the inside a bit more but got lazy. No one can see it when I’m wearing it. 🙂
New Stuff
My sister was over during Thanksgiving so I had all the supplies to make Sami bracelets. I got a sample one done and made the braid for my sister’s bracelet. She was having a hard time sewing hers so I have to finish it up later, along with another one for me. Here’s the same one I did. I realized I need to sew the braid down well and not let any of the clear thread stick out. It’s not like regular thread so it pokes when it sticks out.
Then we made these geometric paper forms and filled them with cement. I made mine into vases.
Tried putting some faux gold leaf on one of them. Don’t have the right kind of glue so it didn’t work out that well. Need to get some of that really sticky glue…..
Hinged Bracelet
I took a class this past weekend and made this hinged panel bracelet with a threaded clasp.
Not perfect as there’s never enough time in class to get things just right. Still, I’m happy the hinge and threaded clasp works.
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