I’m now stuck on leather. I’m really liking working with it. Especially the distressed leather.
This one is similar to the other two I made previously. Just used different beads. I made the glass ones in this bracelet.
This is a multi-strand bracelet with big holed pearls and sterling silver. It has a magnetic clasp.
Some key chains that I just finished up making.
I made these ladder bracelet for myself:
Not sure if I like the black leather with the amethyst stones but I didn’t like it with brown or natural leather either. That’s all the choices I had. I’ll wear it and if I don’t like it I’ll remake it with another color leather.
Then, a new type bracelet:
It’s a double wrap leather bracelet with drill rocks and other beads. I made it to fit my wrist and I so far, it’s pretty comfortable. I’m going to change how I do the connections from the rock piece to the leather on my next one. You didn’t think this would be the only one, did you?
I made the copper bail and riveted it to a glass bead. It’s strung on the same leather as the bracelet. The little stone is pyrite.
I started a ladder bracelet this week and never finished it. I’m finally getting tired of making them. Not that I won’t go back and revisit them later. I’m still making buttons for them and should have a good stock of them when I do get back to making them.
First up is a couple of glass pendants that I made a copper bail to hang them from.
I wish I could find bezel cups with higher sides. Just a tad bit higher would be a big help since I’m trying to hide a rivet inside the bezel cup.
I made some new beads to use for these copper bails last night.
The first one has frit and silver foil and silver glass in it. The other two are all transparent glass with a little heart.
More buttons that I made this weekend. I like making buttons….
My mom made these fabric origami boxes. Of course it wouldn’t be right not to embellish them with a glass bead or button.
Aren’t they cute?
I thought I wouldn’t have time to work on this but I forced myself. I wanted to try this idea and use it with glass pieces. For this one I used an already drilled rock that I had in my drawer. So I guess this could be considered the prototype.
Front. It’s got a lapis cab set in a bezel under a piece of copper.
Back
I’m still all over the place as far as getting anything made or done. So here’s what I’ve been working on this past week.
Two more badge holders. I plan to make more but I ran out of beads. Well, not really, but beads for these badge holders. I guess that means I need to spend more time at the torch.
A couple more plant stakes. I really like the chicken. Might make more of them.
Just some miscellaneous beads. I think I’m going to use three for a key chain and the rest, I don’t know.
These are going to be pendants with a copper bail if I ever get around to fabricate one. I’m working on my first one and haven’t figured out all the steps yet. I’m hoping I’ll have time soon to work on it more.
Two more ladder double wrap bracelets. Well, that’s it for this week’s show.
I finally got this necklace done. It was another learning experience. Some things didn’t turn out the best but I’ll know next time.
It’s all copper except for the beads and the chain. I couldn’t find any all copper snake chain. This was the closest I could find. Fortunately it holds up well for soldering. It’s a long necklace, well, long for me but it wouldn’t have the drapey look if I made it shorter.
I had these left over copper bangles from my unsuccessful attempts at enameling them. I decided to wrap fine silver wire around them and melt the silver in partially. I was going for a rustic look and the do look rustic.
The one on the bottom is wrapped with a thin gauge of copper wire before wrapping it with fine silver wire. I thought the copper wire would give it more texture without the added cost. The top one is just wrapped with fine silver. These are really easy and quick to make.
I added a glass cabochon to the top of this box bead. I want to make more of these, but maybe string more than one on a chain. This one looked kind of lonely so I added the copper heishi beads and it still looked plain. That’s when I added the ribbon and now it’s too cutesy. Not sure what I’m going to do with these yet. Back to brainstorming….
I finally got them done!! I still want to make more. They are addicting. I was to try adding other design elements to them. I’m still designing the necklace these beads will go into. Hopefully it won’t take me forever to get it done.
The fronts and backs have different etched or embossed designs on them. I’ve lined the beads up so all the holes are horizontal in the picture.
I’ve been working on a couple of new things. Copper box beads for one thing. I’ve assembled several of them but still have to patina them and give them a good tumble to shine them up. In the meantime, here’s some of the copper I etched.
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