week 13
Small spiral earrings. About an inch and 1/2 in diameter. I am playing with different earring wire shapes. These are kind of springily with blue and green shades of square beads. I did not have time for much this week, but I kind of like these. I was going for a hoop shape, with out being a traditional hoop. Any one have any tips on bending spirals and being able to create the same shape and size with consistency? 18 g copper w/ glass beads. Thank you for looking. Paula.
The faster I go….
the behinder I get! I swear I think I’m meeting myself coming and going these days. I still haven’t posted for week 12 and this week I’m not on theme. With the onset of spring I’m doing cleaning and some redecorating. One thing I’ve been busy with is this custom pendant. The stone is a rather large trillion cut Amethyst I think is over 40 cts if memory serves me right. She sent me a photo of her dress and it’s like something straight out of a fairy tale. Her sister is a wizard with beads and will complete the necklace part. Anyway, here are a couple of photos and you can see more on my blog.
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My Friend – Sweeney’s Razor ;)
Tim Burton is undoubtedly my favourite movie director. Every time he invites Johnny Depp to participate in his projects the effect of their cooperation is absolutely gorgeous. The latest movie they’ve made together is Sweeney Todd – The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Todd, known in the past as Benjamin Barker, takes revenge on people who deprived him of everything he loved and turned his life into a nightmare. His silver razor is his best friend – with this razor and a little help from the obsessive meat-pie shop owner – Mrs. Lovett (stunning creation of Helena Bonham-Carter) he gets rid of his enemies, one by one.
My favourite moment of this musical is when Sweeney finds a box with his razors hidden under the floor of his old room. Just like them, he has spent many years locked out of sight. He promises that soon they will drip rubies…
The razor was made of hand-cut sterling silver sheet, various gauges of sterling and fine silver wires and faceted rubies. It was heavily oxidised and polished to shine just like Sweeney’s razor. A double chain adorned with rubies and finished with an interesting clasp makes the whole design complete.
More pictures in my gallery.
Thank you 🙂
Iza
Moroccan Spice
In my research I found that Morocco is a land of multi-ethnic groups with a rich culture and civilization. Each region possesses its own specificities, contributing to the national culture.
With my interest in regional cooking, I am attracted to the spice market with all of the differing pungent fragrances, colors and tastes.
I attempted to capture the differing cultural elements in the differing silver textures, wire sizes and curves. The faceted, pronged CZ in its brilliance and the bicones of three spice shades of red are an effort to project chili peppers, paprika, and rose petals from the spice market.
I desire for you to see the "BLING" in this piece and made many photos hoping to do just that. Please enjoy my creation as much as I enjoy yours!!!
Carolyn….aka Lily and Iris
Hello, Again….
Hello, everyone, I’m glad to be back in the YOJ after nearly a year off! I took some time to develop my style and focus on my craft and technique. And now I’m ready to step up to the wonderful challenge that the YOJ presents to us. This week I’m presenting my current love, the locket. The designs for these just swim in the creative simmer that is my brain! The Dogwood Locket is a core of 20 ga sterling embroidered with 28 ga sterling. It’s a little larger than the diameter of a nickel. I’m happy to say that I’m working up a tutorial for the little lovely and it will be finished soon! I’ll keep you posted.
Last year’s YOJ was a great experience for me and I look forward to more growth through this edition. I absolutely welcome your compliments and criticisms, as I understand their value in pushing me to be the artist that I know I can become. And if there is any way that I can help you in your growth, just ask. One of my favorite questions is, "How may I help?"
Last year I was asked if I had a blog, a website and tutorials…my happy answers are yes, yes, and yes! (well, the tutes are coming 🙂
I have one post up on the blog now but if you mark it as a favorite and come back to it, I promise you won’t be disappointed. Airheart Studio Blog And pop in to the etsy shop, if you like, Airheart Studio Shop
Thanks, Friends,
Tess
Week 13 – Morocco
I read that fossils and such come from Morocco so I decided to wrap an ammonite. I got to the end, and it was looking nice, and I gave it one more squeeze and the ammonite broke. Rats. Maybe it’s the number 13 because I can’t blame Morocco.
After a futile attempt at glue, I took it apart and was going to just toss it. Well, I couldn’t let it be, so I fussed and twisted and came up with this. The beads are pearl and green onyx. The metal is all gold-filled. We ought to have a category for "Finished mistakes". I could contribute often to that.
Week 13
Seems like all I’ve done lately are commissions! Here’s a set of cufflinks.
I started by cutting cobalt blue stained glass into squares, and grinding the corners and edges with my glass grinder (which I got a couple years ago, thinking I wanted to do more stained glass than I have actually done – story of my life).
Then I soldered the bezel wire onto squares of sheet, soldered those onto cufflink findings, did a bunch of filing, and pushed the bezels around the glass.
I welcome your feedback, so feel free to comment!
Anne
MOMMAKAT: off topic.. Romatic Vintage piece
Not on topic this week, and I’m actually late with this entry.. time is an issue right now.. but I really liked how this necklace turned out, it has a very romantic, vintage feel to it. Course the button is actually a vintage button! I used gold filled wire to make the button into a pendant, used some vintage blue iris fire polish I had handy, and 5 different colors of seed beads for the necklace part.
Week 13 – ID Style Bracelet – Randi/Dax58
classes, and I loved working out this project. I’ve been wanting to
develop a beginners metalworking (cold techniques) class – this includes basic sawing and piercing, filing, texturing,
stamping, riveting and tube
riveting. I’m happy with this project – it pulls together alot of basic
techniques that students need to move forward with metal work, while
still creating a fun bracelet. I plan on replacing the silver heart charm with a handmade charm – maybe a wire spiral w/copper accent?
Comments are always welcome… check out StudioDax for more about my teaching, My Jewelry Blog for more on my FSOJ projects, and My Website for more of my jewelry. Thanks, Randi
Fool’s Gold
Fool’s Gold
"The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, is an iron sulfide with the formula FeS2. This mineral’s metallic luster and pale-to-normal, brass-yellow hue have earned it the nickname fool’s gold due to its resemblance to gold. Pyrite is the most common of the sulfide minerals. The name pyrite is derived from the Greek πυρίτης (puritēs), “of fire” or "in fire”, from πύρ (pur), “fire”. This name is likely due to the sparks that result when pyrite is struck against steel or flint. This property made pyrite popular for use in early firearms such as the wheellock."
I love Pyrite aka Fool’s Gold and the stones you find pieces of it in…like Lapis. Both of which are used in the pendant.
Once the bezel wire was cut to the appropriate length for each cab I soldered them together and into the pickle they went. When they came out I fitted them around the cabs to get the shapes needed for the next step. Which was soldering them to silver sheet. After another pickle bath I carefully sawed as close as possible to the bezel before filing and more clean up. The bridge between both cabs is 16 gauge square wire that is soldered to the bezel cups at four points.
I’m probably going to do a little more fine tuning as I have some spots I’m not quite happy with. =)
Thank you,
Deborah aka Sneekbead
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