Week 33 – Egypt Culture
These are made with egyptian coils and aquamarine. Done as a commission, the client supplied me with the stones.
Chrysocolla/Hill Tribe Silver Rosary
Continuing my rosary journey, this is a cool combination of chrysocolla and Thai Hill Tribe silver.
As is my "signature" rosary style, triple-wrapped links of sterling silver wire, handcast sterling crucifix/center.
This a very lightweight on and is another of my favorites 🙂
~M
Melissa Muir – Week 33
These earrings are made with the same wire technique I use to make my simple wire angels. I was also inspired a little by the step by step wire tutorial a few months back. This pair is pretty much based on that one.
Purple crystal in 6mm and 8mm and sterling silver.
Jean Power- week 33- knotted necklaces
Still more catching up!
These knotted necklaces were mae to illustrate the chapter on using cord in the book currently consuming my every waking moment!
Jean Power
www.jeanpower.com
Old Old Egyptian Scarab
An elderly friend gave me this scarab. I didn’t mean to infer that it originated in Egypt; just that scarabs are so Egyptian. When I examined the macrame cording I didn’t have the heart to cut it off, it was so beautifully made. So it has become a part of this three strand set. I used brass and copper for the metals and bloodstone beads and fossil. The pendant stone name has escaped my memory. This is a nice combination of textures and colors for fall. Hope you like them. I was six weeks behind but I am playing catch up.
Thanks, Carolyn aka Lily and Iris
Week 33-Ma’at Feather-Egyptian Culture
My interpretation of the Ma’at Feather….emblem of the Egyptian Goddess embodying justice. The frame is made from 16 ga wire and 24 ga for the weave. I then turned the feather around, 
added some links for a pendant and can be attach worn on a leather cord.
Kitty
Egypt Culture #2
Based on Judy Feskun’s Esprit bangle tutorial. I used a yellow turquoise rectangular bead and "dragon skin" nuggets. The size is reminiscent of forged bracelets one might see in biblical inspired movies or of ancient Egypt. 
I have a ways to go to master this type of wire work. This was also hard to photograph. I hope I will learn to make identical curves! This would have been easier if I had used smaller beads and if I had used soft wire instead of half hard, although it was probably close to hard by the time it had been rolled onto the little spool it was on.. The size and hardness of the wire made it difficult to shape around my wrist.
Egypt Culture
Okay, I am cheating a little bit. I started this necklace some 20 years ago. Illness forced me to put away my jewelry tools and unfinished projects. I needed to join the two halves through the pendant.. It had been joined using a solder joint but that did not last. I tried to re-solder and found that I could not get the solder to flow, so I had to come up with a cold join. What I decided on was to put a wire through the pendant and join using a couple figure 8s. The ornate nature of the necklace reminds me of Egyptian jewelry. The shape of the pendant reminds me of the matroha used by Egyptian women as a baker’s peel when they bake bread.
I am not happy with the photography. Believe me, I tried many things including two different cameras, a cloud dome and standing on my head. This showed some of the detail in the various links in the chain. The pendant has a hinge and opens. The curved bar on the bottom swings foreward and back. This is like a jeweler’s equivalent of a sampler quilt. It includes forging, repousse’,soldering, sweating, bezel set stones, dapping…More photos here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/kanddster/WireWork
I will be happy to be able to wear it again. I put it in the tumbler and am delighted at how it came out.
Bunch of bangles
Only one week behind. This is an easy way out and I enjoy making them. All are 18 ga wrapped wire. The copper has green opal beads, the G/P has blue agate and the silver has adventurine. www.Ebbdesigns.com
A little something for fall
First time I’ve tried this chainmaille weave and I’m not sure I got it right. Supposed to be Jen’s Pind. They’re still pretty and a nice long dangly pair of earrings.
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