Cool Clear Water – JAC August Challenge Because August is generally such a blazing hot month, this month’s Jewelry Artisans Community challenge is to make something that represents cool clear water in the hopes that looking at your beautiful creations will make all of us feel cooler. Well again only 3 of us joined this challenge. The first thing I thought of when reading the theme for this months challenge was a song by Frankie Lane from the…
Spring has sprung – JAC April challenge It’s challenge time at the Jewelry Artisans Community again. The trees are leafing out, the flowers are starting to bloom and the birds are singing; Spring has sprung!It’s the favorite season for many people and to honor it, your April challenge is to make something that represents Spring. First of all sorry that it took me this long to write this blog post, I wanted to wait because I wanted to give the…
One of a kind vs. repeating a design. Is what this months blog carnival from Jewelry Artisans Community is about.For me One of a kind means that you have made it only once, and when you take a look in my galeries you will see that most of my jewelry pieces are made only once. Why all my pieces are different, not only in style but also in technique and the materials I have used, well I like to try out…
Time and motivation – JAC Blog Hop Is what this months blog carnival from Jewelry Artisans Community is about. When reading “Time and Motivation” most people think of endurance training. Because you have to invest time and you need to be motivated to keep it up. In a way one can say that it’s the same with jewelry making. When I have time enough then my motivation is gone and when I’m motivated I don’t have enough time to play with my…
Favourite materials to work with. This month the blog carnival from Jewelry Artisans Community is about our favourite materials and why we like to use them. This is a hard question, my favourite materials to work with change all the time. One day I work a lot with gemstomes, the other day it can be seed beads or just a bit of wire. One day I’m in to wire wrapping and the other into bead weaving or working with leather…
Deze creatie had ik ook nog in juli 2014 gemaakt maar ik vond dat deze een aparte blogpost wel verdiend had. Ik zat in juli ziek thuis en had toen eindelijk eens de tijd omdat arbeid intensievere werkjes te doen, dit was het resultaat. De oorbellen kunnen in 2 variaties, beide hieronder weergegeven. De basis is gemaakt van messing draad en de wikkelingen zijn van non tarnish silver plated artistic wire. De kleinere kraaltjes zijn ook allemaal silver plated. This creation…
De creaties die ik in juli 2014 gemaakt heb. De andere foto’s zijn te zien in mijn galerij. The creations I made in juli 2014. The other photo’s can be viewed in my gallery.
I bought some Hemimorphite drops a while ago and up until now I only made a pair of earrings with them. This time I made a wire wrapped pendant. For now on a suede cord until I find some stones of the same color. The metals I used are gunmetal artistic wire because that color is gorgeous with the soft green of the hemimorphite.
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