Weeks 11 and 12

Sorry I'm so behind in posting!

For week 11 I actually made a few things - they all came together one morning so I photographed them all and here they are!

Onyx and sterling pendant - hand fabricated from sheet with a ball melted from sterling wire. I chased a few lines at the bottom for some 'interest'.

Then I have a malachite and onyx pendant - this was so much fun to make! The onyx is only 4mm and its all hand set. I added some wire to bring in some negative space and I like that the onyx swings - its not static.

Then I have my really fun piece!! This is an interchangeable pendant. Its not made to come apart - rather the two pieces are permanent but they will 'flip' which allows the wearer to bring either the copper or the sterling to the front. With the copper in the front the peridot and sterling peek through. With the sterling in the front, the copper outlines the edges. There are also copper elements at the rivet points to tie it together.

Then finally, just for show and tell, is the copper piece by itself, pre-assembly.

For week 12 I have a very simple ring - sterling and carnelian:

I am not sure of the size of the carenlian - maybe 8x8x8.....set in sterling with no embellishments, just the split shank. Simple, clean, to the point. :)

Week 8 & week 9

Might as well do them both in one post since I'm running a bit behind. :)

I have been doing fold forming lately, so both weeks are showing some of what I've done. Week 8 is the copper fold formed pin with a small CZ set in it. Then for week 9 a pendant of copper with some tiny pearls cold joined to the front of the pendant.

Pin (wk 8):

Pendant (wk 9)

This is the bail on the backside:


And here are some other pieces I am playing with but haven't yet decided how to finish...

All of the coloring is the natural heat process, I didn't do anything else to them. Copper offers such great colors when it is heated!

C&C welcome. :)

Janice

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Week 7

This necklace was a contest entry in the No Holiday Blues Color Contest 2007. I was nervous about entering as I've never entered my work in anything before! But it took 3rd place, so I'm very happy!!

I chose the focal stone because of the great colors and then decided on a split complementary color scheme. The choice of triad was informed by the stone chosen for the pendant. With the purple and green of the pendant as a starting point, I then chose purple as the focal color and green and yellow as the split complements.

The pendant is all handcrafted from sterling sheet and wire and has been oxidized to showcase the depth. Sterling wire was used to wrap the lepidolite beads, with portions of the wire being hammered flat. 26 gauge sterling wire was used to thread yellow seed beads and wrap the green aventurine. Hand cut sterling jumprings finish off the necklace in a 2oin2 down to a 1in1 assembly. A handmade 's' clasp and tiny dangle complete the piece. LOS was applied to all of the units except the aventurine/seed bead links.

I don't normally use a lot of color so this was really stepping outside of lots of comfort zones for me!

Comments are welcome!

~Janice

Doxallo Designs

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Week 2 - Mixed Metals

I am looking for new ways (new to me) of combining metals. This is a test of bezel setting a piece of metal and using mixed metals as granules. There is no real rhyme or reason to the layout of this piece, its meant to be technique oriented, not design oriented.

Sterling silver, brass. Hand forged bezel with chasing to add some sparkle - there is a lot of great light reflection! Hand chased motif, handmade granules of brass - with sterling overlay ;-)

A new challenge - a 'quarter' of jewelry

Moving along into another season, or quarter - whatever we call it, its a NEW YEAR! So a new start - another challenge...a piece a week for a quarter. So here is my first piece of the first quarter of 2007.

Rhodonite, black onyx, swarovski, blackstone....handset in a hand fabricated sterling silver setting.

~Janice
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