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 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

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Week 4 - Garnet Ring

I made this tonight....it needs lots of clean up and its a bit too large for me, which means its going to be way to large for most of the population, but I was busy working along and didn't take time to resize it.

Its all sterling silver, the stone is a 7mm garnet set up off the shank....with a raised inverted disk and then in a flared setting. The stone is slightly offset and the shank is wider at the base of the stone and then slopes off. All hand fabricated. I would resize it but don't want to remove the stone right yet so I'm wearing it on the index finger of my right hand....and I may remove the stone later and resize the shank.



Comments welcome!

Janice
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Week 3, Sterling Ring

OK, here we are at week 3 and I'm on time again! YAY! I have been playing a lot with granules, so this weeks submission is a ring with what else but TINY balls!!

Mike C at the forum really inspired me to go small....and the difference is truly remarkable. I thought my granules were sometimes small before, well they were golfballs compared to these!


Here are some of the granules on a dime for size reference. The ring is all sterling, all hand fabricated. Because these are sterling, I used a small amount of paste solder to attach them to the dome/cup.

Here is the ring on my finger - I love it! Its a really simple design, nothing fancy, but it really appeals to me for some reason. :)


Your feedback is welcome! To learn more about granulation come by the forum!
~Janice