Another course

This all happened so fast.
I am so excited. I am going on a course on Tuesday, Wednesday Thursday and maybe Friday depending on the school situation in this crazy world (long story not fit for a jewellery blog).

I want to thank Penny for being so efficient and organising it you are a star.

hollow heart

This is not what it started out as.
I am starting to think that copper has a mind of its own.

earrings

I am really excited about these.

They are the first earrings I have made for myself as I only had my ears pierced 3 weeks ago.

It was really hard to make a bezzle for the little stones

I have a lot more respect for jewellers who work with tiny stones.

I may need to practice on the little ones as even these are a tad too heavy. Will I get used to it?

another ring

I love this stripy stone.
and I love rings
so I made this ring for me.,

mosaic mirror

I havent had much time for jewellery lately as we are renovating and everything is upside down.

I made this for our upgraded ensuite bathroom.

Mothers Day Pendant

Well this sort of designed itself. It started off as one thing and ended up as something totally different.

I got quite frustrated as I was unable to solder the bezzle completely and have finally decided that I need a bigger torch.

The little kitchen one just did not cope with the large pendant.

flower

My wire work has never been very good and this needs some serious cleaning up.

I made my flower out of 1mmx1mm square wire. then I hammered it to make it more 3 dimensional. This was a bad idea as the middle squiggles started to fall out. which meant resoldering which made existing solder reflow which made more squiggles fall out - which went on and on . and eventually became a mess.

I plan on attatching it to a ring but I might solder it to a plate and turn it into a pendant. Or just shelve it.