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.

Charleans Ring

This is about the 5th ring like this that I have made.

You would think that it got easier, but I really battled with this one. I am not exaggerating when I say that I soldered the bezzle to the shaft about 7 times before I was happy. The worst part is I think I shoud have left it the first time as it was only slightly skew and not as noticeable as all the problems you get when you heat something over and over again.

I love this ring.It was made for a friend for a friend.

When I was making it I decided the band was too small even though I had used the correct formula so I cut another piece of silver and made another band guessing how much I was out by.

The final ring was way too big.

I couldnt face removing the stone and making it smaller so I made a new ring with a much bigger stone. Using the band I made in the first place. LOL.

Stone and resin pendant

I am working on a totally new (for me) idea.
I was experimenting with drilling a hole through a beach stone with a diamond bur. (I think that is what it is) it was taking forever.
It occured to me that I could engrave into my stone and paint resin on to it.
So I ditched the hole - (easily side tracked) and engraved a rough flower onto my stone.
I then painted silver poster paint onto my design as the stone is black and resin is translucent - I wanted to be able to see my picture. I have now added pink resin.
will add a picture once it is dry and I have added a bail and leather cord. That is if it works.

Our Easter Holiday!