New Work Category

I purchased ten geode slices quite a while back but couldn’t figure out the best way to mount them. I didn’t want to interfere with the beauty of the stone because they are gorgeous. I think this setting solves that problem. I soldered a sterling silver frame and added half round prongs to hold the stone. It’s simple, clean and allows light to pass through the stone. I’ve mounted three of the geode slices this way so far.

Look for this piece and a few others in my Etsy shop soon!

I’m finishing up two larger pieces today. Here is the first one. It’s a soldered sterling silver bracelet. I’m so happy with the way this turned out. It looks and feels good on your wrist. I will be making more bracelets with this design.

Today, I created a DIY soldered sterling silver prong setting for a faceted stone. Believe me, it’s a lot harder to make than it looks! I can’t tell you how many times it took me to get this one soldered. I think it’s probably much easier with a larger stone.

Still working on that bracelet with the set stones. I’m pretty sure it will not be done until Friday.

My large project (hint: it’s a bracelet) is still not finished. It’s ready to have the three stones in it set in the morning. Maybe I’ll have a photo tomorrow.

I didn’t want to shirk my 30 Days of Creativity responsibilities though so here’s a mod inspired pair of earrings. They are opaque, matte glass wire wrapped in sterling silver. I added some small sterling beads for a bit of an accent, oxidized and buffed them with steel wool.

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I entered the Bride’s Pleasure MOJO contest at Jewelry Lessons. My For the Non-traditional Bride won the “E” (for experienced) category. What a pleasant and unexpected surprise! This was my second MOJO. The first time I jumped in was back in March.

The contest involved making a piece for a bride and her bridesmaid using at least one tutorial available on the site. I chose flowers as my theme. I decided I wanted to work in copper and do some metalsmithing. I would have loved to use silver but I wanted to make a statement piece. The bride I was designing for may not be demure but she is thrifty. (more…)

Tonight I finally used some of the leather I was trying to weave on Day 22. I wire wrapped a large Swarovski crystal and a blue kyanite stick with sterling silver wire. Both are suspended from a leather cord with a sterling silver clasp.

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Today I wire wrapped these lovely pink crystal beads from Beadlush. The wire is sterling silver.