FSOJ week nine

These earrings were started for week eight of FSOJ, which had the theme of The Goddess - Motherhood & Fertility. The idea came to me pretty much all at once, but getting the piece to come together was a different story. In the end I'm very happy with the result, but they took far longer than they should have. All wire is 20 g sterling, including the earwires, and the tiny balls are fine silver. This is the first time I've made earwires with balled ends.

Weeks seven and eight

Posted late today for both these weeks. I have an on-theme piece for week eight but it isn't done yet, so it'll be coming at a later date.
This is a little etched copper pendant. The bail is attached with a sterling rivet. I scratched the bail pretty badly when bending it into shape so I think this is going into the pile of experimental bits of metal. I like it though, so I may wear it myself and ignore the scratches.



These are lampwork by Julie Wong of Uglibeads. I've had them for ages and was never quite sure how to use them. Put together with a bit of bali silver and a black rubber cord they practically made themselves. I have a s-clasp that just needs some finishing touches that I'll be adding tomorrow.

Flu season sucks

I haven't posted recently because I really haven't made much recently. Several bugs hae been running rampant through the house for a couple of weeks now. I'm the only one who isn't feeling better today, so there is hope.

Hopefully I'll manage a FSOJ post tomorrow, only a week late, and then maybe I can play catchup soon!

FSOJ week five

Completely not on the theme of "Copper Nights" but I have a copper WIP that will show up in some other week now. These are simple pendants made with my own lampwork - the first time I've ever made anything with my own beads. I recently annealed every bead I have ever made that survived unbroken. Actually, as long as they didn't break through the hole they were annealed. I wasn't picky. I'll probably never use most of them but I like some well enough.

October 21st torching session

I restricted myself to the new 4pack sampler I have of CiM Messy colours in celadon, ginger, butter pecan and Gelly sty pink. Mostly. There is some white as well and the fish has sage eyes.

The fish lost a fin which you can't see because it allows him to lie nicely on that side. I'm most pleased with the dot bead on the end. It isn't all that well done, but it is the first time I've intentionally made a bead with both layered dots and raised dots, and I think it turned out okay.

Here's a closeup of that one, and the fish too for good measure.

Copper etchings

I realized that I forgot to post these photos earlier in the week. Two copper etchings. The house is 3-1/2" on the long edge and the tiger is 5-1/2". I am going to redo the tiger to try to get more detail.

FSOJ week four

The theme this week was monochrome. I had invisioned a wire and silver bead creation but didn't go there in the end. These are not quite finished but I decided posting slightly rough pieces was better than posting any later than today.

The rings don't fit me. I am not quite sure what fingers I intended them for but they fit none perfectly. Oh well. The plain ring has a really rough join - I'm calling it a learning experience.