It's been a little while since i have had time to post here.
I am gearing up to start making pretties for sale through local craft and gift stores. I am making pens, jewelry and pretty soon ( I hope) dragons and other figures both animal and human. I have also started making bowls but the first few aren't very impressive as far as I am concerned. They will get better with practice though. I wanted to make small bowls the size to become ring holders or some such other use for small stuff. Or just to look pretty 'grin'.
These two bracelets are made from plain old jewelry wire that I bought at Joanne's. The bigger one is gold colored and measures 7 1/2" long and is 5/8 wide. It was made from 16 gauge wire. It has a really nice chunky look to it. I created the whole thing including the clasp without the help of a jig. The same goes for the smaller, more dainty version above it.
This smaller one measures 6 1/2 inches long and 3.8 wide. I made it from 20 gauge wire the same way the larger one was made. I like it's dainty look and feel on my wrist. It seems to have no weight at all.
Here's my first polymer and wire combo jewelry set. I really like it. It was all handmade by me except for the wire earring hooks.
I have a coiling gizmo so I made two short gold wire beads to go with the polymer beads I made for this necklace and earring set.
You can't see it but the polymer beads are made with a crackle technique using Future floor polish and yellow acrylic paint. I made a flat sheet of the stuff and covered clay beads with it. After they were baked, I brushed them with a mixture of liquid clay and gold mica powder and re-baked them. I had some mica left over from my old melt-and-pour soap days (they're over now, I don't like the stuff so I can't sell it in good conscience.) The little gold tube beads are made from clay too.
The wire components, including the jump rings, were made from twisted wire that I twisted using my handy little drill.
Well, I am just going to put a few photos up here now without descriptions.
