Blue Sapphire Earrings

These are made with fine silver wire, sterling silver wire, Sapphire beads and Blue-Grey Quartz briollettes.

Long Bio Lemon Quartz Earrings

To buy this pair of earrings, please go to my Etsy Store.

These are approximately 2.5" in length from the top of the earwire to the bottom of the gemstone.

These Bio Lemon briolettes are so gorgeous that I didn't have the heart to make more elaborate wire forms around them. They needed FULL attention! These and another bunch of briolettes I bought are just amazing!! And they dangle so sweetly, reflecting light...they look awesome. They are wrapped in sterling silver wire, and hang from hand made sterling silver earwires.

Tube setting

I have set a CZ in a sterling silver tube on a sterling silver circle which I have domed. What you are seeing is the convex side. The historical importance of this piece is, that I was setting this stone right at the time when Obama was declared winner of the presidential elections in November of 2008. Many see him as a light within a very dark period. The darkness being the situation of economic recession, increased crime rate as a result of economic hardships that people are facing, wars around in this world, terrorism etc. And many look upon him as one who will bring about change - for the better. And in this way, this pendant signifies this situation, where the silver disk is darkened with silver black, and the cubic zirconia shines brilliantly in the middle of it all. I wish I had a diamond to set, but since I don't, CZ will have to do :-).

YOJ2008 Week #3: Australian Culture

This week's piece is a pair of earrings based on the Australian Aboriginal Didgeridoos. I took a long bone pipe bead and sawed it into two, so that one end of each piece would be sort of flared. Then I painted aboriginal symbols on each piece with acrylic paints. I made the earwires and the headpins with sterling silver wires. After taking the pictures I realized that I have not painted the bottoms of the beads (Didgeridoos). LOL! Will do so tomorrow. It is 1:17am at night now. I just got done with this piece and another order.

Another wire prong setting: Citrine

This is my 4th attempt at prong setting with wire:

Prong setting with wire

I've been dying to do these....prong setting with wire. Solderless...simply wire. And so today in two attempts I reached a somewhat reasonable piece. Its made with genuine Mystic Topaz and Brass wire. Thanks Metallique! :-) Great tutorials!!

Ooops! One more earlier piece :-)

I made this one too around the time I made the sets for my mom. This is made of sterling silver wire and gold wire. I made this before joining metalsmithing classes.

Polymer clay donuts

I made the donuts in both these necklaces with polymer clay, and embellished them with copper wire, semi-precious beads, and regular beads.

I like the clasp in this one quite a bit. I was so amazed when I first made it...that I could actually make the pretty clasps! Of course, its still far from perfect, but I'm happy with it anyways.

Hug ring I made for Dad

This is made with Sterling silver and gold-filled wire.

Another set for mum

This was the second set I made. Made of some beads I bought from Michaels and fresh water pearls, gold-filled wire and vermiel spacers.

Progress with wire

I made this set for my mom. This is gold-filled wire and fresh water pearls. My "S" clasp has improved so much :-).

Then came wire

These are my first attempts at wire jewelry. Everything is far less than perfect, but I'm very pleased I made them all myself. Connie Fox has been a huge inspiration.

My first "all home-made components" earrings. My first wrapped beads, and first earwires. The wire is Brass and the beads are Tigers Eye.

My first bead and wire bracelet. Learnt how to make bead links with my practice Brass wire. The beads are Amethyst and Rose Quartz. It also has my first ever swan and hook clasp. My "S" links are pathetic. The swan is not made correctly...but I'm proud of it nevertheless :-).

This is the first all wire bracelet I made. Made with Copper wire. I am proud of each coil link I made ;-). They have been hammered. Divya took this one from me.

The first "S" clasp I ever made. This is made with Copper wire. I have coiled Brass wire around it.