YOJ Week 17: Citrine earrings

These are earrings made with delicious looking Citrine briolettes, small Citrine and Carnelian beads, fine silver, and sterling silver wire.

Week 15: Hello all! Back from India :-)

I am back from my India trip...I was disappointed because I was so busy I had only one day to go gemstone shopping.

Anyway, here is my week 15 entry. Not on theme. This one is inspired from Lisa's jewelry. I love her work!

This pendant is made from a Turquoise briolette, and sterling silver wire, antiqued.

YOJ Week 14

I'm updating the blog after a long time. Was away in India...so the weeks of YOJ don't seem to be following any normal sequence.

This was another order to complete before going. This is a tiny quartz crystal, very special to a young man. His girlfriend is going away on a long trip, and he wants her to go with complete freedom, so that she is free to be herself, free to do whatever she wants with her life. He says he wants to set his love free, and if the love returns, it was his, or else...it never was. So he wanted me to create a pendant for her with this crystal that means a lot to him, and give it butterfly wings to symbolize his setting her free. She is looking for her Celtic roots, so he wanted Celtic symbols in the wings, and he wanted most of the wings to be empty space, because he wanted the crystal to be the focus. So that is what I did. I added the Celtic Triquetra on the tips of the wings. And the rest of it is mostly free. He was very specific about what he wanted...and thankfully he was more than happy with the result because according to him it "matched his vision and then some".

YOJ Week 16: Brazil Culture

Well...this is not really about Brazil "culture" as such. But when I was looking up Brazil, I read it is known for its blue blue oceans and powder white beaches. So I used that information to create this pendant. The blue Howlite cabochon represents the oceans, and the white pearls surrounding it stand for the white beaches. Of course, now it looks more like a pond than an ocean. LOL! But we'll leave it at that.

I have used Eni Oken's tutorials on netted bezel and border for netted bezel on this.

YOJ Week 13: Affirmation bracelet with swan clasp

Not on theme. Theme was Morocco Culture.

Made with sterling silver, hand stamped, formed, handmade clasp.

My second piece to be featured in the Beadage magazine

This is a Hematite necklace made for Diana. The pendant is a Hematite cabochon sculpted into a pendant with sterling silver wire. The clasp is hand made too. The "chain" is made of Hematite beads and fresh water Pearls.

This is the link to my Beadage magazine feature:
http://www.beadage.net/gallery-hematite-necklace.html

Right now it is new , so it is on the main page of the magazine:
http://www.beadage.net/index.html

But that will change with time :-).

And this one was my first piece to be featured in Beadage. It is made of gold-filled wire, gentuine faceted Citrines, and fresh water pearls. This piece now belongs to Dana. The link to this piece in the magazine is:

http://www.beadage.net/gallery-maharanis-pendant.html

YOJ Week 12: Stormy Weather

The theme was "Stormy Weather", and as I rummaged through my beads, stones and other focals, I found this lovely mermaid, made of carved wood, resting so comfortably and safely within what looks like a shell. So I made these waves of storm around her...the storm that made her decide to rest inside, and day dream of her merman. Kind of like what we like to do when the weather is stormy...snuggle inside a warm comforter and day dream. :-))))

The bead is carved wood, and the stormy waves are tarnish resistant sterling silver, and fresh water pearls.