Silver and Turquoise Bracelet

This is the type of jewellery I started out making, mainly using wire. I started using silver-coloured copper wire, and now my favourite type of wire is sterling silver. Although it is expensive and does tarnish over time, I haven't found anything that compares to the luster of silver. For one of my next projects, I am thinking about breaking out the art clay. This "clay" is made with tiny bits of silver and an organic binding and when fired it comes out 99.9% pure silver. I worked with art clay a few year ago but I stopped because it is very expensive and hard to work with, the clay dry out very fast. On the plus side, it gives you all the design creativity of clay with a result in silver. With the right idea (and over the years I've though of and recorded a few) hopefully I can made some real original stunning pieces. I'll keep you posted!

Pretty in Pink

Here's another necklace I made for the Jewellery Extravaganza on March 12th in support of Breast cancer research.  This is rose quartz, one of the few crystals with pinkish tones that I use. It has a nice soft feminine quality. 

Serpentine Long Necklace

I made this the other day because I couldn't find anything to go with my new sweater. Its made with Serpentine gemstones. I love the olive/yellow colours in this stone. I was a big fan of green before green was fashionable, but I am very finicky about my greens. I'm not a hunter green fan, but olive green has to be my favourite. Go green!

Jewellery Extravaganza

There will be wine & cheese and original handcrafted jewellery. 15 % of jewellery sales will go to the Breast Cancer Society.

Date: Thursday, March 12th

Time: 7pm - 9pm

Location: Java Soul, 78 Hurontario Street, Collingwood, ON

Phone: 705-445-1881

email: info@java-soul.com

Accessory to the Pink Ribbon

I created these two pieces for an upcoming event at Java Soul. There will be wine, cheese and door prizes and part of the proceeds from jewellery sales will go towards Breast Cancer research. I will be there as well as other local artisans. The event will be held the evening of March 12th. I will post more details later, stay tuned.

Shades of the Far East

My bench block quest has now been successful. This necklace was made using a bench block and a hammer to flatten the wire. I've made several pairs of earrings using this technique but they have all sold before I had a chance to post pix! I plan on making more though. The nice thing about this technique is that it opens up a whole bunch of design possibilities for me. I can't wait to continue exploring...

Turquoise Earrings

I made these earrings using turquoise nuggets and sterling silver wire. Although they are long, they are quite comfortable. These earrings are fast becoming a favourite of mine!

New Website

I'm working on a new website - it should be up soon. Then I can get up to date and post some of my new stuff.