easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in crafty things, design, jewellery on Aug 16th, 2010
These two little pendants are made from Precious Metal Clay. I’ve had the clay for almost a year, but was a bit afraid to make anything with it in case I ruined it. Janet (the silversmithing tutor) said that if I wanted to make something at home and bring it in, she’d show me how [...]
Posted in crafty things, design, inspiration, jewellery on Aug 15th, 2010
The final two days of my Art Week were spent at a silversmithing course. I’ve been meaning to get around to going on a silversmithing course for more than ten years, and now I’m really cross with myself that I didn’t do it sooner. Silversmithing is brilliant!
On the first day we made silver rings using [...]
Posted in Outfit of the Day, jewellery, sewing on Mar 1st, 2010
Yesterday’s lesson turned out to be “Always Make A Toile”. The waistcoat didn’t fit. Not even slightly.
So, this morning I went on a mammoth wardrobe clear-out, and took out everything that doesn’t fit me any more. I then sorted the remaining clothes into “suitable for work” and “not suitable for work”. This led to the [...]
Posted in jewellery on Feb 23rd, 2010
This is another of my experiments with polymer clay and tumbled stones. The pendant is made by simply wrapping the edges of a tumbled stone with polymer clay. The large bead at the top of the pendant has a third hole in the bottom, and this was pushed right into the polymer clay before it’s [...]
Posted in jewellery on Feb 7th, 2010
My friend Sarah saw the stamped Fimo pendants I made a few weeks ago, and asked whether I could make one for her Mum.
The brief was simply “pale yellow, with an angel”, and this is what I made.
The pendant is just less than two inches long, and made from pale yellow Fimo. The angel isn’t [...]
Posted in jewellery on Jan 8th, 2010
Just a couple of tiny little pictures to show you what I’ve been up to today.
I’m still playing about with Fimo, trying out some techniques that may or may not work when I move on to using the silver clay.
Both pendants are imprinted with a rubber stamp. The Piglet has been painted with acrylics, and [...]
Posted in jewellery on Jan 7th, 2010
Today’s another snow day, so I had to cancel all the things I’d originally planned. Never short of something to make, I decided to dismantle a veritable mountain of old jewellery, and put together a new necklace.
Once it was finished I thought it would be a nice idea to take some pretty photos of it [...]
Posted in jewellery on Jan 4th, 2010
I was given a starter kit of PMC (silver clay) for my birthday, but decided that I’d rather try out a few techniques with polymer clay before I dive up to my elbows into the silver. I had a few blocks of Fimo in the house, so I’ve finally found some time to have a [...]
I was in a jewellery making mood today, so I’ve just finished putting together this necklace.
It’s a leather cord, with twenty purple sunstone beads attached - they’re a very dark purple colour with a glitter sparkle when the light catches them. The beads are hung in pairs, so that they hang in bunches and at [...]