Monday, March 19, 2007

Lucky You!

This charm holder pendant was a very fun project! The wire opens and closes so you can add, change, remove charms and have a different look every time you wear it.

Here I added some Swarovski crystal charms to the holder to give it a little "Bling" factor!

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Daisy Ring

My third project & my first ring. The clay shrinks a bit when you fire it, so making a ring a certain size can be challenging, this ring turned out about a half a size smaller than I intended.

It's a little hard to tell in the photo but the band is brushed and the flower is a high polish.

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Rock 'n Roll

My second class was this bracelet. My idea was to make mini guitar picks and write the word ROCK on one side and ROLL on the other. Then I linked the picks together with Swarovski crystals and added a cool toggle.
I forgot to turn off the flash the first time I took the picture, but I thought it turned out kind of cool & you can see the lettering a little better than in the other photos.

Monday, January 29, 2007

Fleur de Clay???

Back in the beginning of January I read about this silver clay stuff online. I read about a clay that you can mold, texture & manipulate into what ever shape you want and when you fire it, it turns into .999 Fine Silver.

I just couldn't image, I'd gone to every bead shop in town asking about it; if they taught classes or knew anyone that did; in the very last store was an ad on the wall advertising classes. So I signed up, went to class and this is what I came home with! I thought it was amazing and I've been making clay jewelry every since.

It's a little hard to see but the triangle on the bail is actually a Trillion cut Ruby set into the clay before firing.