Blush Earrings

I really enjoyed making these earrings, it's nice to take a break from the kind of wire-wrapping I normally do. I soldered and lightly hammered the sterling silver rings - they have a really nice texture that catches the light, although I haven't managed to capture it in this photo :(

I've added some wrapped pink tourmaline beads on fine silver headpins, these are so dainty and very lightweight - perfect for summer!

Dreamcatchers

I thought I'd play with some fine silver on these earrings - balling up the ends of the wire shapes. This was quite a fiddly design as there is no soldering, I really need an extra hand sometimes!

I've used some rich golden hessonite garnet beads in the centre and on the dangles, and some tiny goldfilled beads - I really like the look of mixed metals, it's quite subtle on these though. The beer quartz briolettes are an amazing colour - I've found it a bit of a challenge to know what to put with them, but I think this works!

First Post - Lots of Photos!

I first started making jewellery in my early teens (back in the eighties, how scary is that?!!). Since then I've dabbled with many different crafts such as pressed and dried flowers, embroidery, painting, candle-making, handmade toiletries, glass painting - before finally re-discovering jewellery making again 2 years ago!

Many things have changed of course, not least the huge choice of beads and findings that are now readily available, but also in terms of the new techniques such as those using polymer clay, precious metal clays, wireworking and beadweaving to name but a few!

The photos shown here are my most recent pieces - at the moment I'm having a lot of fun with wire and coiling, a very time-consuming technique but produces beautiful (I think!) results and is really firing up my imagination right now!

(The picture shown above is a jasper pendant with mother of pearl, cherry quartz, and glass seed beads, all coiled with sterling silver wire).


Amazonite earrings made with sterling silver wire, with freshwater pearls and glass seed beads:


Earrings with freshwater coin pearls, apatite drops and glass seed beads - hand-coiled with sterling silver wire:



Bermuda Blue Swarovski crystal heart earrings, hand-coiled with sterling silver wire and glass seed beads:



Rhodonite and fossil jasper earrings with hand-coiled sterling silver wire and glass seed beads:



Amazonite Earrings with glass seed beads: