FSOJ wk_14: December’s Secret

Onyx, opalite and sapphires…
I am trying to work with the newest techniques I’ve learned while seeking a way to color the designs with my personal style… The coolest thing I took away from Eni’s tut was what I learned about creating an armature and building upon that. While this pendant is a bit more [...]

FSOJ wk 13: Custom Ordered Luna Pendant, # 14 in the series

For week 13 in the Four Season’s of Jewelry project, I am submitting a custom ordered Luna Pendant. Her name is Charlie, named for the young woman for which she was meant. Her father comissioned her at the recent Pensacola Christmas Market for his daughter’s christmas present. He asked me to include a personal message [...]

FSOJ: Wk_12: Emerald Isles

Here is my second free form bezel wrap… finished it up while working the show over the last three days. Traffic was slow on Friday and Saturday due to the weather, so I entertianed myself by working on this piece. It’s a beautiful chrysocola accented with 4mm emeralds, blue green apatite and some very bright [...]

FSOJ: wk 11: Strawberry Fields

This weeks entry was inspired by Eni Oken’s ring tutorial… but I took it a step further and reworked it to creat a pendant using what I learned from her free form technique. It was great fun to make… taking a full 8 hours to produce. Rhodocrosite stone with facted pigeon’s blood ruby accents. [...]

Wk 8 _ Free form ring ala’ Eni

I am back tracking, catching up… I am posting for week eight in the Four Seasons of Jewelry, more than a little late, but alas, here it is. This is my results for the freeform ring tut from Eni. While I wished I had used a different stone with a higher [...]