FSOJ week 19: Embellished Egyptian Coil

For week 19 I put together this lovely embellished egyptian coil bracelet for the Four Seasons of Jewelry project. Not on theme again, but I seldom follow the optional themes anyway as my muse has a will of her own. The egyptian coil technique is as ancient as it sounds, coming to us [...]

FSOJ: week 18: Ammolite and Peridot

Finishing up this round of custom work for my Canadian friend, Doug. This is a very large piece of ammolite. I didn’t want to do anything too fancy to the bail because I didn’t want to add any size to the stone… it is more than ample as it is. From the [...]

FSOJ wk 16: Cavern of Mysteries

More Ammolite this week. I am using what time I have to catch up to some custom work for my friend Doug. I am having bad wire karma these days… my gold wire finally came in, but it was round – not the square I ordered. Ughhh… I am assured I will have the *right* [...]

Ancient Ammolite: wk 15 FSOJ

I’ve been waiting patiently (sort of) for my last order of gold wire to come in. It’s been on back order for over two weeks. I have other larger ammolites I need to wrap for my friend Doug… and I’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting. Doug must be getting [...]