Year of Jewelry, week 17: Fish Net

Trying to be on theme, really on theme, for once. Lately I’ve decided to explore more weaving/basketry techniques after being inspired by the Pink Lady and Blue Beauty pendants. I bought the book “Fabulous Woven Jewelry” to research some additional weaving techniques (I will edit this post later to include the authors name).This [...]

Introducing the Blue Beauty

Week 16 of the Year of Jewelry Project, 2007.
Well, still working on this woven bezel technique. I think that this pendant beats the last one hands down! I used a 28 gauge wire for the weave this time which resulted in a tighter, neater weave which adds more to the detail of the [...]

My First Tutorial: Wire Wrapped Toggle Clasp

This week I intended to both create my year of jewelry project piece and finish my first tutorial: Wire Wrapped Toggle Clasp. However, I learned a lot this week. I learned that creating a tutorial is hard work! I could not believe how long it took to create a tutorial for [...]

Year of Jewlery Begins

Finally I am on board again with the Year of Jewelry Project. I have sooo missed being a part of this project. I can look back and see how I’ve grown over the years that I was a participant thanks to the personal challenge and the feedback, inspiaration and motivation that I recieved from it.

While [...]