A Sassy Conspiracy

This is a steampunk inspired piece featuring a miniature mixed media assemblage sealed into a sterling silver ring blank using resin. I picked the ring blank up at a show recently and am really wishing I’d kept the dealer’s business card since this was pretty fun to make.
You can sort of see how glassy the [...]

Well technically, project 4 is the two handcut gears, in sterling and dix gold, and I supposed the completed necklace design. :) All components sterling, with a Russian amber bead (on a ~18″ sterling chain).

Hand cut, hand stamped sterling silver. Getting much better at striking the letters, and had fun doing a slightly whimsical letter placement :) Size 8. Also, discovered SUPERMACRO on my camera! YAY!!

No, this is not part of my 24 projects/24 days challenge (though I DID do projects for Friday to Sunday, just no pictures just yet!).
I made these for darling Nven’s baby shower. Her nursery theme is Totoro and Winnie the Pooh, so Erika tackled WTP and I took on Totoro. They’re done in acrylics and [...]

Hand cut, shaped and polished 20 gauge sterling silver, roughly 2.25″ from wing tip to wing tip. This will be part of a larger project.  :)

Well there are only 24 days left until the big sale, so I’ve decided to challenge myself and produce one project per day until the big day arrives. I doubt I’ll be organized enough to post my results every day, but i’ll try and post my progress every couple of days!
Lets start off with these [...]

Just sent the poster off to print so now I can announce the sale!
Myself and a handful of talented friends will be hosting a Jewelry and Art Sale on November 8, 2009! The sale will be held at Studio B (591 Bank St, near Pretoria) from 12-5pm, and will include the following artists:
Jewelry, artwork [...]

What happens when your torch is too hot! *pout*
Made this with my new torch head - pendant was melting in under 8 seconds. Its an interesting effect in a way, but too unpredictable. Guess I’ll have to try a different torch head.

Yet another rainbow bracelet, this one with some of my new treasures from this past weekend’s Gem and Mineral Show. :)
Sterling silver with 23 beads on hand-made head pins, approx. 7.5″ long. Two kinds of amethyst, fresh water pearl, Swarovski crystal, lapis lazuli, assorted glass, turquoise, serpentine, citrine, cracked glass, shell, carnelian, fire agate, red [...]