Jewelry I've Made

[maerdi]

It's a bit silly that I've gotten into jewelry-making, seeing as I hardly ever touch the stuff. And yet, I also found that for some of the jewelry I made, I was giving it away as soon as I'd finished it, which left me with no record of the piece whatsoever. So I've taken photos of everything I still have, in the hopes of not losing anything else

Comments

[amoken]

So...did you make these dealies from scratch, except for the rocks and beads? What bits did you do vs. buy?

[maerdi]

I thought this would be an easy question, but it's harder than it looked!

I didn't make the earring hooks / clip-on clasps, any of the beads / skulls / rocks, the stick-pin, the heat-colored copper mesh, the gold leaves, or the metal bits that make up the last pair of clip-on earrings-for the last pair of earrings I literally just attached the clips, because they were great period pieces already.

The rest is made from metal sheets I cut out, textured, heated, etc, or wire that I hammered, bent, fastened, balled, etc.

Does that answer your question?

[amoken]

As well as it can be answered without visual aids! :) I'm sorry it was a hard question. My mom makes beaded jewelry, and even that isn't easy to answer sometimes. Especially when she makes some of the beads!

debramcp and I were thinking about taking a class in jewelry metal-working, but they're all so expensive and/or time-consuming, especially with commute. :(

[maerdi]

The commute wouldn't be quite as bad if you can make the trip multi-purpose, non? ;)

[porfinn]

Oh wow! Those are very cool! Have fun at the ballet tonight.

[maerdi]

Thanks!

& I'm looking forward to it. :)