#jewelry making
Fuck your dream job what’s your dream hobby that you don’t have the means to take up yet. Mine are falconry and aerial acrobatics
Handmade Silver Ring
I made this cute ring today with silver wire!! Lmk if you’d be interested in one ❤️
How I add gold to these new kitten’s eyes!
In celebration of the full moon, here is The Celestial Oracle ring.
Ethereal hands surround a beautifully crafted handmade glass full moon sphere. Limited edition.
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He all! I haven’t been very active as I’m juggling 3 holidays and 2 families during a pandemic but I was curious is anyone could help me identify this stone pendant! Thank you in advance and happy holidays!
Made some earrings recently with these tiny compass charms! I used small chrysocolla beads since the colors reminded me of the earth. Not long after I made them my mom bought them from me.
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Chinese Knots for Beaded Jewelry by Suzen Millodot
I picked up this little book at a used bookshop and was instantly charmed. While we most know Chinese knots from the frog closures on pajamas, this book shows so many different ways that you can use them with jewelry. It offers both sketches and clear photographs of 14 different kinds of knots made of rat tail in full color pages. See the last image of an amethyst chunk with directions. And the book then offers even more examples of finished projects. Your brain will start imagining your own projects as you leaf through.
I was especially taken with the pair of sliding button knots that allow you to lengthen or shorten a necklace. So practical. How often have I tried on a chain pendant and thought, “Nope, this is too long (or too short)” to wear with a particular neckline. Well, problem solved with sliding knots.
Using rat tail this way is also good for coping with large glass or stone beads that you love but that are too heavy to wear as a full beaded necklace. This way, you can use a handful of them and separate them with a light-weight cord. See the rough amethyst chunk again. (Also, you don’t need as many expensive gem beads this way). And the 3-color bracelets made of button knots in the next to last image are a lovely step up from friendship bracelets that had me pondering color harmonies.
You can find this book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chinese-knots-for-beaded-jewellery-suzen-millodot/1005442696?ean=9780855329686
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Metalsmithing at Studio JSD in Grand Haven, MI
You see here at top one of the products of a basic metalsmithing class I took one evening this month at Studio JSD which is both a gallery and shop (more on that next week) and a studio space. If this kind of making interests you, I recommend the class with enthusiasm. This was the Stack Ring Class with Sookyung who was our teacher, coach, and general hand-holder. These are small classes with 6 people and her guidance was crucial for our success.
We started out with small silver strips of metal, pre-made bezels, and little semi-precious gems to choose from. Then, we learned the process of shaping the ring and soldering the two ends together. If you look at the last photo, you can see on the right a soldered but still misshapen ring, and the left for one that had been hammered into a circle. Last, we learned how to solder on the bezel on, put in the stone, and then ream the bezel edges to keep the stone solidly in which is the stage of the 2nd photo. We each got to make 2 rings.
I signed myself and my husband up for this class as something fun to do on vacation, and my husband, not usually a maker of anything except dinner, asked if there was another class we could take in the future. !!! A sure sign that he had a good time.
You can find the calendar for classes and other information here: https://www.studiojsd.com/jewelry-and-metalsmithing-classes.html
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