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Black and Grey Flowers

Black and Grey Flowers

A good friend of mine was making a new dress to wear to a wedding – so I offered to make her some new jewellery to match. It turned out just beautiful! Here it is If you are familiar with the polymer clay work of Ayelet you will notice my inspiration! I made the grey beads and textured them with salt, they match the colour of the dress. I’m busy working on some Christmas gift and ornament designs, I hope to be able to share some...

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Peacock Cane

Peacock Cane

I started this peacock cane ages ago. I looked at several images of peacock feathers to get the colours and the shapes. It has to be simplified a little as I didn’t want to replicate a feather exactly – too delicate. I did the centre fairly easily but was then uncertain how to deal with the outer green and gold layers. I wanted to hint at the feathers structure but didn’t want to get too complicated. Finally I tackled it and...

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Green Mokume Gane Set

Green Mokume Gane Set

I made this set of jewellery in Mokume Gane from several custom mixed green shades of Kato clay for a friend’s birthday. I was delighted with the result and was dying to show you but couldn’t post them just in case!! She’s had them now so I can show you too. Couldn’t resist a little owl with the mokume gane shavings! As you can see I am making good use of what I learnt from Melanie Muir in her workshops....

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Bettina Welker’s Pixelated Retro Blend Cane

Bettina Welker’s Pixelated Retro Blend Cane

I was so excited when I saw Bettina Welkers Pixelated Retro Blend Cane Tutorial – it looked so cool! Loads of people have been trying it and it’s great to see all the variations popping up on flickr and facebook.Finally I found some time to try it. Here’s my first caneI then decided to use it to catch up with the earrings a week challenge on Flickr and made these earrings Which ones do you like best?They are all available to...

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Earrings Challenge and Easton Arts Trail

Earrings Challenge and Easton Arts Trail

The Easton Arts Trail is fast approaching so I have finally got round to finishing some of the things on my half finished pile including some earrings for the earrings a week challenge! Next weekend I will be in Easton Community Centre with my jewellery from 11am -6pm on Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July. I have plenty of new jewellery including quite a lot I haven’t posted here – I can’t share everything with you or I...

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More Christi Friesen Inspiration

More Christi Friesen Inspiration

Inspired by the wonderful stained glass technique I learnt from Christi Freisen I made some earrings for the earring a week challenge. They were fiddly but I was pleased how they turned out and I think they were worth the effort! I also made some heart earrings and a pendant to match, again Christi showed us a neat way to make a heart and she taught us how to make the flower and the leaves that embellish it so it was a good way to practise some...

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