days in the life of an art jewelry creator
Posted in New Designs, processes on Nov 19th, 2009
In the five-ish years since I made a certain filigree component, I forgot which gauge wires I used. I also forgot that I’d annealed several times during the process, an oversight which was easily remedied after the small twisted strands broke a few times and I spent a few seconds thinking about it. Turns out [...]
Posted in Galleries, New Designs, Out and About, Shows, artists, processes on May 25th, 2009
Three rings set with three different stone setting techniques: flush, channel, and prong. The steel part was made from a spent flex shaft mandrel. The business end of the steel is the part closest to the handle. Below is the tool put together. The first ring with flush set stones was made by carving wax [...]
Posted in New Designs, processes on May 19th, 2009
Posted in New Designs, processes on Apr 1st, 2009
My recent experience in a chasing and repousse’ cuff bracelet workshop was very enjoyable. Davide Bigazzi is a great instructor; the three of us all learned a lot and two of us walked away with bracelets that were almost done. The other Sherry in the workshop finished hers! I spent the day after the workshop finishing mine. [...]
Posted in New Designs, processes on Jan 29th, 2009
On the bench today are some earrings in process; I’m working on the silver to fit white topaz and garnet stones with different dimensions. Also on the bench is the fork tine I need to shape in order to set the stones. And at the top of the picture are some pieces of silver I [...]
Posted in New Designs on Jan 6th, 2009
A fresh iteration of the “Bottleneck” ring design. All peridots. Four flush set and one prong set. The ring is ‘fresh’ because it’s less than 2 hours old. Please pardon the hot spots and other issues with the photos. I’ll take a nice photo for the website someday….
Posted in New Designs, Shows on Dec 6th, 2008
I spent most of the day yesterday creating 22 new pairs of earrings with textures I’d taken on the Yucatan Peninsula. I especially like the fine silver pieces that look like coral and urchin shells. Here’s a sample of the pieces:Now it’s time to pack up all the new earrings and head over to The [...]
Posted in New Designs on Sep 9th, 2008
Practice rings for flush and channel setting diamond cut stones. Each piece is slightly different and, when the stones are set, each one will definitely be unlike the others. The rings are sitting atop the “Creative Stonesetting” book by John Cogswell. In addition to being a nice resource for pictures and drawings, the informative text [...]