Rocks, Silver, Jewelry, nuff said
29 Sep 2009 1 Comment
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants Tags: bi colored tourmaline, cabochons, flowering tube onyx, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, Moldavite, moldavite pendant, polished rock, silver, silver wire, tourmal, tourmaline, velvet o, velvet obsidian, wire weaved pendant, wire weaving, wire wrapped, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
So Christmas is only a few months away and I plan on doing a small local show so here is the beginning of a wire wrapping frenzy. Plus I wrapped a couple of pieces of moldavite for a Mom and her daughter.
Here are the pics.
Now on to make more! 🙂
25 Sep 2009 Leave a comment
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants Tags: agate, Berrendo agate, carnelian, fire opal, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, Jewelry, Mexican fire opal, obsidian, silver, velvet o, velvet obsidian
This is a piece that I made for the contest on the Taogem forum. I made a few pieces and decided on this one. I will post pictures of all the pieces at the end. It was hard to decide which piece to enter. The pieces that had the most votes from family and friends were the Velvet obsidian and the Berrendo agate. The Mexican fire opal kept being chosen as the one everyone wanted tho. Confusing me even more. So I went with the original piece I had in mind to enter. Besides I had taken more photos of the that one while I was making it.
Here are pictures of most of the process.
21 Sep 2009 Leave a comment
in cabbing, Handmade jewelry, Pendants, wire weaved pendants Tags: Berrendo agate, boulder opal, cabbing, cabochons, dino bone, dinosaur bone, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, polished rock, rock, silver, silver wire, weaved, wire weaved pendant, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
Today was a great day for cabbing. Not too hot and no interruptions. I had a few cuts of dino bone and a couple of others. So I just had to use them up. My saw blade is busted so I have to use up what’s already cut up. I go thru these stages where I really like a certain rock for awhile and then go on to another. But while I’m obsessed its all about that rock. lol Right now its dino bone. Boulder opal is always at the top of my list tho. There’s always time for a boulder opal.
I also finished up a wrap of the Berrendo agate from last weekend. My goal was to showcase the cab since the color is so intense. I also wanted to keep the middle of the cab unobstructed all the way thru where its transparent.
Here’s the pics…
13 Sep 2009 Leave a comment
in Cuts & cabs, Handmade jewelry, Pendants Tags: agate, Berrendo agate, cabbing, dino bone, dinosaur, dinosaur bone, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, red agate, thunder egg, wire weaved pendant, wire wrapped, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
I got to cab for a short while today. I was wanting to polish up some of the Berrendo agate slices from a few weeks ago and I couldn’t find them. I had put them away. So away that even I couldn’t find them. Finally after going thru all my other lil slabettes and I have a few, It dawned on me just where I had stashed the Berrendos. Well by that time I only got to cab a couple of things. The Berrendo of course and a slice of a thunder egg I picked up last summer in NM. I am also going to add pictures of the Dino bone wrap I finished last weekend.
Have a great week!
08 Sep 2009 Leave a comment
in cabbing, Handmade jewelry, Pendants Tags: amethyst, cabbing, cabochon, carnelian, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, lapidary, silver, silver wire, velvet obsidian, wire weaved pendant, wire weaving, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
Three day weekends rock, literally. I got some cabbing done and even a little silver work. I need more time, all the time. lol
I had a small slab of Velvet Obsidian, and it was calling my name. The rock has beautiful colors. Its hard to get the pictures just right and capture the pinks and purples. I hope some came thru in the pics I’m about to post. There is also a small cab of flowering tube onyx. I have a very small amount of this rock and its pretty hard to find so I use it sparingly. They all came out with a great shine. I hope you like!
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