In San Juan Bautista, CA. You need to get out and see what you can find this weekend in the little town of SJB. Lots of handmade crafts and beautiful art. Who knows you may even see some pretty nice wraps that have been hiding out.
Finally
11 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants, Uncategorized Tags: argentium silver, chrysocolla, coral, drusy, druzy, garnet, magnasite, malachite, pecos river diamond, pendant, silver, skull
Well I suppose its time I get back to work and get a few things cut or wrapped or both. These 2 wraps are my latest.
My original twisted pendant is one I wear almost daily and it still gets quite a few compliments. I just had to try to make more after that one. It wasn’t easy either.
The malachite drusy, and chrysocholla drusy in the new twisted pendant is from Lima peru. I love this stone and it has been hard to find. So when I do find it I have to buy as much as possible. The cutting of it is pretty tricky tho. I just hate to lose any color or drusy crystal. But I can’t wrap a big a chunk of rock nor do I want it to just sit on a shelf and get dusty. This rock just begs to be cut and wrapped.
The next pendant has a focal skull magnasite bead. I bought a few skulls at a rock shop in Alburquerque NM last summer. Since it was a nice turquoise color, I had to add a little coral and a Pecos River diamond we found in NM too. The garnet was just a lil more color and I like for these twisty pendants to have as much color as possible. This pendant is just totally southwest inspiration.
Thanks for stopping by 🙂
Life has gone to the dogs
22 Mar 2011 2 Comments
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants Tags: chrysocolla, drusy, drusy cab, druzy, garnet, Handmade jewelry, Jewelry, pendant, silver, silver wire, spinel, sterling silver, tourmaline, twisted, wire wrapping
I finished a pendant that is a twist of stones and silver wire. I wanted it to have stones on all sides and no matter which way it hangs it would have something pretty. I had a piece of the Chrysocolla/Malachite Drusy from Peru and I wanted it to be the focal. I soldered a couple of pieces of 18 gauge silver wire to make it look like a dragon finger, or so it does to me anyway. Then I started weaving from it. The piece has 3 tourmalines, 2 garnets, and a spinel along with the drusy cab. Here is the pic for it and a lil video.
I had an idea for another but it will have to wait since my life has been invaded by a couple of lil gremlins.
They are so much fun, but just like kids they take up alot of time.
Thanks for coming by!
Something new
21 Feb 2011 2 Comments
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants, wire weaved pendants Tags: blue green apatite, garnet, green tourmaline, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, Jewelry, Mexican fire opal, silver, silver pendant, tourmalines, wire weaved, wire weaved pendant, wire wrapped, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
So I’ve been wrapping a couple of pendants for the past couple of weeks and I have been wanting to make something in line with an amulet. Something different. So with a little weaving and then a little more weaving I have come up with these new two. The first has 2 tourmalines and a Mexican fire opal, the second has a faceted red garnet and blue green piece of apatite.
I am once again addicted to wrapping. Seems like I can’t stop for awhile then I take a break then back to being addicted. Crazy stuff.
Well thanks for stopping by! Hope you get to enjoy the the three day weekend. I know I am. 🙂
More rain!?
22 Feb 2010 Leave a comment
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants Tags: cabochon, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, morrisonite, sterling silver, wire weaved pendant, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
Well, no holiday weekend, and rain. No rock fun, other than finishing a couple of wraps. I wrapped a couple of morrisonite cabs that I polished little while back. Here they are.
Hope you had a great weekend!
Druzy pendants
06 Feb 2010 Leave a comment
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants Tags: chrysocolla, druzy, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, silver, wire weaved pendant, wire wrapped, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
The druzy cabs are awesome. So wrapped in silver they are even prettier. The blues are bright and the crystals very clear. This is a really nice stone to work with. I can’t wait to cut some more. I’m hooked is all I can say. I wore one of these pendants to work and let me just say, it was an attention getter. I love it when people just can’t help but comment on a pendant I’ve made, but all I heard was, love that stone.. yeah, (me too) .. lol. I suppose since I’ve worn it I’ve claimed it.. 🙂
Cabbing Druzy
24 Jan 2010 Leave a comment
in cabbing, Handmade jewelry, Pendants Tags: cabbing, cabochon, chrysocolla, druze, druzy cabs, garnet, green, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, malachite, Moldavite, morrisonite, pendant, silver, spinel, sterling silver, Topaz, wire weaved, wire weaved pendant, wire wrap, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant
So I cut the Chrysocolla side of the rock from the prior post. It was a little tough, being that I didn’t want to cut it wrong or lose any of the druzy. I then cabbed it and was really happy with the outcome. I also cabbed a piece Morrisonite that takes a shine like glass with very little effort. Love this stuff. Here’s a few clickable pics.
If you want to buy some awesome druzy, just go to Nuevo Mundo Imports he still has some rough and slabs for now anyway.
New year new outlook
03 Jan 2010 Leave a comment
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants, Rock finds Tags: agate, cabbing, cabochon, Handmade jewelry, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, pet wood, petrified wood, rockhounding, rocks, silver pendant, teepee canyon agate, wire weaved pendant, wire weaving, wire wrapped
Love these three day weekends.. Wish they were all three dayers. The weather was pretty nice so we got to get out and do a lil rockhounding. Found some nice colored pet wood and just checked out the scenery. I also got to finish a few wraps. Fun weekend so far and another day to go.
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- Pet wood
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- Sara’s coral
Have fun!
In the last few weeks
28 Dec 2009 Leave a comment
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants, Uncategorized Tags: agate, cabbing, cabochon, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, Morgan Hill Poppy Jasper, silver, silver wire, sterling silver, teepee canyon agate, wire weaved pendant, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
Its been so hectic. Getting ready for a small Christmas show and then Christmas itself. The boutique turned out ok and it was really fun. I hadn’t set up for one in quite awhile and it turned out pretty good. I wrapped so many pieces that I burned out for a little while it seems. I didn’t even want to look at a piece of wire. So I cabbed a little, very little, went out and found a few pretty rocks. Mostly red jasper and pet wood. Until a few days ago a friend sent a few awesome cabs and wanted one wrapped. I was back into wire. I couldn’t stop! I’m just grateful it was the weekend since I got no sleep. lol I hope he likes his pendant half as much as I like the cab and slabs he sent me. I even got a lil cabbing in today. Looks like I’m slowly getting back in the swing.
Another long weekend coming up.. yay!
Hope this one was great for you.
A little cabbing and weaving
19 Oct 2009 Leave a comment
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants, wire weaved pendants Tags: cabbing, dino bone, dinosaur bone, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, Jewelry, lapidary, malachite, silver, silver wire, turquoise, weaved, wire weaved jewelry, wire weaved pendant, wire weaving, wire wrapped, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping
Just a little that is. Time has not been a friend, but I have been able to get a few things done. I cabbed a couple of Malachite cabs and although it was messy, I really like this stuff. Its pretty soft material and it takes a good shine. I cabbed a Morgan HIll poppy jasper and dino bone cab but the pictures, didn’t turn out so well. I also wrapped a couple of pendants. A dino bone and a turquoise pendant.
Well hope you had a great weekend and have a great week to come!!
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