The mood..is staying busy… or nothing..
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Hiding and being present… sums it up…
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The mood
24 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: grief, Jewelry, pendant, resin art, sadness, working through
We go on
22 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: craft show, Jewelry, la vida, life, pendant, resin, resinart
Yes,we go on.. one foot in front of the other, chore by chore. Forgive me if I go through the motions maybe even smile.
A craft show.. here we go…
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Staying busy
19 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in Handmade jewelry Tags: Handmade jewelry, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, Jewelry, pendant, resin, resin art, sadness, sorrow, staying busy, steampunk, unique jewelry
I’ve recently lost a very big piece of my heart. The sorrow is soul crushing. Daily functions are difficult to complete. These are times I find that if I can keep busy, I may can get through it.
God never gives us more than we can handle right? It’s a fine line and I’m on the line.
I found a box with some watch parts from a time I made some steampunk jewelry. It stayed on my mind and a plan started to develop. Incorporate the parts with resin? Hmm.. interesting…
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I like how they are turning out so far.. I’m thinking maybe some color too. I’ll add a pic once I’m done.
The loss? My son.. my one and only son. Parents shouldn’t have to bury their children.
Many blessings and peace
Raquel
Newness
30 Sep 2021 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: crosses, floral, flowers, hemp, Jewelry, new path, pendant, Pendants, resin, skulls
So rocks and stones have been my life for many years.. not that it’s going to change any time soon… A person can try new things though. Can’t they?
I tried to get back into wire wrapping but for some reason there was just no inspiration.
Thanks to my daughter who kept bugging me to get into resin for the past couple years, I finally decided to give it a try. Ok, I’m totally addicted. It’s so much easier on the hands too…don’t tell her… I’m so glad I finally tried it… it’s been fun.
Sure the flowers in resin are beautiful.. and I have made a few. But there is so much more to it!
Here we go!
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Raq
Labor day weekend fun
05 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in cabbing, Handmade jewelry Tags: agate, cabbing, chrysocolla, druzy, malachite, pendant, silver
Well its been awhile since I’ve picked up a rock to give it a polish or even a cut. Last weekend I finally decided it was time to get something done. That and my friend kept berating me about not working any rock. Ha! It finally worked, all that guilt.
So anyway, I worked a crazy lace agate, reworked a botswana agate, and the chrysocolla, malachite druzy that begs to be seen. I knew that working the druzy would make me want to set it or wrap it in silver.
It was fun and boy do I need to practice. It did make me want to practice though. So I’ll be cutting up some more soon.
Here are a few pics and the finished pendant.
Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderful 3 day weekend! 😉
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!
Super Sunday Cabbing
07 Feb 2011 Leave a comment
in cabbing, wire weaved pendants Tags: cab, cabbing, chrysocolla, drusy, druzy, pendant, quartz, queensland agate, silver, wire weaving, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant, wire wrapping, wirewrapp
Super Bowl Sunday, and I get to cab til the game starts. Thats a wonderful day!.
I cabbed a small piece of Chrysocolla drusy that as left from a piece of stone I won on the Taogem forum. It had some amazing blue green or teal colored druse and dark green malachite druse. Its from Nuevo Mundo Imports. I highly recommend them if you want the best chrysocolla and malachite drusy. The crystals are so clear and shiny. Awesome stuff. Its pricey but you get what you pay for. I also cabbed another quartz drusy cab.
I also cabbed a Queensland agate. The Queensland agate has some very nice patterning and layers, plus a little drusy in the middle. Love it!
The icing on the cake?
Green bay won! yay!!
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.
We are having a heat wave!
29 Jun 2009 4 Comments
in Handmade jewelry, Pendants, Rock finds Tags: amethyst, cabochon, chlorastrolite, greenstone, http://wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/, Jewelry, Michigan greenstones, pendant, tourmaline, wire weaved jewelry, wire wrapped jewelry, wire wrapped pendant
The best thing about the bay area is the weather. Usually that is. Today the sun got us into the hundred degree stuff! Yesterday was just as bad too. That said outside activities were morning ones and then outta the heat the rest of the day. I did my best to make a new piece or at least start one but to no avail. I have wrappers block. That’s what my husband calls it. lol 🙂 I finished one pendant that I had started during the week and thats about it. I was wanting to break out and try something a lil different so, yeah, scrap metal baby!.. I know your probably tired of the lil green stones I’m so happy about but seriously, I’m gonna show you the other one I had in the first batch then I promise to keep going with new stuff. That said here ya go….
I hope you all had a great weekend.
Stay cool!
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