Wow… it has been a long time since my last post, but I’m back in creative-land. I spent some time in the studio this weekend, and enjoyed it muchly. A lot of time was spent touching up some older pieces of jewellery – resizing, adding a new patina, that sort of thing. The majority of time was spent turning a pendant into a bracelet. Here is the pendant:
Flower pendant
I’ve always liked it, but haven’t worn it in ages. The inspiration for the design was from a picture in one of Lemony Snickett ‘s “A Series of Unfortunate Events” books. There was a picture of a grappling hook that made me want to make jewellery. My design turned out more like a flower than a mechanical object.
I decided this was a perfect item to set a stone on. I found a lovely little fluorite cabochon, and after a few missteps, I added on a bezel setting (I am SO out of practice!). I then hunted through my larger scrap bits for silver for the links. I heated/melted the metal using a process called reticulation… the end result can look like a landscape, and it is totally unpredictable. Here’s how it turned out:
Flourite and sterling silver bracelet
I tend to make a new piece of jewellery prior to trips… this will be my Via Rail bracelet as the trip I won is coming up soon… yay!