finished jewellery 2011

[Pat from Canvey]

I decided to try this with leather cord so used 1.5mm soft green and used one of my own focal beads.
Here's ac close up of the focal and the smaller beads,
I found it much easier to work with the leather as the knotting seemed to come out more regular. I used silver on the small beads to complement the silver on the focal.

[Pat from Canvey]

These are from the book "Celtic Knots for Beaded Jewellery" by Suzan Millodot. They are made with 1.5mm leather cord and use sterling silver crimp necklets from Palmers to finish off the cord. The wires are 1mm silver wire as I prefer this for my earings.

[mizgeorge]

Somebody fluttered her eyelashes at me and asked for one of her fabulous rockpool cabs to be turned into a pendant for her holidays


rockpool pendant by mizgeorge, on Flickr

[chipperpottery]

I had a wonderful day yesterday with George, she is so patient with me   This is my second day of learning how to enhance my work with silver and I am sure it won't be my last.
I had bought a cab from Lush and wanted to make it into a pendant, but could also be used as a pin. The second thing  I wanted to be able to make was my own stud earrings ,and this with Georges help and tuition is what I have made.
(before you say anything George, I know I need to still do more polishing on them! )


Is it a Pendant or a  Pin Brooch ? by Avalon Beads, on Flickr

Is it a Pendant or a Brooch ? by Avalon Beads, on Flickr


These are mine by Avalon Beads, on Flickr

Thanks George and Julie  

[nemeton]

... beading keeps me sane in between all the boring stuff 

Stop me if you've seen these before 

Won't bore you with rafts of seedy things but thought you might like these...
First - a commission for a friend's wedding anniversary - fabulous focal by Red Hot Sal in a luscious shade of blue that took weeks of searching to match!

The spacers evolved into my own take on 'silver cored' beads...

And I made a beaded bead pendant to go with one of Diane's silk ribbons in another gorgeous but hard-to-match shade of blue

and got sidetracked into making an even bigger size of beaded bead, mostly if I will be honest here because I made a mistake and ordered wooden beads in the wrong size 

Am currently working on a commission for four 'Nemesis' necklaces  of which this is the third, with a stonking stripey encased lentil by our Tan 


That will do to be going on with, but I'll be back with more in due course...

[Pat from Canvey]

I felt like making something simple last night while watching TV. I knew I had some waxed cotton and a few crystals from a charity shop buy so made this,
The knots are square ones as you can see from this close up
Excuse the cat hairs, Nancy sits on this old jumper when I'm not taking photos.

[LilLizaJane]

Five finished pieces

Untitled by LilLizaJanes Jewellery Store, on Flickr
Untitled by LilLizaJanes Jewellery Store, on Flickr
Pink squiggles by LilLizaJanes Jewellery Store, on Flickr
Untitled by LilLizaJanes Jewellery Store, on Flickr
Silvered sea ovals by LilLizaJanes Jewellery Store, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!

[chipperpottery]

I am really into making bracelets lately 
This is my latest, I used the new bead marver from Pegusus for the ribbed beads.


Iceberg Bracelet by Avalon Beads, on Flickr

[Emerald]

Isabelle named these Mosaic and they are a stunning blue my photos dont do them justice sadly, the sun was in and out like a Yo-YO today hence the Mosaic photos


2011-08-27 Mosaic Beaded Bracelet by jowalker2368, on Flickr

and this is Isabelles photo


Mosaic by Flame and Glass, on Flickr

[nemeton]

Finished this today - gorgeous focal by Tan, sorry my photo doesn't really do it justice:


This is the final 'Nemesis' necklace in an epic commission for no fewer than four of them. Large parcel will be heading off to Australia next week... and I am through with peyote spirals for a while... although I had forgotten how much I love making big dangly tassels! 

[Quartz]

Pair of pearl earrings from me today
Got the lovely Mother of Pearl drops from Sooz at the Bead shed - and today I couldn't get them out of my head!

[Quartz]

Had a mini-experiment moment too ... quilling ... but not just for cardmaking


Quilled Earrings - Off Centre Circles by Nicola @ Smitten Kitten, on Flickr



What do you think?
The're not perfect, definately need to improve on my swirlies if i am going to consider selling a few pairs. Would also put a backing behind the quilling so then you don't see the silver base at the bottom, maybe a contrasting colour would look good there
Also - making some different patterns, maybe quilled flowers or other swirly-curlies in a mixture of colours would look good.

Apologies if you have seen these on another forum already
I'm off out to the pub in a min, so wanna get my blog and forum posts finito before i leave x

[lesley]

.....although they've also been called rain clouds or flying bats - not fussed really.
Anodized Niobium in "Eggplant" and "Misty".


IMG_5415 by Elel Jewellery, on Flickr


IMG_5394 by Elel Jewellery, on Flickr


IMG_5397 by Elel Jewellery, on Flickr

[helbels]

This focal bead didn't want to be made.  I had a lovely Harlequin necklace kit from Diane (Sowzerere) to use, and really wanted to make something to go on it.

However, everything about it went wrong.  Everything smudged, the colours didn't play nicely together, it cracked on the mandrel (about 3 times), and several times I nearly slung it in the water pot.  However, I'd spent so much time on it by that point that I was loathe to give up, even though I did mentally question whether I was just PTT (polishing the turd.....) by then.

However, overall, it seems to have come out ok, so I'm quite pleased with it!!


027 by Alchemy Lampwork, on Flickr


029 by Alchemy Lampwork, on Flickr

[chipperpottery]

Now they are dressed, they get a name :- Aqua starburst Earrings.
I didn't want the murrini in the centre, as I wanted them near the base. 


Aqua Starburst Earrings by Avalon Beads, on Flickr