2. Use the curling technique that I used in my Emma Earrings only make three curls on the end of each piece of wire instead of just two.
3. Slip on an egg bead, and use the
You’ll need:
*1 brass bunny charm
**2 vegie lampwork beads
5 to 6 inches of gold-colored medium weight chain
1 6mm jump ring
1 8mm jump ring
1 5mm spring ring
2 - 2 inch gold-colored head pins
2 4mm clear bicone crytal beads
Metal hole puncher
Sculpey glaze
Paint brush
Round-nosed pliers
Flat-nosed pleirs
*The bunny charm pictured came from Guyot Brothers, item no. 07056.
**The carrot and celery lampwork beads were made by D.D. Hess.
You may have heard of these little hot pots used for precious metal clay, specifically PMC3. They claim to allow you to fire small metal clay pieces without the use of a kiln or torch.
Some metal clay artists aren’t real impressed with them and think you should just get over it and buy a kiln already. But, I was curious, so I finally tried one out.
In my article, “Metal Clay Hot Pot: Yes or No?” I tell you what I think about this little pot that seems to have a big controversy surround it.
Hi everyone!
I’ve returned temporarily to share with you what I’ve managed to do in between the insane homework assignments I’ve had lately. These pieces are chain maille-intensive, but I really like them all. A couple are simple, but the use of color gives them an edge they might not have otherwise. I had one more necklace (turquoise chain maille), but no matter how many photographs I took, my camera would not focus on it at all. I don’t know why, because all these photos were taken in the same session, and I didn’t have any focus issues with these pieces.
Hope you like them…Taser is one week away, and I’ll be glad when it’s done so Ican get back to some simpler designs. The fantastic ones are great…but they don’t sell as quickly as the simple pieces.
The NF17 fundraiser necklace for Neurofibromatosis Inc. of AZ. It’s the DNA spiral using black, silver and red jump rings. The red jump rings are #17 chromosome of 23 pairs, regardless from which end you start counting.
“Splash” bracelet.
“Pink Roses”
“Black Magic”–necklace front (pendants are Ethiopean crosses)
“Black Magic”–back side of necklace, with more Ethiopean crosses.
Detail on front side of “Black Magic” necklace. There are earrings to match as well, but I haven’t actually attached them to posts and photographed them.
That’s it for the time being…I’ll post again as soon as I can!
Be BOLD.
Miachelle
Three more gorgeous sets from Klaar & Co. This time I am just going to let the pictures speak from themselves, but point out that the gems in all of these sets are spectacular.