There are jewelry designers who can stick with the season, creating icy designs in the winter and flowery ones in the summer. I'm not one of them. With all the recent cold and snow, I've been craving flowers and bright colors. Here are two recent projects:
I created this seed bead flower to use on gift packaging. You can see my instructions on the Inside Beadwork Magazine blog where I've been guest posting for the last couple of months. Here's an insider secret for you: After wrapping up the box securely and taking photos, I realized that I had not put a gift inside. Now if I want to use this package in real life, I'll have to rip the pretty paper and rewrap it. |
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I made several projects colorizing raw brass components using a mix of Gilder's Paste, Vintaj patinas, alcohol inks, and the salt-and-vinegar potato chip patina that I talked about awhile back. (I used different techniques on different components, not all of them at once!) I went a little crazy with the Vintaj patinas on the brass filigree triangle on this cuff, using a little bit of nearly every color I owned. This bracelet project was waaaaay outside of my comfort zone in terms of color, but it's always good to try new things. You never know what will be your breakthrough technique or style. Three of the other projects (two pairs of earrings and necklace) were posted on the B'Sue Boutiques blog last week. The little leaves (right-facing and left-facing) were my favorite raw brass components. It's easy to drill holes in them and use them as links or dangles. |
Spring will be here in less than six weeks!