Fall preview 7

New from the negative tree series. Sterling silver. 

i'm itching to show the piece i designed for the convention michelle is hosting...but i've been instructed to WAIT.  ugh, i'm no good at that.  here's another new piece with a basic stone setting.  sterling silver, beach stone and chrysophase beads.

it's a basic setting, but i still have a long way to go in perfecting my technique.

and if you're in calgary stampeding...yeehaw!

BAW52/22

#22 in the brooch-a-week challenge.  revisited the dots on slices of branch motif.  having fun with it, bit of an aboriginal feel, or something you'd find in africa.

BAW52/18

BAW #18: bit of a departure on this one.  used a slice of raw wood and just a few dots with two distressed granulation accents.  think i'll have to explore this series a bit more.  really like that i can still see the grain of the wood etc.  choosing colors for the raw wood vs. my usual black wood was also a challenge.  cheers!

photo #38 and BAW 5 & 6

 continuing with the brooch-a-week project, here is #5.  another layered window design, using 4 

different recycled gift cards and fine silver rivets

 and #6, another layered window design, using 2 different recycled gift cards and fine silver rivets.  this one dangles from a silver ring.  shown here on a sweater.

shown off the sweater....also my photo for the day :)

BAW52/4

departed from recycled gift cards, at least for this week, and switched over to plexiglass. the plexi is raised with sections of tubing and then riveted to the silver with smaller bits of tubing.

RAW #45 & #46

the cyclist on the right was RAW #36. meet the snowboarder and runner!

RAW #45: another recycled gift card in a layered windows ring. all parts are sterling silver.

RAW #46: another recycled gift card in a layered windows ring. all parts are sterling silver.

RAW #44

finally catching up! this was a bit of departure for me, but i was looking for new ways to use my granulated and distressed granulated base pieces. this ring has 4 distressed disks sandwiched over the ends of heavy square wire. all sterling silver.

RAW #33

look ma, no dots! well, at least not the kind i painted myself. this ring is part of the layered window series, which uses recycled gift cards and sterling silver.

more tomorrow, have a great weekend!

RAW #32

fear not, i have a few that are just metal and not painted, coming! they are in the queue :) but until then....another ocd dots. this one with a recycled gift card in the window and some sterling silver leaf embellishments.

RAW #20 & #21

i got a little behind the last couple of weeks and couldn't get into the studio much. so you're getting two rings this week! #20 is one of my layered window designs using two different recycled gift cards. i was also looking for a bit more dimension and added a plastic flower cabochon.

#21 is another ocd dots ring. this one was originally designed as a pendant for the spring show, but i liked it so much i did it as a ring, too! there's a recycled gift card peeking out of the windows and two sterling silver leaf accents.

RAW #18

this one has overtones of RAW #2, but even BIGGER! can't decide if it reminds me of a top hat or a cake :) but its fun and comfy so it's okay.

have a great week!

RAW #17

quick, quick, quick post! in full show prep mode!

another ocd dot ring with some fun copper elements. all riveted to a sterling silver assembly.

have a great week!

RAW #16

RAW52 #16: i've been crazy busy getting ready for my spring show which is this saturday and forgot to post! the lighting today was terrible, but here is #16. another ocd dots with a fun spring color combo. i like that this one is a little more moderate in size and that you can see your finger through the hole.

RAW #15

still having fun with the ocd dots. this one is also quite large, but i couldn't help myself! i love this ceramic button i bought from kylie parry on etsy and just had to find a way to showcase it.

RAW #14

spring FINALLY seems to have sprung here in calgary! and in that spirit, i give you lots of green and pink and flowers :)

this new one is more ocd dots painted on wood. the 'window' shows a glimpse of a recycled gift card. all the elements are riveted together.

rear view. this ring has a nice weight to it, largely in part to the full sheet of silver covering the back side.

happy spring!

RAW #11

from my layered windows series. consists of recycled gift cards, sterling silver sheet and sterling silver ring assembly.

i've been wanting to use that dragon card for ages!

RAW #10

it's been a crazy week (i say that a lot)! simply too much to go into, but it kept me out of the studio for the majority of the week. and so, this week's ring is almost late too.

still on the dots kick, but tried a new ring assembly this time! very comfortable to wear and can be worn on multiple fingers without any trouble which is interesting. the wood piece is quite big and extends across roughly 3 fingers when worn.

have a great week everyone!

RAW #7

busy, busy, busy week with the new pooch, but loving every minute of it! he does not however support my art habit :) he seems to prefer me to play with him instead of in the studio. i did manage to get another ring done this week though...

this week's ring needed to be fast so i did another painted wood one. looks kind of like a spider doesn't it? the wood is riveted to a sterling silver ring assembly.

have a great weekend!