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!

#117-118

 day 117: today was spent in the studio.  these are all works-in-progress, 5 new brooches.

day 118: and today i finally got around to photographing some of the new brooches that i finished on friday!  these were made with recycled tongue depressors and fine silver.

#14

Finally, finally, finally got back in the studio. I signed up to participate in BAW52, that's brooch a week, and had yet to actually finish one! So I have one finished and am working in two more using my recycled gift card/layered window design. Here you see works in progress :)

RAW 1 & 2

there's a group on flickr called RAW: Ring-a-Week.

last year they did ring-a-day which was a bit much for me, but figured i could handle a ring a week! got off to a rocky start with travel and house guests, but here are my first 2 week rings. week one is just a little late ;)

both rings are painted wood, riveted to a sterling silver ring assembly.

the cube looks like it would be heavy or uncomfortable, but it's really light weight and sits nicely on the hand.