I have been making jewelry off and on since I was a child. I have also dabbled with other crafts like paper mache and concrete garden art, but I keep coming back to jewelry. I believe it has become an obsession!
These earrings are quite large measuring 1 1/2" at the widest point and 2 1/2" long from the top of the ear wire. The bottom half of the triangle has a lightly hammered texture while the top half has a smooth high polish shine. The chain links are hand made and the stones are black spinel, labradorite and moonstone brios.
This was a great project to practice precise soldering. I used two different gauges of wire and it took three stages of soldering. The circles are lightly hammered, and the whole thing was oxidized.
This stone is a local jasper, and it's my first attempt at cutting and polishing stone. I think I did pretty good if I do say so myself! (I would have polished a bit more, but it was getting late) It's a large shield shape, about 1 1/2 inches from curve to point. I can't wait to do more!
Two different styles with the same materials, sterling silver and African sapphires. Both pairs are about 2" long from the top of the earwire. The sterling "wave" type earrings were hard to photograph, the silver really catches the light as they move.
A lot of different stones, including amethyst, aquamarine, carnelian, peridot, garnet, kyanite, iolite and labradorite. There are even a few creamy fresh water pearls here and there. It's all ut together with many feet of sterling silver wire.
I'm going through a phase of making silver and copper organic feeling earrings, with a bit of a modern/contemporary flair, a lot of oxidized and brushed finishes as well as circles and curvy flowing shapes, I hope you like them!