Material: Alloy Fashion Element: Circle, Triangle, Ellipse Style: Ethnic Style

Material: Alloy Fashion Element: Round Style: Europe and America

In a series entitled, “Bouquets and Butterflies“, artist Ann Carrington transforms old silverware into beautiful metal bouquet sculptures

Irregular sterling silver hand forged links make for a very sexy necklace. You can wear it down, doubled or gathered up in a jumble. 36 inches. Will be packaged for gift giving.

Bezel-Setting Tutorial: Make your own bezel-set ring or other piece of jewelry following this tutorial! You will need: Basic to intermediate metalsmithing skills soldering equipment pickling solution Jewelers saw shears/snips set of jewelers files sandpaper grits 200-400…

Those happy to spend many hours crocheting away are always looking for new designs and patterns to try out, which challenge their creativity and hone

This large trillium ring is a must-have for nature lovers! Made with sterling silver and set with a pearl, it's perfect for stacking with other twig rings from the 'Petite fleur' collection.  Whether you're dressing up or keeping things casual, this silver flower ring is a perfect addition to any outfit. **************************************************** Band Wide: 2 mm Band Thickness: 1.8 mm Finish: shinny polished Trillium width : 10 mm Pearl : Freshwater pearl 8 mm round shape  ***************************************************  This silver flower ring is made to order : 6-10 business days of fabrication prior shipping.

Keirsten Giles has once again written up a fantastic blog post about her studio adventures and explorations. Hopefully you are as inspired as I am by the peek into her journey of creating a tulip shape in metal. Make sure you click on the link about coins and hammer embossing. You will love it. -Jen --------------------------------------- I love metal beads and other three-dimensional metal shapes; unfortunately it is difficult to find such ready-made items in a finish that matches my own metalwork, and I don’t do any casting, or work with metal clay so I can’t easily make my own. I decided to try achieving a 3D shape with simple cuts and curves. My inspiration was tulip blossoms: Photo by John O’Neill courtesy Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jjron) I just love this shape. I used a tulip-shaped vintage brass beadcap for a starting point, picturing it spread flat in my mind (I still thought I might use it so I didn’t want to actually smash it flat). From Calliope’s Attic on Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/listing/109318905/medium-tulip-bead-cap-raw-brass?) I sketched out a couple of large shapes that I thought might work, with four petals. I eventually bit the bullet and just smashed the beadcap I had, thinking, “Well, I’m going to make a bunch of these from copper, so what do I really need it for?” I scanned it, and then made several different sizes on the computer and printed them onto card stock to make templates from: the actual template is included at the bottom of this post for you to save and use Then using my new templates I cut out several sizes from various gauges of copper sheet—22 gauge for the very large ones, and 24 and 26 gauge for the smaller ones. I etched the 22- and 24-gauge shapes, and embossed the 26-gauge sheets with coins and a hammer . I punched center holes with my Beadsmith hole punch pliers, and then annealed all the textured shapes to make them easier to work with. Just for fun I made holes in the edges of the petals on one pair. I began by using my doming set to produce slightly cupped shapes on the petals. Then I domed the center of each shape, first resting the doming punch in the center of the shape and pressing the petals against the ball with my fingers, and then hammering the punch gently into the cap. Et voila! I’ve used one of the small embossed pair for earrings, with clear quartz: I made the largest ones from 22 gauge sheet. These required a little more man-handling—I had to curve the edges of the petals inward a bit with my pliers. The large ones may be part of necklaces eventually, and maybe I will use a pair of the larger ones for a lariat. I have to say I preferred the three-petal bud to the four-petal. I may rework the four-petaled ones a little bit to give them a rounder shape. All in all, it was fun! -Keirsten Giles The Cerebral Dilettante Lune Artisan Jewelry on Etsy Lune Artisan Jewelry on Facebook ------------------------------------------------- If you would like to experiment with your own tulip shapes, Keirsten is very generously sharing her template with you. First, click it to open the image, then right click to save it to your computer. Print it out, and use it. Make sure you share your results!

Lightweight and elegant, this piece will quickly become one of your wardrobe staples. The small Quantum Rose with Fringe pendant is 7/8" in width; height is approximately 3.75". This pendant comes on a seamless chain so you can slide the necklace over your head. (However you can choose to add a clasp if you prefer.)  size guide Stainless steel jump rings, clasp (optional) and chain