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Saturday February 13, 2010
After a big push yesterday … thanks Tom for puppy-wrangling! … the necklace is DONE! I’m glad to have it finished. I hate deadlines hanging over my head and frankly, there were a few times there that I despaired whether I would ever get past the clasp and hinge! Here it is laying and on a [...] Thursday February 11, 2010
I have entered the embellishment stage of the necklace. The locket and surrounding “cage” being done. I still may age parts of this but the construction? DONE! Initially I was going to do the entire thing in metal but after going through some options, I think a bit of red is in order. After all, Valentine’s [...] Friday February 5, 2010
Or how a simple necklace/locket turns into a multi-day extravaganza on how NOT to make closures! Oh. I know. It LOOKS innocent enough. All sweetness and bright coppery goodness. But don’t be fooled. As a quick glance at my work area can attest: THAT is the mayhem that the so-called “innocent” locket created. And that’s just today’s [...] Tuesday February 2, 2010
I’ve said it before and I’ll likely say it again, assemblage is all about problem solving. And while my OWOH necklace isn’t an assemblage per se, the process is very similar. My initial attempt at creating the locket part of this piece has been met with all sorts of problems, not the least of which [...] Wednesday January 27, 2010
Having never created a piece of jewelry from scratch before …on my own… this whole process is brand new for me. Pondering my sketch, I figured I need to make the locket first. I cut out my hearts and got out my dapping block. As I started hammering away, I realized that my two-dimensional hearts [...] |
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