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After many months of resisting, I finally got myself a proper ring mandrel and decided I should make some freeform rings (it works for pendants, so why wouldn’t it for rings?). This is the first one I’ve made. It took me a long time to decide what beads I wanted to use, and after a while went for a safe brown-turquoise combination. I don’t think it’s bad for the first time.
Like this:
I’m trying my skill in hammering wire. It’s been going pretty well, considering I’ve started just yesterday. I just hope that my neighbours won’t kill me, because the process can be quite noisy and rather annoying. I’ve made several pairs of earrings and a couple of pendants so far, so have a look:
Copper kitty on a big onyx bead. (Available)
A rather huge agate slab pendant with some natural turquoise beads; the wire is just partially flattened here. (Available)
A pair of very simple hoop earrings with a lampwork bead (reserved).
Another pair of simple earrings, made with silver plated copper (which turned out just fine for flattening). (Available)
Wire wrapped and partially hammered earrings with turquoise and some copper findings (Available).
Three so far, but there might be more. I wish I could wear this colour, I’d make one for myself.
Jasper, like agate, is also a type of chalcedony (silicone dioxide), but unlike agate has non-regular and non-circular patterns and is also more opaque in general. There are a few sorts of jasper, one of the most beautiful ones being the red one.
All available on Etsy: [1] [2] and [3]
It seems that over time I’ve gathered plenty of turquoise coloured beads. I doubt that many of them are the actual turquoise, mostly they’re just dyed howlite and magnesite, but still they’re pretty. I’ve decided to do something with them finally, so I took the teardrop-shaped ones and made some earrings.
I love to buy random turquoise bead mixes, unfortunately I like to have more beads than I can process :D
This freeform bracelet has a lot of various turquoise beads: chalk, stabilized, probably some dyed howlite as well, I have no idea what else. It has some wire wrapped beads as well as some dangling ones.
