jewelry – Through My Eyes

Changing Gears

I recently closed my Etsy shop because their SEO was so ineffective. My new shop is on My Community Made which is more geared towards crafters and artisans of all kinds.

This is just a peak at one of my many handmade products:

https://mycommunitymade.com/store/folkways-creations/

This particular piece is a saphire, 15 cts, cabochon cut wrapped in sterling silver wire.

Check out the page. There are not a lot of products right now but I will be adding more so please click that follow button or email me for special requests.

Thanks for time.

Perfection Or Not So Perfect

In the last few months I have expanded my artistic journey to include jewelry making. Admittedly I have made some pieces that would not meet my level of perfection… but then I had to stop myself.

I had been throwing out everything that was imperfect and this morning it hit me. If God judged me like that I would have been tossed out a long time ago. The Imperfect Knot might not be pretty but was created from bits and pieces of metals from completed projects. While a recycled project, it can still serve a purpose. Like this bit of imperfection none of us are perfect but we all have a purpose.

While this ring may look more complete it too was a recycled project. One of my biggest frustrations in using soft metals is the unwanted scratches and dents. To make them a little less noticeable I added a few dents of my own.

Working with metal is definitely giving me a lesson in patience. Continue to follow me on my artistic journey.

Have a wonderful day.

Of Wings And Wire

Those that know me know I never stop looking for that next adventure in crafting. The past few weeks I have been tampering with metal in particular wire. While I have had experience beading I have not designed with wire itself.

While I love designing anything this is one art that has really tested my patience. I typically like things that I can complete pretty quickly with the exception of painting. I can do a painting in a few hours and sometimes it may take a week or longer.

I think some days there must be a little angel perched on my shoulder to keep me focused. Otherwise, I would surely wreak havoc with some of my projects.

Wire wrapping is not difficult but is time consuming. Here are some of my completed projects to date:

If you are interested in learning this craft there are great videos on both YouTube and Rumble.

Expand your horizon and learn a craft. May God richly bless you.

Ball & Chain

Here’s a quick project for you beaders.

Take a small piece of chain, add beads onto an eye pin, add the chain to a large lobster claw clasp….bling! Add multiple beads on eye pins to create this cluster.

Happy Friday….. Despite what is going on in our country right now…I love all of you.

Bead By Bead

So today I have been beading. I started out the day doing simple earrings:

This afternoon I started a Native American style fringe earring. These are worked with very small seed beads added to a beading needed. You first start by making a ring and then working back through half of them to start the brick pattern. These take quite a while to complete but worth the effort. There are patterns on pinterest and on the Fire Mountain Gem website.