Showing posts with label stones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stones. Show all posts
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
RAW 9/52
Week 9: Beach Stone Blues
Here, in the Northeast, we take our summertime seriously. We are desperately waiting for warmer weather here in Massachusetts, so this week's ring offers a taste---- A stone picked up from a beach and sterling silver prongs. Something to contemplate on these cold days and to remind us that change is coming...
It is my first successful attempt at prong (or is it claw?) setting. This is not a traditional prong setting that you would see on a faceted stone, but made with 1.6 mm sterling square wire. I like that the prongs are really reaching around and gripping the stone. I may give this to my sister, who lives in Colorado and misses living near the coast and her time at the beach.
Here, in the Northeast, we take our summertime seriously. We are desperately waiting for warmer weather here in Massachusetts, so this week's ring offers a taste---- A stone picked up from a beach and sterling silver prongs. Something to contemplate on these cold days and to remind us that change is coming...
It is my first successful attempt at prong (or is it claw?) setting. This is not a traditional prong setting that you would see on a faceted stone, but made with 1.6 mm sterling square wire. I like that the prongs are really reaching around and gripping the stone. I may give this to my sister, who lives in Colorado and misses living near the coast and her time at the beach.
C'mon Summer, hurry up and get here!
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| Old Lyme Shores, CT |
Sunday, February 6, 2011
RAW 6/52
Week 6 of Ring a Week (RAW):
This week's ring is a continuation of my new fascination with setting stones. I am not really sure why I never set stones in the 15+ years that I have made jewelry, but I am getting much satisfaction from designing, setting, and shopping for stones! The vast majority of the jewelry I have made has been production jewelry, using castings as the main components. It is really nice to get back to making things that are completely fabricated and one of a kind.
This week's ring is sterling silver and amethyst sage agate. I love its asymmetry. It will be listed on my etsy shop.
It is fortunate that I rarely clean up my workspace, because I do a lot of designing and figuring out right at my bench, in the middle of process. This ring came into being by using the scraps of wire and spare castings laying about the bench.
This week's ring is a continuation of my new fascination with setting stones. I am not really sure why I never set stones in the 15+ years that I have made jewelry, but I am getting much satisfaction from designing, setting, and shopping for stones! The vast majority of the jewelry I have made has been production jewelry, using castings as the main components. It is really nice to get back to making things that are completely fabricated and one of a kind.
This week's ring is sterling silver and amethyst sage agate. I love its asymmetry. It will be listed on my etsy shop.
It is fortunate that I rarely clean up my workspace, because I do a lot of designing and figuring out right at my bench, in the middle of process. This ring came into being by using the scraps of wire and spare castings laying about the bench.
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Check out the flikr RAW group to see what the other members have created this week! |
Monday, January 31, 2011
RAW 2011
Welcome to RAW 2011!
This is a more sedate version of the insanity born from RAD (Ring a Day). The idea is to embark on a personal journey of creativity, by creating one ring a week, for an entire year. Finished results are posted to the flikr group, which now boasts over 140 members. I am five weeks in and here are my finished pieces, so far:
Right now, I am teaching myself how to set stones. I have never worked with stones before, and am enjoying the challenge very much, getting out of the production mode for a change. Beware, though, buying stones from Etsy stores is extremely addictive! Here are some of my favorite sources for buying stones on Etsy:
This is a more sedate version of the insanity born from RAD (Ring a Day). The idea is to embark on a personal journey of creativity, by creating one ring a week, for an entire year. Finished results are posted to the flikr group, which now boasts over 140 members. I am five weeks in and here are my finished pieces, so far:
Right now, I am teaching myself how to set stones. I have never worked with stones before, and am enjoying the challenge very much, getting out of the production mode for a change. Beware, though, buying stones from Etsy stores is extremely addictive! Here are some of my favorite sources for buying stones on Etsy:
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