Voltaic - Handcrafted Earrings

If electricity could be seen, I would imagine that it might look something like these earrings.

These earrings are made from clay Natashia cabochons.  Natashia beads are usually made with scrap clay of diferent colors, the clay is swirled to some degree and then cut to create artistic mirror images on each of the beads. Cabochons are cut stones, or in this case clay, that have not been drilled into beads. 

The clay was cured, sanded with many grades of wet sandpaper and then buffed on a soft wheel to a satin shine.  When I determine how I will use the cabochons, I then either wrap them or drill them as needed.  In this case, I drilled a single hole at the top of each cabochon and then created a sculpted ear wire.  The ear wire was then wrapped together with a small copper round with tiny gauge wire to finish each earring. 

The earrings measure 2 inches long and are 1/2 inch wide.  Very very light on the ears.  I hope you like them!

Contact me if you wish to purchase these earrings at $16.00.  Or, come see my artwork at the Dutch Reformed Church, Route 9, Hyde Park, NY on November 19th.  http://www.bodyice.net/

Aigaios - A new clay and wire necklace.

Aigaios was the God of violent sea storms and the ally of the Titans. The Aegean Sea was named after him. The art clay in this piece certainly resembles the torment of ocean seas and if you look carefully you might even see a face or figure in the structure of the piece. The two distinctive swirls representing water funnels and the white representing the froths of the oceans seas that are created from such violent sea storms. Afterwards, the sun shines brilliantly (as in the bright yellow Swarovsky crystals) above and all comes to a calm after the storm.

I first had to create the abstract art work in a sheet of clay before I could cut, cure and coat the central piece of this necklace in resin. I then started work on creating a frame for the pendant which I wove and wrapped with the clay piece in solid copper. I added a cluster of yellow Swarovsky crystals which give the pendant sparkle. I then created the chain from solid copper wire in a rosary pattern with small copper rounds and tube shaped beads of yellow, white and green, the colors of the pendant. And, finally, I created a copper hook from the wire to finish off the piece.

The pendant of this necklace measures 2 and ½ inches wide and is 1 and ½ inches long from the top of the bail. The chain measures 20 and 3/4 inches and has an extension chain for another inch making the total length of the chain 21 and 3/4 inches long. The chain can be shortened by removing one inch links as needed.


This piece will be available for purchase at the Dutch Reformed Church off Route 9 in Hyde Park, NY on November 19th.  Come and visit me there.  http://www.bodyice.net/

A New Art to Wear Necklace

Greetings,  I have been very busy helping my daughter get her new home together.  Mostly building a new kitchen for her.  I also love to do tile work.  Anyway, here is a new necklace that I created in clay and copper. 

Hopefully, I can get back to business working on my jewelry, blogs, shops and whatever else needs to be done for my artwork.  If you like my creations, I will be at the Dutch Reformed Church off Route 9 in Hyde Park, New York on November 19th.  Come and visit me there.  Or, you can see more of my work at http://www.bodyice.net/.  Thanks.