New Copper and Clay Necklace

This necklace was just finished today.  I created the clay pendant drop with a sheet of art done in clay in a Mokume Gane technique.  The clay is layered and then sliced through to get the pattern.  Then I cut pieces from the clay, cure it, sand it and cover it with a coat of resin. 

Working with solid copper wire, I sculpted the base for the pendant, hammered it to give it strength and just kept working with the wire in a free style method to get a desired look.  The pendant is coiled with tiny guage copper wire and wrapped with hematite stones and copper beads.  The large stone in the middle is carved black stone.  Then, I created the links of the chain and made the copper necklace and a hook for closure.  The chain was then tumbled to harden the copper links.  I then oxidize the chain which, I think, brings the color of the hematite up into the necklace. 

I think it came out pretty cool. 

Wire Wrapped Rose Quartz Necklaces

Here are two necklaces created with rose quartz stones and wrapped in .925 sterling silver.  The pendant above was netted with fine sterling silver wire in a needle lace technique.  The sterling silver flower dangles freely.  This piece is available at http://bodyice.net/jewelry/product.php?productid=17782&cat=261&page=1.  The necklace below was wire wrapped with .925 sterling silver as well.  This piece was recently sold and is no longer available but I love the heart shaped caged stone. 

The rose quartz stone is considered the stone of love and marriage.  The stone is said to give vibrations of love for the wearer and gives inner peace and enhances the feeling of self-worth. 

Clay Diva Pins

These scarf pins were created with face canes of clay, sheets of artwork in clay and various other canes of clay.  I had a lot of fun making them and I think they came out real cute.  The pins are one-of-a-kind and the face cane is limited.  Therefore, I can only make a certain number of jewelry pieces with a specific face.  Canes are created the same way tubes of cookie dough with pictures in the middle are made.  The canes are sliced and incorporated into artistic pieces. 

Clay, Hematite Stones and Sterling Silver

I recently finished this necklace and had a lot of fun making it. The larger swirled beads are hand created with clay, tumbled and hand buffed. They were strung together with hematite stones of gun metal gray. The pendant part of the necklace was made with a sheet of artwork done in clay, cut, hand sanded and resin coated. I then wrapped the clay in .925 sterling silver and wove the wire into a unique bail. Continuing, I surrounded the clay pendant in more hematite stones and completed the pendant with two dangles at the bottom.