Working with new components and combinations is never fast. It's always try this, nope not that, oooohh, how about this, what if I put these here and not there, would that be a better balance, oh I've got to switch tumblers, what was in that one, oh yes, I remember - ear wires, oh and don't forget to shorten that chain which will need to go back into the tumblers and I'm really liking that combination and didn't I have some big lavenderite nuggets that would look really cool with that big bone fossil and what time is it, oh just a few more minutes 'til I need to stop and get dinner going. Always hard to shift gears after a long day of focusing on new work.
I was on an earring binge for a bit ... remember my forged bailing wire? Here's a few finished pairs - I'm quite pleased with these - they're all jangly and very much fun ...
Rock and roll and asymmetry - plus I love the hammered green amethyst nuggets ...
Jumbo mystic topaz and raw diamonds ...
And here's a pair with the shark fossils and Roman glass...
The necklaces have been taking a while to figure out what components I want to use and then it always takes a while to get the balance right with all the little details. I started the day with delicate and ethereal ...
And ended with seriously bold. The piece on the left is a jumbo chunk of fossilized bone with a beautiful Basha bead and one of my sapphire studded beads and the right hand one is this lovely fossilized fragment of a shell that's kind of a dusky blue, combined with more fossils, mystic topaz, iolite and flourite...
Okay, I'm tired now. Time to shut down, do a bit of reading and see if I can get to sleep. My week ahead is going to be crazy - 3 doctors appointments, the tree guy for some yard work and ending up, thankfully, with a haircut on Friday ... ending with a bit of pampering after a week of being poked and prodded and accosted. BTW - just way overdue annual check-up stuff. I'm extremely healthy!
Nite nite!
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I am in love with this whole series!
ReplyDeleteWowser! You've been working in overdrive. Amazing things and most lovely.
ReplyDeleteFascinating combinations. Your creativity is so alive! I do only minimal creations these days because arthritis has set in in my right hand and wrist but I feel so good seeing what others are able to create. Great going, Kathy.
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The series continues! Tweaking designs and drilling more fossils and coming up with even more variations - too much fun!
ReplyDeleteYou're on a roll, girlie! Just LOVE these new earrings. Alert me when they go on etsy--if they will.
ReplyDeleteHoping to load up Etsy by the weekend ... stay tuned!
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