tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359786172855657802024-02-22T05:55:12.237-08:00SRAJD: Self-Representing Artists in Jewelry DesignInformation for and about members of the international organization for Self-Representing Artists in Jewelry Design (SRAJD).Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-10214209516157987512019-06-22T21:02:00.001-07:002019-07-01T12:14:19.927-07:00April-June 2019 Design Challenge -- SPIRALS<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Here are the entries from members of the </span><a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/index.html" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #d61515; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">SRAJD Organization</a><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> for the following theme challenge: "Create a piece of jewelry featuring spirals”. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kim Vagnone</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/128635364358606/" target="_blank">Aurora Eclipse</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Under the Sea Pendant" I used wire, textured yarn, and a variety of Swarovski pearls and crystal, Czech glass, a polymer clay focal by Brooke Bock which I color enhanced to my intended palette, lampwork bead by Angela Bohanan, and metal beads in a sea theme. I formed my wireframe, crocheted the fiber for a good base for wrapping wire and beads to give an organic feel and look of fringie sea anemones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tina Bunston</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.bluetina.etsy.com/" target="_blank">BlueTina</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jo Ann Ewasko</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/silverliningsartisan" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Silver Linings Artisan</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I have made this spiral pendant using 16 gauge square wire for the spiral, soldered to a textured backplate and added a rose cut tanzanite drop.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Annee DesignedIt</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnneeDesignedIt" target="_blank">Stepping Out In Style</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I went all out with this necklace practicing my technique as it has been quit a few years since I have wire wrapped a chain and spiral hook and eye clasp. I use non tarnish copper wire, suspended on a antique copper chain, featuring spirals, caged semi precious milky quartz beads, finish with a stunning raw selenite pendant I design. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tanya Minott</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/tanyaminottjewelry" target="_blank">Tanya Minott Jewelry</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Awesome ceramic ammonite spirals by Sarah Kandell with vesuvinite rounds at the bottom, and gorgeous carved yellow quartz roses; the pattern of the carved petals repeat the spiral movements in the ammonites. Tiny red Czech glass rondelles, sterling silver findings and ear wires; pewter bead caps.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tammy Adams</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/" target="_blank">Paisley Lizard</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">A small collection of spiral pendant necklaces inspired by dragons, sea monsters, and other magical creatures. The pendants are sculpted from polymer clay, hand painted, and strung on braided cording.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Karen Nelmes</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/landandseameetsky" target="_blank">Land and Sea Meet Sky</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Susan Dorado</span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/bluelicorice" target="_blank">Blue Licorice Creations</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Copper and Moonstone</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Kay McWhorter</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.sonorakay.com/" target="_blank">Sonora Kay Creations</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Spirals are a standard part of almost all of my designs. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Kim Vagnone</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/128635364358606/" target="_blank">Aurora Eclipse</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Carole Isenhart</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.indigoturtleart.com/" target="_blank">Indigo Turtle Art</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Porcelain nautilus shell pendant by James Johnson attached to a spiral patterned Kumihimo braided created from 3 different fibers by Carole Isenhart with a swirl patterned Terra Cast pinch bail.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Marcia Tobolsky</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wrapping wire with glass seed and pink crystals in a suede necklace cord.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Marcia Tobolsky</b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Wrapping wire with glass seed and crystals in a suede necklace cord.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Monica Rice Harlan</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://jewelrydesignsbymonica.com/" target="_blank">Jewelry Designs by Monica</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Spirals at the top of the copper components, the Ammonite fossils, and at the ends of my Coral and Pearl dangles.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Pamela Hollis </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.pebblesatmyfeet.com/" target="_blank">Pebbles at my Feet</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The design for these earrings didn't quite gel until I found (yesterday!) the animal-print-looking stones. I wanted to feature the ancient indigenous quality of the spiral motif and accent it with something equally evocative of aboriginal peoples' art and craft. Maybe you see a birch bark vessel in the crazy horse stones that might be decorated with a spiral design, or perhaps an animal skin horse blanket on a spiral-painted war pony, these earrings can tell your own story. My own hand wrought and hammer-textured copper spirals, crazy horse stone pebbles aka "artistic jasper", and handmade sterling silver ear hooks.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Jeanne Parker</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/2silverwoodstudio" target="_blank">Silverwood Studio</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Inspired by winding staircases... handcrafted etched copper... with my design individually drawn on each charm... & finished by hand... pleased with the finished earrings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Michele Dodge</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://micheledodge.com/" target="_blank">Lava Jewelry</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Silver and enamel.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Laura Bracken</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/" target="_blank">Bracken Designs</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Bold spirals make from kiln-fired enamel on copper with sterling silver earwires.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>Tammy Adams</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/" target="_blank">Paisley Lizard </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">These boho chandelier earrings with a southwestern flair feature coral colored stations with silkscreened mandala patterns. The warmth of the coral is complimented by the cool blues and greens of copper patina feather dangles and composite turquoise beads on copper wire.<span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pamela Hollis</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.pebblesatmyfeet.com/" target="_blank">Pebbles at my Feet</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">What's better than coral to represent Pantone's Color of the Year, "Living Coral"? I used new old stock (from around the 1960's when my Dad was making jewelry) angel coral beads and half-drilled coral sphere along with a nugget pearl in this sterling silver spiral pendant. The spiral or curling wave reinforces the "living" aspect of coral, even though the color is provided by harvested coral and pearls.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Jann Alexander-McCullough <span style="background-color: #eff1f3; color: #1d2129; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="UFICommentBody"></span></span> </b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Phoenix Rising Metal & Glass</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Monica Rice Harlan</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://jewelrydesignsbymonica.com/" target="_blank">Jewelry Designs by Monica</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This necklace is Coral, Coral, Coral. (Not the name 😉) Just a lot of it. I love the ocean and used one of Emma Wilson's organic porcelain rings that reminds me of shell remnants with little barnacles. I then combined it with one of Leah Nietz's Shell focals with a brass chain and sand dollar charm attached. It hangs on a peachy Coral silk Sari Ribbon with brass bullet casings at the end and some of Micki Erb's lampwork beads at the end to join the clasp.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Annee DesignedIt</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/AnneeDesignedIt" target="_blank">Stepping Out In Style </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I made a choker using layers of tan leather lacing , coral pantone glass faceted beads, embellished crystal spacer beads , reconstituted turquoise flower stone detailing a bronze feather dangling ever so softly.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tammie Tusher Everly</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://ttedesigns.com/" target="_blank">TTE Designs </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Created from a white repurposed tin which I embossed with the beach motif. Then colorized with Ranger patina for metals and sanded back. Handmade rosary style chain and a frontal toggle clasp complete the look.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Barbara Sadler Swinton</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Touch of Silver </a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This gemstone charm bracelet contains branch coral, sponge coral and bamboo coral, so lots of Pantone color of the year themed beads. A variety of gemstones including sodalite, turquoise and carnelian also made the cut, as well as a touch of millefiori and seed beads. I found the branch coral to be very fragile, so included much less of that than I had planned. There's always the question of oxidizing the silver before or after, and I did it before making any dangles. I did find that I removed some of the patina with all of my man handling, but to me, it doesn't stand out in excess. There is an extender chain, so hopefully it will appeal to a variety of wrist sizes. The focal is a hand cast pewter piece by Inviciti. It weighs 46grams. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Kim Vagnone</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/128635364358606/" target="_blank">Aurora Eclipse</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I used a focal from Brooke Bock, the colors were pink and light green. I added a few thin layers of color to swing the palette to corals and olives with subtle shimmery highlights. Then I did some wire weaving, nested some beads within the 'crown', added a crocheted fiber segment and wrapped the fibers with accent beads. Additional color and patina were added to enhance an organic feel. I often have a story running through my mind and enjoy the challenge of creating the beginnings of that story for others to build on. I started making the fiber components too so others can use them in their designs. The fringed texture makes a neat branch coral and anemones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Carole Isenhart James Johnson</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.indigoturtleart.com/" target="_blank"> Indigo Turtle Art</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is "our" entry, a 3 way collaboration. Argentium sterling silver wire with sterling accent beads by Donna Knox (SRAJD member), porcelain cabochon - corals with white & lavender accents by James, coral Kumihimo braid made with fun & funky fibers by me (Carole). </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Marcia Tobolsky</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hi, here is my design for this month contest, leather necklace with wrapping jasper stone and my own wrapping design with jasper and rose quartz stones. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tanya Minott</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/tanyaminottjewelry" target="_blank">Tanya Minott Jewelry</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I just happen to have pictures of this piece that I only made recently! Originally, the porcelain petals were hanging out in my stash, just waiting, since I'm not usually comfortable working with oranges, yellows, or even pinks very much. I had no idea that they would mesh so well with Pantones' Living Coral at all! Porcelain components by Melissa Gabelle, Czech glass, peridot, beryl, brass, and 14k gold fill ear wires, chain, and findings.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Laura Bracken</b> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/" target="_blank">Bracken Designs</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Going through an enameling phase and all the pinks, and reds, and peaches, and salmon were great colors for my crackle hearts.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here are the entries from members of the <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/index.html">SRAJD Organization</a> for the following theme challenge:"Create a piece of jewelry featuring MIXED METAL”.<br /><br />Click below on any artist's name to see their website and more of the awesome jewelry they've made.<br /><br />Click on an image to see a larger version of the jewelry.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>Cherie Somerville</b><br /><a href="https://elksongjewelry.com/">https://elksongjewelry.com/</a><br /><i>I've been out of the scene for quite awhile, trying to stabilize my website sucks up all my time & focus! But this piece was creating just recently and I'm very fond of doing mixed metal pieces in general. I love organic, asymmetrical, amorphous shapes...curves & spirals and such. This pieces combines sterling & copper abstract shapes with a setting of deep green botryoidal malachite. Curvy, double-balled heavy gauge sterling wire creates a bail & fine copper wire "stitches" the sterling & copper shapes together. A mix of malachite & old India silver beads add more detail. </i></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I made this pendant and a few more that I am still working on. Along with earrings and bracelets. It is copper and brass with labradorite teardrop beads.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Kim Lyons</b></span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></i><br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">My first solo Keum Boo Pendant. Made from fine silver and 23.5 Kt gold foil, on a sterling silver chain. The texture was done with my Cuddlebug embossing machine and a commercial pattern. I use a Bee Hive Kiln as my heat source.</span></i><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tammy Adams</span></b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></i><br />
<a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">http://www.paisleylizard.com</span></a><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This mixed metal hearts brooch and pendant necklace are polymer clay with silver, brass, and copper metal paints and an LOS patina.</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Laura Bracken</b></span><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></i><br />
<a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">https://www.brackendesigns.com/</span></a><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Here's a piece I had not planned on making but a new student wanted to learn rivets and I always find rivets and mixed metals go really well together.Sterling silver, brass, and copper.</span></i><br />
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Here are the entries from members of the <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/index.html">SRAJD Organization</a> for
the following theme challenge:"Create a piece of jewelry inspired by the
color BLUE”.<br />
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Click on any artist's name to see their website and more of the awesome jewelry
they've made.<br />
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Click on an image to see a larger version of the jewelry.<br />
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<b>Judith Williamson</b> of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/judesjujus">Jude’s
Jujus</a></div>
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<i>I love Turquoise and the style of these Lampwork Beads.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Beads created by Laurie Donnette.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Thank
you to all the SRAJD members who took part in this design challenge! And
thank you to all the viewers who read our blog!</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Regina Croteau</b> of
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fashionable and unique
shawl pin which can also be used for hair, hats, and most any open weave item. It
is created with 14 gauge and 26 gauge copper wire adorned by handmade lamp work
glass beads in Royal Blue, Dark Turquoise with various shades of rich brown
accent colors. Natural beads of Add to dictionary along with faceted turquoise
and light blue glass beads finish off the creation and design. The pin measures
approximately: 5-1/4" long x 1-1/4" wide. The pin and lamp work beads
were created in my home studio.</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Diane Perry</b> of <a href="http://www.catcophony.com/">Catcophony Wearable Art</a></div>
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aqua of the Caribbean to the deep blue of cobalt, to use in my works. Since I
do so much copper metal work, they are a great foil to one another and always complement
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Linda Baldwin </b>of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/FirednWiredJewelry">Fired n Wired Jewelry</a></div>
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scalloped teardrop in sterling silver set with a Kingman Turquoise gemstone
designed for those who love a bold look.</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kim Forrer</b> of <a href="http://www.wildraindesigns.com/">Wild Rain Designs</a><br />
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Cuff. Inspired by my forever love of Turquoise, which has always been my
favorite stone. As a teenager I hunted antique stores and estate sales looking
for treasures and collected vintage Turquoise rings to wear on each finger.</i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Kim Lyons</b> of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TapestryGalDesigns/">TapestryGal Designs</a></div>
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on the Nile in Egypt. I was super excited with how these came out. I used
various vintage components and the combination was better then I expected. The
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Connie Dodson</b> of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/grammydsdesigns/">Grammy D's Designs</a></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Patricia Buchanan</b>
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seemed to be the natural accent for the piece and it reflects the blue of the
aventurine beautifully. Sterling silver and tiny aventurine squares complete
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Laura Bracken</b> of <a href="https://www.brackendesigns.com/">Bracken Designs</a></div>
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Laurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11246303279514410646noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-72075744436686841262017-03-05T11:35:00.000-08:002017-03-05T11:35:49.769-08:00January-February 2017 Design Challenge Theme: Jewelry Inspired by UNITYHere are the entries from members of the <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/index.html">SRAJD Organization</a> for the following theme challenge:"Create a piece of jewelry that inspires or represents UNITY".<br />
<br />Click on any artist's name to see their website and more of the awesome jewelry they've made.<br /> <br />Click on an image to see a larger version of the jewelry.<br />
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<b>Lise Anderson</b> of <a href="http://www.raspberryfieldsdesign.com/" target="_blank">Raspberry Fields Design</a><br /><i>This boho style charm bracelet is a collage of different cultural elements. There are brass charms in French and Spanish (Amour and Te Amo), a hamsa hand and an Asian fan, a Chinese character for long life, and a key with a heart. There are Mexican agates and other stones that were tumbled by my husband's stepfather in the 1960's, a patina cross, and lots of Czech glass. It's meant to symbolize the beauty across cultures of both natural elements and symbols of love and peace that are cherished by many across the globe.</i><br />
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<b>Donna Jo Wallace</b> of <a href="http://shop.naturallynickelfree.com/" target="_blank">Naturally Nickel Free</a><i> </i><br />
<i>There is a poem by Edwin Markham called "Outwitted":<br /> "He drew a circle that shut me out-<br /> Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.<br /> But love and I had the wit to win:<br /> We drew a circle and took him in!"<br />The circles we draw in our lives often tell us who's "in" and who's "out." The circles in this piece remind me to always challenge myself to make that circle bigger and more inclusive. The rainbow colors show the beauty of all of our diversity, and also reflects the symbolism of the LGBTQIA community. We are more beautiful, more powerful, and better together.</i><br />
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<b>James Johnson</b> of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/IndigoTurtleArt" target="_blank">Indigo Turtle Art</a><br /><i> These pieces incorporate the materials traditionally found in a China hutch ~ the China dishes (porcelain), the crystal stemware (Swarovski crystals) and the silver serving pieces (metallic luster trim, ear wires & head pins). <br /> Holiday’s are known for uniting friends and family and usually include a special meal. The tradition of setting a beautiful holiday table with the treasured family heirlooms from the China hutch is fast becoming a thing of the past. I've taken these high quality materials which were treasured by past generations and united them into wearable art for present and future generations to enjoy; thus allowing this combination of beautiful materials to continue to enhance our lives.<br /> This set is part of a new series ~not only are these pieces united by materials and colors, but I created a way to add smaller crystals to the pendant which match the accent crystals on the ear wires and create a more unified look.</i><br />
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<b>Michele Dodge </b>of <a href="http://micheledodge.com/" target="_blank">Lava Jewelry</a><br /><i>I sketched a shape that came to mind when thinking about unity, then I hand-forged these earrings out of sterling silver and added sparkling garnets to them.</i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><b>Tammy Adams </b>of <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/" target="_blank">Paisley Lizard</a><br /><i>I had many ideas for this "unity" theme but kept coming back to the yin-yang symbolism of opposites that complement and exist as equals, each one having at its core a bit of the other. I used polymer clay to create a pendant and earrings.<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline !important; float: none; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.2136px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></i><br />
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<b>Marcia Tobolsky </b>of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DesignImagesLLC" target="_blank">Design Images</a><br /><i>Doodling copper wire with black leather necklace design and stones.</i><br />
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<i> </i><br /><b>Diane Crockett </b>of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SpiritArtWorks/" target="_blank">Spirit ArtWorks</a><br /><i>I have been working on ways to add "Bonus Buy" features to my products. Since the design will usually incorporate something than goes together but can be worn in different ways, I thought this might also symbolize unity. In the piece I chose to enter, the main focal expresses unity by using mixed components and a repurposed heart, gifted flowers by Cornelia Lentzke, and colors to match the necklace.....but there is more! The necklace can change lengths from 16" to 24" or any side between, lot can be foiled and made into a bracelet. Also there are three more focals, each on a lobster clasp, that coordinate with the necklace but have different themes. There is a Mabe' Pearl Cross wrapped in Silver with a Swarovski Crystal, a New, Repurposed Cowboy Hat Pin on a Mother of Pearl Carved Flower, and a Cinnabar Pendant. Matching earrings are included...that represents a lot of ways to wear and enjoy the coral, pearls, Crystal and silver set!</i><br />
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<br />Thank you to all the SRAJD members who took part in this design challenge! And thank you to all the viewers who read our blog!<br /><br />The next design theme is "blue". Make a piece of jewelry that represents "blue" in any way.<br />
<br />If you're an active SRAJD member, <a href="https://srajd.wufoo.com/forms/srajd-jewelry-design-challenge/">click here</a> to submit something you create for the next design challenge.<br /><br />And if you like a piece of jewelry you see here, please leave a comment for the artist and/or check out their shop (click on their name)! <br /><br />Thanks!<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></span>Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-44429952099301507962017-01-15T16:02:00.002-08:002017-01-15T16:02:47.007-08:00November-December 2016 Design Challenge Theme: Jewelry from Found Objects<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; 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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This bracelet is centered around a beautiful Bronze button made from a mold of a group of barnacles that I found at a flea market. As an artist I am constantly searching for new and interesting textures. Textures draw me in and the textures of nature are most often my inspiration</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-size: 15.4px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Darlene Orlowski</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.2136px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b> of <a href="http://www.theirishlassieshop.com/" target="_blank">The Irish Lassie Shop</a></b></span></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I used coins from Mexico as my challenge. I made riveted bead caps for the coins then strung the beads for an asymmetrical look.</span><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.2136px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><b> </b></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><b>Helen Gonet of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/gonet" target="_blank">Gonet Jewelry Design</a></b><br />"Bah Humbug" These are some pieces that I can't describe other than some are crystal or glass and 925 sterling beads and tubes. I can't sell them because I really don't know what they are. Most were sent as free gifts from distributors that I purchase my beads and supplies from. :-)</span></span><br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Michele C. Dodge of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/lavajewelry" target="_blank">Lava Jewelry</a></b><br />This necklace is made from tin cans I dug out of my recycling bin. The chain is one I salvaged from a pile of my great grandmother's costume jewelry.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><b>Wanda Haworth of <a href="https://www.wandahaworthdesigns.ca/" target="_blank">Wanda Haworth Designs</a></b><br />We have a long driveway (almost 2 miles all gravel) had a load of gravel delivered in Oct. so l did some driveway mining (as my hubby calls it) and found this beautiful piece of raw blue quartz so l paired it with a castoff piece of blue kyanite to create a unique pendant necklace wire wrapped with gold anodized copper wire strung on a 18 inch gold 10 kt chain.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>Kim Forrer of <a href="http://www.wildraindesigns.com/" target="_blank">Wild Rain Designs</a></b><br />I found the copper and steel washers years ago while on a walk and had them in my "found objects" box. I found the little metal gear last year but misplaced it. I really wanted to use it in something and finally found it this morning while looking for something else. Thought it would be appropriate to use in this repurposed leather cuff assemblage of mostly found objects.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /><b>Tammie T Everly of <a href="http://ttedesigns.com/" target="_blank">TTE Designs</a></b><br />Much of my work is made from 'found objects. I get a lot of satisfaction from taking something considered trash and reconfiguring it into something lovely and useful. This ocean themed necklace and earring set was made using a vintage tin container in a black. I hand cut the components and then emboss, sand, file and form them into a lightweight and interesting conversation piece.</span></span><br />
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Thank you to all the SRAJD members who took part in this design challenge!<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The next monthly theme is "unity". Make a piece of jewelry that tells a story of unity either visually, thematically, or through creative inspiration. I look forward to sharing the stories at the beginning of March.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />If you're an active SRAJD member, <a href="https://srajd.wufoo.com/forms/srajd-jewelry-design-challenge/">click here</a> to submit something you create for the next January-February design challenge.<br /><br />And if you like a piece of jewelry you see here, please leave a comment for the artist and/or check out their shop (click on their name)! <br /><br />Thanks!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span>Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-63412447696622122412016-11-07T11:45:00.002-08:002016-11-07T11:45:43.812-08:00October 2016 Design Challenge Theme: Emotion as Jewelry<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Here are the entries from members of the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS",Trebuchet,Verdana,sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/index.html" style="color: #d61515; text-decoration: none;">SRAJD Organization</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">for the following theme challenge: </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "trebuchet" , "verdana" , sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">"Create a piece of jewelry that evokes an emotion"</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Click on any artist's name to see their website and more of the awesome jewelry they've made.</span><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">Click on an image to see a larger version of the jewelry.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #073763;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.catcophony.com/" target="_blank"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-converted-space">Diane Perry of Catcophony Wearable Art</span></span></span></a></span></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The emotion I hoped to evoke with this pair of hand-forged earrings is "lighthearted." This basic shape popped into my head one night as I was trying to get to sleep, and I had to hop out of bed, sketch it, and play around with it a little. I think it would be fun to continue to see what I can do with this shape - somehow it makes me smile.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://talakaystudio.com/" target="_blank">Tala Krygin of Tala Kay Studio on Etsy</a><br />I decided to go with the feeling of reminiscing. Not quite nostalgia, as that emotion is a longing for the past. Reminiscing with my design piece is creating something new and bright using the past as a role model. What once was regal will always be regal and have a place in history. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tapestrygaldesigns/" target="_blank">Kim Lyons of TapestryGal Designs</a><br />I'm not sure if it was the ease of the weave or the blending of the purples, but as I worked, I felt a calm come over me. I often find tranquility in purples. This piece was made from glass beads made in the Czech Republic.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.wildraindesigns.com/" target="_blank">Kim Forrer of Wild Rain Designs</a><br />This is the first piece I have made in weeks and I think it evokes a feeling of optimism....as I am starting to be optimistic about continuing down this path, amid the slowdown in sales.</span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.jewelrybyjolane.com/" target="_blank">Jo Pound of Jewelry by Jo Lane</a><br />Sadness<br /> My piece of jewelry is the simple navy leather bracelet with a silver sunflower clasp. It represents three of the things my daughter-in-law truly liked. Navy blue was her favorite color, her favorite flower was the sunflower and she loved silver. She passed away 9 years ago and I miss her every day. She gave me my only grandchild and this bracelet truly evokes more emotion than any piece I have ever made.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /><a href="http://www.theirishlassieshop.com/" target="_blank">Darlene Orlowski of The Irish Lassie Shop</a><br />The emotion I tried to evoke is grief. I used a vintage cemetery angel image embedded in resin. Since the Victorian era created a lot of customs for funerals and death, I used a center piece that had a Victorian feeling. Along with the black beads, I tried to create the deep sadness that comes with grief. </span></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Laura Bracken of Bracken Designs</span></span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The emotion I chose is "carefree". These Bohemian style earrings are 6 inches long. The </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">quote that goes along with them is: "I thought she would be fun to have fun with." (James Baldwin, Giovanni's Room) I do find that hanging out with carefree people has so many more rewards than hanging out with drama-intensive, overly-critical, or super anxious people. These sterling silver and ruby earrings are dedicated to my friend (she knows who she is) who really is fun to have fun with. </span></span><br />
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Make a Piece of Jewelry Inspired by a Fictional Character<br />
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<a href="http://www.lava-jewelry.com/">Michele Dodge of </a><a href="http://www.lava-jewelry.com/">Lava Jewelry </a><br />
I chose to design an Art Deco-inspired pendant for Ms Lemon on the Poirot TV series. I've been reading Agatha Christie lately, but I didn't want to design something for such a fussy man. Laura Bracken suggested Ms Lemon, and that fit the bill perfectly. I loved the idea of trying to design an Art Deco piece.<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "lucida grande" , "lucida sans unicode" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.2136px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/" target="_blank">Tammy Adams of Paisley Lizard </a><br />
This necklace was inspired by the Greek Goddess Athena, who was often represented or accompanied by an owl. The cruelty-free feather pendant was hand-sculpted in polymer clay based on images of snowy owl feathers. The pendant hangs on antiqued copper chain with magnesite beaded links.<br />
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<a href="https://www.wandahaworthdesigns.ca/" target="_blank">Wanda Haworth of Wanda Haworth Designs</a><br />
This hand carved hematite cross (3 inches long) with the hand wired bouquet of flowers featuring red garnets, was designed for Sibylla the king's sister in Kingdom Of Heaven, the hand made and wired necklace portion is 16 inches and has hematite beads, goldstone and rose quartz accents, this would have been perfect for the battle of Jerusalem when she was in the small chapel before the main battle.<br />
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<a href="http://www.multibeadiadesigns.com/" target="_blank">Laura Bosch of MultiBeadia</a><br />
I choose Inara Serra from Joss Whedon's Firefly/Serenity. I think Joss Whedon is a genius and the women in his shows are strong, funny, intelligent, leaders & fearless even when scared. Most of them don't wear jewelry but Inara does. I approached this as if she were my friend what would I make her and this is it. Glass "galactic" beads (which is fitting for a sci-fi show and vaguely shaped like the ship) with 2mm fire polish spacers, peacock glass rondelles and the large glass pendant.<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "lucida grande" , "lucida sans unicode" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.2136px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/notjustmetaljewelry" target="_blank">Chris Donofrio of Not Just Metal... Jewelry</a><br />
This amethyst necklace was made for Diana, twin sister of Apollo, and goddess of the hunt. It was made, not as a period piece, but to honor Diana for saving Amethyst from tragedy. My love of amethysts (my birthstone) made me think of goddesses, and thus, the research into Diana and the maiden Amethyst. <br />
(The following story is partially copied and paraphrased from<a href="http://shinjyujewelry.com/id32.html">http://shinjyujewelry.com/id32.html</a>) <br />
In Roman mythology, Bacchus, the god of agriculture and wine, wanted Diana, but she wanted nothing to do with him. He was very about her refusal, so he decided to drink the wine of his grapes, until he was very, very drunk, and extremely angry. <br />
Bacchus devised a cunning plan; he commanded his fierce tigers to devour the first maiden who came along. That would show the chaste and cold Diana!<br />
Just then, along came the lovely, innocent maiden, Amethyst. Bacchus released his snarling tigers at her. As they lunged at Amethyst, she had only a moment to plead to Diana for mercy and protection from the tigers.<br />
Diana used her skills to change Amethyst into a pure, clear crystal just as the tigers were leaping. When they chomped down on the crystal, they undoubtedly lost a fang or two! <br />
Bacchus immediately realized the stupidity of his rage. After all, it was Diana, not Amethyst, who had refused his drunken advances. He knew then that the innocent Amethyst had nothing to do with the bruising of his ego!<br />
Bacchus approached Amethyst, and begged for forgiveness for such a rash and awful act, and poured all the remaining wine he had onto the clear crystal. <br />
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<a href="https://dreamsofgems.gallery/" target="_blank">Maria Renata of Dreams of Gems</a><br />
My design's choice for this month's challenge is for Seven of Nine, Tertiary Adjunct of Unimatrix One. She is one of the characters in Star Trek: Voyager series (first aired in 1995). Her first appearance in on seasons 3. <br />
Seven of Nine is a member of a Borg collective, a hostile alien drone race that destroys civilizations of other planets and then "assimilate" the people into drones. They refer to themselves as "the collective", because all drones are connected through a main computer matrix called "the hive" and they all acted as one and their minds are interconnected. Seven Of Nine was captured by the Earth's star ship Voyager and was disconnected from the collective and then "reintegrated" into humanity by the help of Voyager's captain, Janeway. <br />
Seven Of Nine is a very unique human individual. She was captured by the Borg when she was 8 years old and was freed from the collective when she was 24. So she has spent most of her adolescence life inside the collective. So humanity is not known to her, she considers humans as "inefficient". Later after she was freed from the collective, she learned about humanity through Captain Janeway's assistance and she is devoted to the captain as well as to the crew of Voyager, in her own way. She is adaptive, strong, smart (because of her knowledge from the collective), but she is also cold, arrogant, hard-headed, and stiff in reacting to human's behavior. <br />
I chose her character because she reflects the desire of humans to be perfect (drone-like). She chose to keep a part of the Collective with her (her real name was Annika but she chose to keep her Borg designation, Seven Of Nine), and she is not afraid/ashamed to admit that she was once responsible for the destruction of many alien civilizations in space, but she redeemed that by helping out her friends, colleagues, and other alien races. She is superior because of her knowledge, but she tries so hard to be "human" and have made it so far, even though she did not have the desire to embrace the "imperfections" of humanity at first. <br />
Making her a jewelry was a great challenge and I embraced the challenge just like she tried to embrace humanity that was not known to her. I never made something for an alien before, so I did an extensive research to capture the shapes that I feel would reflect Seven Of Nine's personality. I use Labradorite as the focal and use ParaWire's steel blue wires for this purpose. I chose a bracelet because a necklace feels "inefficient" for her personality.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/karenjdesigns" target="_blank">Karen Nelmes of Karen J Designs</a><br />
This thistle pendant was made for the fictional character in the books and Television series"The Outlander" by Diana Gabaldon. The Thistle is the perfect symbol for Claire Fraser, while she is not Scottish by blood she fell in love with its people, culture, and country. She is brave, beautiful and has strong convictions.<br />
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<a href="http://brackendesigns.com/" target="_blank">Laura Bracken of Bracken Designs</a><br />
I designed and created this necklace inspired by the fictional character named Rowen who was Vortigern's Saxon queen from The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart. I'm currently re-reading (for the fourth time) the entire Mary Stewart "Merlin" books. While Rowen was not only a minor character in the novel as well as a non-sympathetic character, I felt she was the most likely to wear a piece of my jewelry. Ha ha ha! This is a 14k gold-fill Wyvern (two-legged dragon) on a sterling silver background. His tail encircles a faceted bezel-set Prehnite.<br />
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The next monthly theme is designing a piece of jewelry intended to evoke a specific emotion.<br />
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If you're an active SRAJD member, <a href="https://srajd.wufoo.com/forms/srajd-jewelry-design-challenge/">click here</a> to submit something you create during the month of September for this design challenge.<br />
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And if you like a piece of jewelry you see here, please leave a comment for the artist! Thanks! Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-74514882682538447702016-09-02T10:16:00.000-07:002016-09-02T10:56:20.743-07:00August 2016 Design Challenge Theme: Jewelry Inspired by a Favorite SongHere are the entries from members of the <a href="http://www.srajd.com/" target="_blank">SRAJD Organization</a> for the theme of:<br />
<b>Make a Piece of Jewelry Inspired By a Song </b><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MyBonnyMonAbri">Dinah Hoyt Taylor</a><br />
One of my favorite songs is an instrumental by Los Lobos called 'Arizona Skies'. I have had these pieces of coral, turquoise, labradorite and rock crystal sitting around and the combination always reminded me of my times driving to Rillito, AZ to pick up lettuce for the eastern markets. I loved the mountains, the skies, the heat and the coolness of early morning. The clasps, the end caps and the mountain shaped center piece and earrings are all made by me using .999 or fine silver.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadFashionDesigns" target="_blank">Julie Vargas</a><br />
The magnesite red drops reminded me of red balloons and it came to my mind of the catchy 80's song "99 Red Balloons". The length of these earrings is 2 inches from the top of the copper ear-wires to the bottom of the copper loop.These copper and red magnesite drops earrings have a simple design but offer an eye-catching, bold and elegant touch to your wardrobe. <span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "lucida grande" , "lucida sans unicode" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.2136px; line-height: 16.2px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/Catyarnloft" target="_blank">Silvia Catarina</a><br />
The song that inspired this necklace was "Wonderful Life" by Black, aka Colin Vearncombe. <br />
"Here I go, out to sea again, the sunshine fills my hair, and dreams hang in the air..." <br />
This song is melancholy and uplifting at the same time. While the lonely narrator walks by the ocean with his heart wrapped in sadness and longing, he sees that, despite his pain, all around him life is happening in all its beauty and exuberance.<br />
The maritime theme is reflected in the piece of raw coral that I collected off a beach during a vacation. I used muted colors, such as a dark blue, a soft mossy green, grey and accents of light salmon pink. I grew up by the Baltic sea and was always fascinated by how, on the coast, all colors acquire a misty, muted quality. I sewed a garland of light blue lace flowers all around the main strands of the necklace to symbolize the richness and self-celebration of life I feel the song transmits. For the same reason, I also added lots of asymmetric detail, such as the pink accents, ceramic beads of which all but one are a dark pigeon blue, and irregularly knotted snippets of fabric.<br />
"Wonderful Life" is a song most dear to me, just as its author. It has accompanied me since my childhood and has never lost its entrancing magic for me.<br />
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Gayla Weber<br />
Build Me Up Buttercup was inspired by Beth Mellor's little bead cups, which I turned into little flowers with beads by Nia Nelson. I was singing it all the way through construction of the earrings and everyone who sees them sings it too!<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "lucida grande" , "lucida sans unicode" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.2136px; line-height: 16.2px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.jewelrybyjolane.com/" target="_blank">Jo Pound</a><br />
Moon River, Andy Williams<br />
One of my favorites so I put a moon clouds, river and opaline rocks along the river sides. The colors in the river represent the many reflections of the moon along the top. Lunasoft cab in pearl makes a very pretty moon with seed beads, crystals and diamond duos. Also lined with silver embossed leather.<br />
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<a href="http://www.alchemistsvessel.net/" target="_blank">Alixandra Browning</a><br />
"Spooky Little Girl", The Zombies. Halloween is right around the corner and I had been wanting to make something pretty with a theme for some time. Sterling Silver Bats accent Sterling Silver Hoops with Genuine Jet and Amber Beads, creating a subtle and spooky, but cute pair of earrings.<span style="background-color: whitesmoke; color: #333333; display: inline; float: none; font-family: "lucida grande" , "lucida sans unicode" , "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: 0.2136px; line-height: 16.2px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/notjustmetaljewelry" target="_blank">Chris Donofrio</a> <br />
"The Book of Love", by the Monotones, 1958. This was one of my favorite songs from my childhood, and brings back wonderful memories of watching American Bandstand with my older sister on Saturday afternoons, and playing her records (45's) on the record player. <br />
These 1-1/2" long earrings are copper fold-formed and hammered lightly, and are an abstract representation of a book. They also have a heart made by Miyuki Long Magatama Seed Beads in Transparent Rainbow Red.<br />
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<a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/" target="_blank">Tammy Adams</a> <br />
This necklace was inspired by 'Three Little Birds' sung by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Although I don't consider myself an optimist, the idea of waking up smiling at the rising sun, listening to the sweet song of birds, and knowing "every little thing gonna be alright" appeals to me. I used happy sunrise colors for the polymer clay feather and beads, and accented them with sparkling faceted glass on rustic copper wire and chain.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wildraindesigns.com/" target="_blank">Kim Forrer</a> <br />
I have been in a major creative slump since July 1st. Was listening to Trip Switch by Nothing But Thieves and I guess it tripped my switch so I went to my bench and made these earrings from Copper, Turquoise and Kambaba Jasper. Hopefully I can get my mojo back.<br />
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<a href="https://dreamsofgems.gallery/" target="_blank">Maria Renata</a> <br />
This piece was inspired by Vivaldi's "Winter"<br />
The tunes from Vivaldi's "Winter" inspires me to create a version of a somewhat "warm" winter, where people are still attending balls and when the sunlight is still there, although somewhat fading. This piece was meant to reflect those feelings - a winter which is grand with all of its iciness and falling snow, but managed to let out one last ray of sunshine before everything turns solemn and quiet.<br />
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Hair by Zen (1968)<br />
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<a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/" target="_blank">Laura Bracken</a><br />
My song inspiration is UPRISING by Muse. I listen to a lot of Muse songs when I'm in the workshop making jewelry and "Uprising" always reminded me of a Viking "marching to war" kind of song. Ha ha ha! With that in mind, I went for a torque-style bracelet (the opening shows on the top of the wrist). To work this the way I wanted, I annealed the copper about 10 times, between which there was twisting, forging, and texturing. I opted for two small faceted Spinels as subtle decoration.<br />
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The next monthly theme is designing a piece of jewelry for a fictional character (book, tv, movies, mythology, etc).<br />
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If you're an active SRAJD member, <a href="https://srajd.wufoo.com/forms/srajd-jewelry-design-challenge/" target="_blank">click here</a> to submit something you create during the month of September for this design challenge.<br />
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Before we begin with August, congrats to <a href="http://www.gemstonecrystaldesigns.com/">Sue Thompson</a> for being the randomly chosen winner from the July submissions.<br /> <br /> Sue, here is a list of the prizes accumulated so far. <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/SRAJD2015Prizes.htm">Select your gift from here</a>. Just msg or email me with your selection choice.<br /> <br /> And now.... Our theme for August 2015 was “Etching and Electroforming”. Click on each artist's name to see more of their work.<br /> <br /> Here are the beautiful offerings of the SRAJD members… <br /><br /><a href="http://www.celtcraftdesigns.com/">Kerry Collett</a>: This is a pendant made with a piece of dichro that has been etched using a polymer masking technique. This technique allows incredible detail!<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TTEDesigns">Tammie Everly</a>: Chemically etched copper cuff bracelet. Sari silk accent with a coordinating alcohol ink wash.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: Salt water etching was used to create the design on the copper focals. The etched copper pieces are accented with Czech glass beads on copper wire.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pyxeestyx">Kelly Hosford Patterson</a>: "Metamorphosis" -- I received the ceramic art beads by JSB Arts for a challenge. The nubby textured beads reminded me of cocoons, and that was my inspiration. I wrapped them in sari silk to make them appear as they had just been broken open. The pair of butterfly wings were hand drawn, and deeply etched in copper (with Ferric Chloride) to look as if they are just emerging from the chrysalis where they have been undergoing their amazing transformation. Coated in a rich Cinnabar red patina and buffed to highlight, leaving just the perfect amount of color in the recesses and a brilliant shine.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: This piece holds a special place in my heart, not only because it’s a love letter written by Oscar Wilde, but because of the mixed inversion and extroversion effect I did in the paneling. That’s one thing I really like about etching… you get to choose if you want the accents to stick out from the metal or be recessed into the metal. Here, I chose both.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: One of my specialties is turning photographs into etchings. I like how it’s permanent and pretty hardy. I’ve worked with resin coated prints before but somehow managed to destroy them. What can I say, I’m hard on my jewelry. But etched metal is a solid bet for quite some time.<br />
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<br />We hope you’ve enjoyed looking at these wonderful creations. Make sure to check out the other monthly challenges. <br /> <br /> If you’d like to get in on the action, <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/apply.html">join the SRAJD organization</a>. If you’re already an active member, <a href="https://srajd.wufoo.com/forms/srajd-jewelry-design-contests/">submit your jewelry challenge piece here for the current month</a>. <br />Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-87174839876669338112015-08-17T07:24:00.000-07:002015-08-17T07:24:10.141-07:00July 2015 Bezels and Lapidary Theme for SRAJD Jewelry Design Challenge<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Before we begin with July, congrats to </span></i><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DesignImagesLLC"><i><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marcia
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<i>Marcia, here is a list of the prizes accumulated so far. </i></span><a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/SRAJD2015Prizes.htm" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: #d61515; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Select your gift from here</span></i></a><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just
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<i>And now.... Our theme for July 2015 was “</i>Lapidary Theme for SRAJD
Jewelry Design Challenge<i>”. Click on each artist's name to see more of
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<i>Here are the beautiful offerings of the SRAJD members… </i></span></div>
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Australian Boulder opal chip, too small for most jewellery and too lovely to
throw away. I hand polished the front side of it with diamond grit polishing
pads to bring out the flash and the back is left rough. It's wrapped in
sterling silver.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.gemstonecrystaldesigns.com/"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Sue Thompson</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: <span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">A very small
opal chip that demanded to be seen. It's hand polished on one side with a rough
back and wrapped in Sterling silver. Quite a difficult exercise to get wire
around teeny stones but I am happy with the end result.</span></span></div>
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freeform bezels so I watched a Bill Fretz video, got the stakes, bezel wires
and stones and started playing. This is one of my more recent ones - and the
first teardrop shape stone I have worked with. It's a sugilite cab from a
cutter in the USA, set in a bezel I fabricated to fit the stone with 14k gold
bezel walls on a hammered sterling silver band.</span></span></div>
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favourite watermelon tourmaline stacking ring set with a faceted high dome
tourmaline, 14k gold bezel walls and 3 hammered sterling silver bands, all
fabricate by me...though I got the stone from one of my favourite cutters.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSpiralRiver"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Neva Murtha</span></a><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">: <span style="background: white; color: black; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">A super rare
and stunning American turquoise cab I fell in love with in Tucson set in sterling
silver. Again all fabricated by me...but I did not cut the stone. I've found it
to be a lovely challenge to solder the larger bezels to the back
plates...though I have worked out the technique.</span></span> <br />
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Bracelet. I wear this more than anything else I've made (except earrings)!
Peyote stitch for everything, using size 11s & 15s. The fire polish beads
are sewn on after the whole bracelet is finished.</span></div>
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donuts & it's much less fattening too! I made this a few years ago so it
maybe the 2nd one I made. Czech pressed glass beads accent the fringe, the
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Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-54260383388257771392015-07-07T07:30:00.001-07:002015-07-07T07:30:03.628-07:00June 2015 Polymer Clay and Metal Clay Theme for SRAJD Jewelry Design ChallengeBefore we begin with June, congrats to Trish Gray for being the randomly chosen winner from the May submissions.<br /> <br /> Trish, here is a list of the prizes accumulated so far. <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/SRAJD2015Prizes.htm">Select your gift from here</a>. Just msg or email me with your selection choice.<br /> <br /> And now.... Our theme for June 2015 was <b>“Polymer Clay and Metal Clay”</b>. Click on each artist's name to see more of their work.<br /> <br /> Here are the beautiful offerings of the SRAJD members… <br /><br /><a href="http://www.silverpaganjewellery.co.uk/">Amanda Aldridge</a>: This is a reproduction of a silver gilt mount that was found at the Sutton Hoo Anglo Saxon burial excavation in Sussex UK. It is made from Artclay Copper and is approx 5¾ cm long and 2 cms wide. I etched it on the Silhouette Cameo and hung it from a length of leather thong for an authentic early feel. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://maryclaires.indiemade.com/">Mary Hargrave</a>: The clear green/blue glass beads were a gift from my daughter, who instructed me to do whatever I wanted with them. Recently inspired by Helen Breil, I made this pendant to evoke the mood of a serene pool. Ooohhhmmm. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DesignImagesLLC">Marcia Tobolsky</a>: I had this beads that I did long ago with the pre mix the poly-clay, I fallow the instruction and put in the oven as I think that work, but forget all about to use, until today decide to use with crystals and old hair pins. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://maryclaires.indiemade.com/">Mary Hargrave</a>: This is made of underlying scrap clay from a project of red, pink color that I overlaid with thin black polymer and impressed with a grid of quarter inch square wire. Then I carefully sliced off the black to reveal the colors underneath. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DesignImagesLLC">Marcia Tobolsky</a>: After I made the bracelet, I realize that I have more poly-clay beads so I design the earrings and necklace to made the set. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://maryclaires.indiemade.com/">Mary Hargrave</a>: Tube beads are pretty easy to make, but the colors and design of the polymer clay take some work to make them interesting. I see these are purple butterfly wing beads. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://maryclaires.indiemade.com/">Mary Hargrave</a>: Silvered black squares make up this double stranded polymer clay necklace. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: The butterfly collage neckpiece is solid polymer clay. The faux pressed glass beads in the neckline are made from translucent polymer clay. On matte black brass chain, with a painted butterfly charm at the clasp. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/PerfectlyPractical">Maxine Booth</a>: Camo is so popular here in the south...you see whole families dressed in it, even on Sundays! I was playing with my polymer clay and wanted to see if I could concoct a cane that looked wearable. After baking it, I looked through my beads for colors that would enhance and complement the clay, and voila, it came together. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/PerfectlyPractical">Maxine Booth</a>: I wanted to play with my clay and dug through my molds that I hadn't used for awhile. I found what looked like fun and began conditioning the clay colors I wanted to use, squished them into the molds and baked, then pulled out some acrylic paints, a brush and went to town. That was really fun, but the hard part was in finding a chain or ribbon that would look good with both sides of this reversible pendant! <br />
(photo pending)<br /><br /> <a href="http://www.helenkawhitedesign.co.uk/">Helen White</a> <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Pulled these from the archive and it really makes me want to get out the polymer clays again. These were like my only foray into the medium. I love the vibrant colors and patterns available with polymer clay. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Here’s one of my latest metal clay pieces using all three metals I work with… copper, bronze, and steel. It’s called “Road Trip” and was a lot of fun to make. <br />
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<br />We hope you’ve enjoyed looking at these wonderful creations. Make sure to check out the other monthly challenges. <br /> <br /> If you’d like to get in on the action, <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/apply.html">join the SRAJD organization</a>. If you’re already an active member, <a href="https://srajd.wufoo.com/forms/srajd-jewelry-design-contests/">submit your jewelry challenge piece here for the current month</a>. <br />Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-59207631680081171172015-06-10T09:14:00.001-07:002015-06-10T09:14:44.212-07:00May 2015 Enamel and Resin Theme for SRAJD Jewelry Design Challenge <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i>Before we begin with May, congrats to <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/PerfectlyPractical">Maxine Booth</a> for being the randomly chosen winner from the April submissions.<br /> <br /> Maxine, here is a list of the prizes accumulated so far. <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/SRAJD2015Prizes.htm">Select your gift from here</a>. Just msg or email me with your selection choice.</i><br /> <br /> And now.... Our theme for May 2015 was “Enamel and Resin”. Click on each artist's name to see more of their work.<br /> <br /> Here are the beautiful offerings of the SRAJD members… <br /><br />Molly Butson: This is a torch fired copper enameled bracelet in the sgraffito style. It is slightly domed so it fits nicely around the wrist. I call this one "spring fantasy". <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/WillOaksStudio">Karen Stahlecker</a>: Last year, I spent several months living in nature and working with my new enameling kiln in a small "workshop" (shed.) I was surrounded by natural beauty, was watching the seasons change, and became very inspired. Later, in the winter, I used the enameled pendants with mixed materials to build necklaces and pendants. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/WillOaksStudio">Karen Stahlecker</a>: My primary theme last year, while learning to use my new enameling kiln, was aspects of nature, especially landscapes. I came to call a part of the 2014 work "The American Landscape" series as I am located in the Midwest, where there is a lot of agriculture. In this piece, I was imagining the first snows on the plowed fields. I distilled these images and then, mixed them with other materials to develop finished necklaces. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/WillOaksStudio">Karen Stahlecker</a>: Later last fall, as I was getting a little more control over my use of vitreous enamels, I developed a few pendants that were pictorial. This one was more successful, and features a red oak tree in an autumn landscape. I'm preparing now to return to my "summer enameling mode" and I wonder what will happen next! To be continued..... <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: These cufflinks have a turquoise blue background with little schools of fish, and gold tone whales embedded in resin. The background is scrapbook paper and the whales are repurposed earrings with the posts cut off the backs. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: The color on these earrings is from Iced Enamels, which is sealed under resin. I coated brass blanks with red, purple, and turquoise. The round beads are polymer clay base coated in purple. <br />
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<br />Trish Gray: Butterfly brooch, made using recycled silver, cast and then rolled. Enamelled using wet laying enamel techniques. I love to try using a colour merge, such as the two shades of blue in the wings. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.reyerware.com/">Cyreathia Reyer</a>: I do a lot of these picture resin cabs and wrapped for the Bullysrule Bulldog Rescue. I donate them for their fundraising events. Once the auction is over, the winner then sends me a picture of their bully baby and I create a custom necklace for them. These have been very well received and usually bring in good amount for the benefit of the rescue. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadebyMowse">Mowse Doyle</a>: Hand done inkwork on polymer clay cabachon with resin finish. Was done as an experimental piece for a shelter fundraiser. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/MadebyMowse">Mowse Doyle</a>: Another experiment this time using dog sticker and polymer clay flower canes on a polymer clay cabachon. I often make items for the animal shelter fundraisers. I try to keep a variety of items on hand. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://maryclaires.indiemade.com/">Mary Hargrave</a>: I love to combine old and new - in these resin earrings, I have inserted many different recycled rhinestone chains. The earrings were then spruced up even more with the reused rhinestone studs. I get large jars of recycled jewelry bits and use them wherever I am inspired to put some "old" into new configurations. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.preciousviolet.co.uk/">Lindsay Philipson</a>: These earrings are built around pearlised enamelled vintage tin connectors by Kimberly Rogers. I have wire wrapped amethyst drops to echo the lilac in the connectors. Part of my new series inspired by Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience - No. 11, The Blossom.<br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/cherryontopdesign">Linda Anderson</a>: I made these sweet little earrings with some faux enamel connectors I made. They feature lampwork beads with hand painted, hand resined wood components that I've started making. They remind me of summer, bright sunshine and the vibrancy of the Caribbean. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.theirishlassieshop.com/">Darlene Orlowski</a>: A brass bezel with a black cat image embedded in resin. A copper stamped charm with MEOW, paw prints, and scratches is wire wrapped to the bezel. Oxidized copper links that are made to look like knotted twine are connected with fire agate beads. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: For this enamel piece, I saw pierced some copper sheet in a quasi-Kokopeli design then made a cage out of the pieces by soldering spacers along the edges. I then enameled different colors on two sides of another piece of copper that I slipped into the “cage”. The jumpring bail keeps the enameled insert from falling out. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: For this ocean themed bracelet I combined both enamel and resin. After forming the copper bowls with a dapping set, I enameled the interior then added a few “beachy” items to be held in place with resin. I completed the bracelet by adding charms of silver, stone, and pearls. <br />
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Before we begin with April, congrats to <a href="http://www.theirishlassieshop.com/">Darlene Orlowski</a> for being the randomly chosen winner from the March submissions.<br /> <br /> Darlene, here is a list of the prizes accumulated so far. <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/SRAJD2015Prizes.htm">Select your gift from here</a>. Just msg or email me with your selection choice.<br /> <br /> And now.... Our theme for April 2015 was “Stringing and Bead Weaving”. Click on each artist's name to see more of their work.<br /> <br /> Here are the beautiful offerings of the SRAJD members… <br /><br /><a href="http://www.judesjujus.etsy.com/">Judith Williamson</a>: The beads tell me and lead me in my designs. I like contrast and vividly colors. This piece was insured by the beads. I am a stringer mostly. Always on the lookout for different beads and unique findings.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/PerfectlyPractical">Maxine Booth</a>: Made with strung MOP flat teardrops and marquise shapes, white freshwater pearls and goldplated chain, beads and curved tubes, this necklace and earrings set would be perfect for a wedding or formal occasion.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.pacificjewelrydesigns.com/">Paula Huckabay</a>: I fell in love with a necklace worn by Padma Lakshme on the finale of Top Chef and that was my inspiration for this piece. The technique is basic stringing with a little layering of components in the center. Although it may look elaborate it is extremely flattering to wear.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://cgstudiojewelry.com/">Carole Grant</a>: Gorgeous oversized cuff bracelet with dichroic glass cabochon as the focal. Tiny seed beads of different accent colors, as well as pearls, stones, and glass beads. The back of the cuff is lined with a royal blue microsuede and the clasp is a gold plated box clasp.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/wiresnpliers">Carol (Britt) Clay</a>: Bronze Brocade Bracelet is a combination of knotting and weaving using beads to create a bracelet with chaining and a handmade clasp. After knotting a base bracelet with dark bronze Miyuki delica beads, a secondary weave followed on the perimeters. The bracelet has been created completely from seed beads ranging in sizes. A handmade etched hook clasp was added to chain that extends from each end of the bracelet making it adjustable from 7-8.5." <br /> Inspiration: I see elegant evenings in the Pavillion at Avalon Bay, on Santa Catalina Island, this bracelet on the arm of a dancer in the hours of late evening. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/wiresNpliers?section_id=5938411">Sarahbushka - Sarah Clay</a>: Transparent golden peach delica seed beads are all lined up to make a pretty row, with stations of sparkling bead combinations, with each one including a faceted fire polished coppery beauty in the middle of each station. All lines lead to the front center, where a solitary pretty peach stick pearl rests, in full focus.<br /> Sarahbushka is a 3A gal, an Aloof Artist with Autism. She creates and sells her Art Careers necklaces. Sometimes if we’re lucky, she even allows us to share in the fun with her! <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/wiresnpliers">Carol (Britt) Clay</a>: 3 row Boho Styled Beaded Cuff. I chose this entry for the April Challenge because April is also Autism Awareness Month. This Boho cuff features the standard 3 row style with a fully formed button hole and square knot button closure. Double needle lashing was used with crystal FireLine. The white leather cords hold the large creamy white Swarovski Elemental Crystal Pearls bordered by Firefly beads (glowing matte seed beads) in the basic Autism Spectrum Awareness colors of Indigo, Scarlet, Pale yellow and Sky Blue were used. The shank button is a patterned gold metal. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: Rustic faux copper patina flower beads, made from polymer clay, are strung with turquoise-dyed howlite and copper spacers. The back of the necklace is antique copper finish chain for adjustable length. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadFashionDesigns">Julie Vargas</a>: This Antique Style Bracelet is 8 in long with a lose feel, delicate and comfortable to wear. Bracelet is made with using basic stringing techniques and with 18 mm Tiger Eye, Faceted Carnelian Beads (Orange, Cream and Opaque White) Creamy Burgundy Bead, 10 x 8 mm Lt Topaz Rondelle Faceted Crystals,6 mm Round Faceted Garnet Crystals, Sterling Silver Spacer Beads, Handcrafted Antique Style Sterling Silver Bead Caps, Antique Style Sterling Silver Toggle Clasp.<br /> I like to design jewelry for all kind of life styles but the antique style jewelry has being my favorite, it reminds me of an era of elegance and style. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/BeadFashionDesigns">Julie Vargas</a>: Wanted to design something that had a fan shape but still fashionable, stylish and with some bling! My inspiration was a lace fan that had some seed beads, it look so delicate and beautiful. So using simple and basic stringing techniques I combine some round Hematite Copper with AB faceted petal leaf golden shadow crystals, amber faceted cubes and an Antique Toggle Clasp to design the necklace and made the matching pair of earrings using basic loop techniques.<br /> The total length of the necklace is 18 inches and the earrings are 2-1/4 inches long. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: This focal bead has been waiting for just the right inspiration and this month's challenged called for me to finally do something with it. Multiple strand necklaces are challenging for a number of reasons, the biggest for me is getting them to lay on the neck in a pleasing way...shorter on the inside, longer on the outside? Or braided together so they stay put? And then how to attach to the closure? The Noreena jasper and the seed beads pick up the colors in the pendant and the strands lay separately and attach to a triple ring connector. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: In trying to use up many of my beads at one time, I've thought that memory wire bracelets might be a great way to use lots of goodies and would be a fun project for the beaded challenge. This bracelet was created using the colors and stones of the Southwest - lapis, carnelian, turquoise, silver... in addition to some vintage millefiori beads, howlite, magnesite and yellow jade. My first memory bracelet - casual, colorful and a nice bead sink.... <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/" target="_blank">Laura Bracken</a>: Here's one I thought turned out really well. Beaded beads necklace.<br />
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We hope you’ve enjoyed looking at these wonderful creations. Make sure to check out the other monthly challenges. <br /> <br /> If you’d like to get in on the action, <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/apply.html">join the SRAJD organization</a>. If you’re already an active member, <a href="https://srajd.wufoo.com/forms/srajd-jewelry-design-contests/">submit your jewelry challenge piece here for the current month</a>. <br />Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-11548304443878113392015-05-05T15:00:00.000-07:002015-05-05T15:00:11.580-07:00Over ReachingThat would be me.<br />
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It takes a lot to run this SRAJD organization and I'm sad to say I can't fully run it the way I'd like to. It would be a full time job.<br />
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While I do have some people who help out, my ambition far outweighs my time.<br />
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For 2015, I decided we'd devote each week to a new topic for discussion. <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/SRAJDEvents.htm" target="_blank">The list can be seen here</a>.<br />
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Originally I wanted to edit those discussions and post them here, but I don't have the time for such a task. <br />
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If you'd like to see what we've been talking about, make sure you're part of our FB group. We'd love to have as many active SRAJD members taking part in these discussions. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SRAJD/" target="_blank">Join us here</a>.<br />
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If you're not yet a member of the organization and would like to take part in our activities, <a href="https://srajd.wufoo.com/forms/initial-and-renewal-srajd-membership-applications/" target="_blank">click here to join</a>. The only requirement is that you make your own jewelry. If you sell your jewelry, it must be YOU that sells it in at least one venue; you can't merely be a wholesaler.<br />
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There is a $10 annual fee to help offset our web presence costs.<br />
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Thanks all!Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-5727221118827268152015-04-01T08:39:00.000-07:002015-04-01T08:39:00.592-07:00March 2015 Soldering and Fusing Theme for SRAJD Jewelry Design Challenge<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i><span style="color: black;">Before we begin with March, congrats to </span></i><i><span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/honeyandollie"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Rain Hannah</span></a> </span></i><i><span style="color: black;">for being
the randomly chosen winner of all the February submissions.</span></i><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<i>Rain, here is a list of the prizes accumulated so far. </i></span><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i><i><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/SRAJD2015Prizes.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: #d61515; text-decoration: none;">Select your gift from here</span></a>.<span> </span>Just msg or email me with your selection
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<i>And now.... Our theme for March 2015 was “Soldering and Fusing”. Click
on each artist's name to see more of their work.</i><br />
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<i>Here are the beautiful offerings of the SRAJD members…</i></span><i><span style="color: black;"> </span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimforrerdesigns"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Kim Forrer</span></a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration: none;">: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;">I learned to fuse in
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that perfect moment when your metal looks like mercury. This piece is fine
silver that I hand forged and fused into links. I added a white pearl dangle
for a touch of elegant femininity.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><a href="http://www.theirishlassieshop.com/"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Darlene Orlowski</span></a>: <span style="color: black;">I fused the ring using 12 gauge fine silver. I
hammered and textured the ring with triskele stampings. I finished the earrings
with a cone shaped Connemara Marble bead with sterling wire.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/WindCoastJewelry"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Lindsey Keats</span></a>: </span></span><span style="color: black;">This necklace and
earring set is composed of artisan lampwork beads, beautiful rutile quartz
onion briolettes and Czech glass accent beads, all wrapped with buffed oxidized
sterling silver.<br />
<span> </span>This set reminds me of water
lilies on a spring pond, when everything is fresh and green after a dreary west
coast winter.<br />
<span> </span>The lampwork is from Blue
Heeler glass and everything else was wrapped, soldered, hammered by me. The
wire, chain and findings are all sterling silver, with a few big fine silver
headpins thrown in. </span></span></span></div>
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Circles Necklace - 18 Gauge 11mm fine silver jump rings fused <span style="float: none; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px;">and tumbled, then joined with 18 gauge 3mm jump rings.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">I have named my piece
“Rainbows of Light”. I have taken flat lampwork beads, these by the talented
Jane Harter and used traditional stained glass methods, in this case The
Tiffany foiled glass method of foiling each piece of glass and for the assembly
of the piece I have soldered it together with a soldering iron used on the
traditional wood board. I used wood so that I might nail the items to the board
so they should stay within the pattern and not move when being soldered. The
finished piece if completed with a hand made chain featuring Jane’s beads, and
the piece is liberally sprinkled with Swarovski crystals.</span></span></span></div>
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something with a minimalist look to start practicing my soldering, and like the
look of mixed metals. This set combines sterling discs with a brushed finish
and red brass which I textured with my new cross peen hammer. Sweat soldering
with a micro torch is about as basic as soldering can get, but getting things to
stay centered is still a challenge for me. Added a simple sterling bail
soldered only on the back... Looking forward to advancement:)</span></span></span></div>
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this beautiful freeform malachite cabochon, cut by local lapidary artist Ed
Orekar. The stone itself dictated the shape of my finished pendant, and the
start of spring inspired my leafy motif, front and back. The techniques
involved include soldering and saw-piercing sterling silver.</span></span></span></div>
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actually going to start out as a butterfly. As the main part of the body was in
the pickle pot I started playing with the swirls. Before I knew it they were
all soldered together in became this pendant. As for the butterfly well lets
just say landed on my bench for now.<br />
<span> </span>This is 18 gauge sterling
silver wire and the stones are Green mountain jade and black onyx.</span></span></span></div>
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day bracelet”.<span> </span>I took copper and silver
scraps leftover from my workbench and fused them into an abstract collage.<span> </span>Then I soldered that onto a cuff I formed out
of thick copper wire.</span></span></span></div>
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I used a jeweler’s saw to cut out the petroglyph (cave painting) shape then
soldered it onto a disk I’d run through the rolling mill (for texture).<span> </span>The final step was riveting a bail at the
top.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/"><b><span>Laura Bracken</span></b></a><b>: </b>Let's start the week by reminding everyone of our great SRAJD
blogroll. Can you imagine how much useful and fun information is to be had from
the pages on this list? <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/blogs.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/blogs.htm</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/"><b><span>Tammy Adams</span></b></a><b><span>:</span></b> How
often do you all post new content for your blogs? I aim for once a week,
sometimes twice if there's a design challenge or blog hop.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/"><b><span>Laura Bracken</span></b></a><b>: </b>I try to blog every 2-3 days. I like to keep my readership around
the 500 a day or higher mark and that seems to help.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span><a href="http://www.helenkawhitedesign.co.uk/"><b>Helen White</b></a>:</span></span> I
tried to aim for 1 post a week, but my health has been so bad the last three
years that I can't physically do this. I also have a different website with
blog attached which I have neglected, but I just can't find time or energy. Now
I am trying to blog when I feel like it and the pain is manageable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/"><b><span>Tammy Adams</span></b></a><b><span>:</span></b> Laura,
what tool do you use to track readership?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/"><b><span>Laura Bracken</span></b></a><b>:</b> I have stats on the Blogger dashboard and I also use <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://statcounter.com/"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">http://statcounter.com</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://nohline.com/"><b><span>Nohline
L'Ecuyer</span></b></a><b><span>:</span></b> This is where I stumble. I started a blog;
have several posts written but need to find the photos to attach.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My blog is through my webpage (new) on indiemade. Can you
attach this stat counter to that. I think I may have it on Blagger,but not
sure. How do you get followers? I have a lot of questions on this subject.<span> </span>Do you write your blog post with photos in a
word doc and then just paste it to your post?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/"><b><span>Laura Bracken</span></b></a><b>:</b> If you get the code from StatCounter (easy-peasy), you can
ask the IndieMade admin to add it to your blog page. As to how I get followers,
I don’t think I do anything special that I can think of. I try to be “out
there” in the social media world and when someone mentions something or has a
question on a topic I’ve covered in my blog, I post a link. I used to write my
posts in WORD (but not with photos) and then paste to blog, but lately I just
write it straight in my blog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/"><b><span>Tammy Adams</span></b></a><b><span>:</span></b> I
compose my posts from the blog dashboard most of the time, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/nohline.sharplecuyer" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Nohline</span></a>.
Sometimes I start a draft document in a word processing program, especially if
ideas come to me when away from my blog dashboard. In either case, I insert
parenthetical notes about images to remind me to grab a photo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This is a nice post about audience size. It sort of goes
with the idea of writing for one person. Which is good basic advice for authors
on any platform. <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.alexandrafranzen.com/2014/02/21/you-are-a-big-deal/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red; text-decoration: none;">http://www.alexandrafranzen.com/.../21/you-are-a-big-deal/</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://nohline.com/"><b><span>Nohline
L'Ecuyer</span></b></a><b><span>:</span></b> Oh that's wonderful Tammy! Thank you and
it applies to so much more than just a blog!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/"><b><span>Tammy Adams</span></b></a><b><span>:</span></b> Here's
another question: what do you blog about? Most of my posts are about what I
call my creative adventures: designing new pieces, trying new techniques, blog
hops. Occasionally I share some tips, but I haven't done any formal tutorials.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/"><b><span>Laura Bracken</span></b></a><b>:</b> I have two blogs, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Adams.TC" target="_blank"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Tammy</span></a>.
One is me babbling about everything, some of which happens to be jewelry
related. Then I take the useful jewelry info and put it in the other "all
business" blog. My "babbling" blog gets 500 hits a day... way
way WAY more than my all business blog.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So I think posts about just want you mention would be
great... your design inspirations, attempts at new techniques, etc.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/wiresnpliers"><b><span>Carol
(Britt) Clay</span></b></a>:</span> I post on my blog more seasonally and in a
staggered pattern, mainly due to time constraints and listing groups of items.
I also stagger (not only) posts about my items, but in between my posts, I
write about other shops too. They're what I call "shout outs" and I
also promote Collection/Treasury posts where I use a method of visualizing an
actual trip there on my magic carpet.....(ok, sounds corny, but I love
visualizing things). Once at someone's shop, I wander through and focus on
items they sell, as a promo. I also add my own item at the end of each
treas/collection (because I was also featured too, so why not)? I am
now listing about 25 new items so I expect to be making a new blog post
afterward...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/"><b><span>Laura Bracken</span></b></a><b>:</b> Decent, straight-forward advice. I follow all these rules
except #6 Getting past the annoying pop-up on that site took me a
second or two... ugh <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232478" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: none;">http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/232478</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since blogging is such a huge social media path, I thought
we'd have more conversation on the topic. Is everyone happy with their blog or
lack of blog? No questions, thoughts, ideas, rants?</span></span></div>
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wouldn't say I'm 100% satisfied with my blog. It's only a little over 1 year
old, and I'm still learning things. I'm not sure who I want to be my
"target audience" for my blog, just as I am still working on defining
the target market for my jewelry. I'd say most of my readers are other
jewelry designers, partly because I regularly participate in design challenges
and blog hops. I'm curious how other bloggers recruit readers.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/"><b><span>Laura Bracken</span></b></a><b>:</b> I don't recruit, but I do refer to past blog posts in social
media when relevant.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/"><b><span>Tammy Adams</span></b></a><b><span>:</span></b> That's
sort of my raison d'etre for blogging, too, <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Laura</span>. I
try to write shorter posts and so far have not succeeded. But I do at least
sprinkle photos liberally about the text.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/BDJDesigns">Bonnie Jacobsen</a>:</span></b> I
love blogs and don't have one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/"><b><span>Laura Bracken</span></b></a><b>:</b> I don't see the point to having one unless you WANT one
and/or need one, I guess. Apparently I ramble and babble and feel the need to
yap constantly.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/BDJDesigns">Bonnie Jacobsen</a>:</span></b> I
love your blogs <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Laura</span>. I am disappointed when you don't do them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/"><b><span>Laura Bracken</span></b></a><b>:</b> Really <span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">Bonnie</span>?
That's so awesome to hear. My next blog post will be about my adventures on
Valentine's day. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><b><span><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/thejewelryinstructor">Sonia Davis:</a></span></b></span> I
have thought about a blog and probably even started one and never went back to
it........I now need to justify to my husband and family my reason for wanting
to do this full time....So I guess I will start blogging.......how do you do it
all.....create, design, family, social media, marketing....etc. i commend
everyone who is able to keep up....I am trying one step at a time.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span><a href="http://www.helenkawhitedesign.co.uk/"><b>Helen White</b></a>:</span></span> I
have two blogs, one for my journalism site and one for the jewellery website.
I tried to post once a week on the latter but couldn't keep it up for health
reasons. I tend to come up with topics spontaneously rather than planning it
all.</span></span></div>
Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-49085986024022902722015-03-02T21:40:00.002-08:002015-03-03T16:39:04.747-08:00February 2015 PATINA Theme for SRAJD Jewelry Design Challenge<i>Before we begin with February, congrats to Donna Jo Wallace for being the randomly chosen winner of all the January submissions.</i><br />
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<i>Here is a list of the prizes accumulated so far. <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/SRAJD2015Prizes.htm" target="_blank">Select your gift from here</a>.</i><br />
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<i>And now.... Our theme for February 2015 was “PATINAS”. Click on each artist's name to see more of their work.</i><br />
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<i>Here are the beautiful offerings of the SRAJD members… </i><br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimforrerdesigns">Kim Forrer</a> <br />
Achieved this pretty verdigris patina by leaving the cuff out in the fog for a few days then used a vinegar/salt bath and airdry. I love the look of old copper colored by age and the elements. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimforrerdesigns">Kim Forrer</a> <br />
The colors on the copper in this bracelet were inspired by the lovely Turquoise chips linking the squares. And also my love of ocean colors. I used a combo of layering inks and acrylics to achieve these great patterns. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DesignImagesLLC">Marcia Tobolsky</a> <br />
I decide to created some wrap earrings for valentines besides others items that I been silver wrap stones, this is moonstones beads and pearls with the lever back cooper earrings. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimforrerdesigns">Kim Forrer</a> <br />
Colors achieved with my torch. Took about 5 minutes of passing continual flame across the cuff. Then sealed to help preserve the colors.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimforrerdesigns">Kim Forrer</a> <br />
I layered acrylic paints and alcohol inks to color this brass cuff. Inspired by a dress I loved back in the 70's. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/DesignImagesLLC">Marcia Tobolsky</a> <br />
I used copper wire the earrings shows the time, natural oxidation with glass beads and hematite stone this design.<br />
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<a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a> <br />
Metal washers given a faux copper patina with Ice Resin Enamels. Connected with dark oxidized copper jump rings. Earrings are on natural copper ear wires, which will develop their own patina over time. <br />
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<a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a> <br />
This is the first patina I have tried that is not LOS. A friend shared her recipe, which included white vinegar, ammonia and salt. I really like the finished look - very rustic. Love the dab of red on one of the earrings. Scrap pieces of 22g copper sheet and some 10g copper wire were used to create the basic design...but the patina is what really makes them unique. I applied a renaissance wax finish which gave the patina more contrast. Certainly this recipe will be used again:) <br />
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<a href="http://www.cevansdesigns.com/">Carol Evans</a> <br />
I love creating patinas..... Transforming raw metal into pieces with texture and dimension. I used a combination of heat treatment, reactive metal patina and wax to give these earrings an aged patina in a deep hunter green with warm brass highlights. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheBrassHussy">Debbie Brown</a> <br />
These earrings were inspired by gorgeous Spanish black lace. I took shiny gold brass medallions and added a patina to them. The finish has a sealer on them, and they hang from sterling silver ear wires. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/honeyandollie">Rain Hannah</a> <br />
I call these "Mermaid Trinkets" -t hey are a traditional verdigris patina over domed, distressed and textured copper discs. I used the Sculpt Nouveau product for these. Basically the flat discs were annealed, I pounded the heck out of 'em with a texture hammer, then annealed again, then domed, then bent the domes a bit with pliers around the edges, then hit the domes with a hammer a little more... it was very therapeutic! Once they were textured the way I liked, I used the Sculpt Nouveau product - it took about 48 hours to get the "bloom" where I wanted it, but once it was there, I sealed the discs thoroughly with Permalac and then some Renaissance wax. <br />
I've had the mauve stick pearls in my stash for about 4 years, and hadn't found a use for them yet, but they went really well with the green patina so I knew I wanted to pair them together. Ditto the peach pearls, which I bought around the same time. I was trying to use up old materials for this project. I did throw in some Czech crystal for a little sparkle. <br />
Using the stick pearl to anchor the top of the design reminded me of a pagoda shape, so I decided to play around with the idea a little more. I was really happy with all of the variations I came up with, so I'm doing a little mini collection around the theme. There is a necklace in the works, to match. <br />
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<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pyxeestyx">Kelly Hosford Patterson</a> <br />
I'm working on an assemblage art necklace with an old grungy tin as the focal. I looked everywhere for salvage supplies to go with it, but couldn't find the look I wanted at a salvage price. I really wanted pieces that looked like they were once very fancy, a very long time ago. Ancient looking gold, pearls, and rhinestones, etc. So I handmade some fancy chain links, and experimented with making them look very old and grungy. My chain is made out of brass wire. It's craft wire, so it has a lacquer coating to protect the shine. First step was removing the protective lacquer. I soaked it in nail polish remover until the coating started to soften and then rubbed it to break it up. It started to flake off, but not completely, which worked out perfectly for my purposes. I then dipped my chain into a black patina solution (Nitric Acid & Selenium Dioxide), to darken the unprotected portion of the chain. The results are perfect for my project. 50 year old chain in less than a day! <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/vrbboutique">Catherine Shattuck</a> <br />
These lovely "spoon" earrings were originally raw brass. The colorizing process that I used to achieve this look is done in several steps. First, after cleaning them, I paint the spoon stampings with a white acrylic base, then painted over that with a very light blue acrylic paint. To give them the patina affect I mixed brown umber acrylic paint with glaze and applied it along the edges, then rubbed it off right away, leaving a tinted edge that makes the pieces look aged. I really enjoy colorizing many of my designs now and have learned a lot about this and other patina processes within the past few years. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/vrbboutique">Catherine Shattuck</a> <br />
I gave this sweet little pair of earrings a shabby look by coloring with several layers of a chalk white paint, rubbing them out after each layer. Finally, I sealed them to protect the finish. They are embellished with poly clay flowers and Czech glass leaf beads.<br />
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<a href="http://shop.naturallynickelfree.com/">Donna Jo Wallace</a> <br />
Niobium spiral wave bracelet, anodized peacock blue. Anodized niobium has not been plated or dyed with any other metal. It is still pure allergy-safe niobium all the way through. All niobium jewelry in my shop is anodized in-house on my own equipment. The color is not flat, but is brilliant with slight impressions of other colors as you turn it in the light. This bracelet is 8.5 inches (21.5 cm) long. Handmade by Naturally Nickel Free. <br />
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<a href="http://www.mjcjewelry.com/">Carol Priestley</a> <br />
Earrings - Red Copper Oxide Patina (Grilled Borax) <br />
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<a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/" target="_blank">Laura Bracken</a><br />
These are bronze earrings with a non-chemical heat patina.<br />
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And just finished these so I'll slip them in here. Both copper and liver of sulfur. For the bracelet on the right, I stopped the patina at the red stage (which was pretty wild before I coated it with Ren wax). Then I re-buffed the edges for contrast. For the larger cuff I gave it a darker patina then just buffed lightly with steel wool.<br />
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<br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: I'll start things off by sharing <a href="http://brackendesigns.com/blog/my-first-experiments-patina">a blog post</a> I wrote a few years ago on the subject. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: Love your experiments. Looking forward to this month. I've only used LOS and some bottled patina for copper, brass, bronze. From me few results and after reading your blog piece, I have a new respect for pre-cleaning. To date I've just used dawn and a toothbrush. Sometimes that works...except when it doesn't! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: LOS is my "go to" patina for 99.9% of everything. But it is fun to experiment with other things once in a while. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: Is <a href="http://store.cforiginals.net/swmecoco.html">swellegent</a> considered a patina? I remember <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carolevans01">Carol Evans</a> showed us some pieces with that and I thought the effect with copper was nice. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/barbara.s.swinton">Barbara</a>, you bring up a good point. I, personally, don't think of coating colors as patinas but it's a gray area. Perhaps there is no real line between coloring metal with something like paint or color pencils versus coloring metal by liver of sulfur or oxidation. [ETA: I have since learned that there are Swellegent coatings and and Swellegent patinas]. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: On another note, here's <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/danalynn2w/jewelry-patina-s-paints/" target="_blank">a fun Pinterest board</a>. <br />
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<br /> <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a>: I just got a new patina. It is by Fischer, German, and is called Oxidbeize Gosiba. It apparently makes a really dark black on silver and does not patina gold. So I am going to try it on some <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keum-boo" target="_blank">keum boo</a> this weekend. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: From my research, the Swellegant patinas are chemical patinas similar to LOS, not a paint. They achieve the effect via a reaction that develops over time, and you can stop the reaction at any point in the process, same as with LOS. Also, they reportedly work differently on different metals. They also have dye oxides to enhance the patinas, or use on their own. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: For this month's challenge designs, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brackendesigns">Laura Bracken</a>, are we limited to chemical patinas? Are heat patina effects included? Faux patina using pigments? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: I say any patinas. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.cevansdesigns.com/">Carol Evans</a>: Swellegant makes a line of metal patinas and they do react with what ever metal you are using. These are not coatings or paint. I really like them. Easy to use and good results each time. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: Just re-read your article, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brackendesigns">Laura</a>. The caution about not adding water to acid reminded me of the mnemonic I learned in high school chemistry: do what you otter, add acid to water. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.cevansdesigns.com/">Carol Evans</a>: I love to create patinas on my metals. I feel like a mad scientist . I rarely use measurements or "recipes".... Usually just wing it. One day you will hear a loud bang and see lots of smoke coming from my laboratory... I mean work table . May not have eyebrows but I will have created a hell of a patina on my piece. <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/dianaBdesigns">Diana Brandt</a>: Do you consider alcohol inks a paint or patina? I bought a bunch over the summer and played around with them. I wasn't really impressed with their effects and durability. Maybe I didn't do it right. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Diana, I've decided not to try to define patina (for myself and/or for the monthly challenge). BTW, here's something I made in welding class using alcohol inks and steel. <br />
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<br /><br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/dianaBdesigns">Diana Brandt</a>: Nice Laura. Did you heat treat it? I've read that you are supposed to "set" it by heat treating it. But I really don't want to put this stuff in my oven. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: I did not. I did spray it with fixative, but I probably didn't need to. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: I've put alcohol inks in my oven on many occasions with no ill effects, Diana. I use it frequently with polymer clay. Never noticed an odor, etc. They're just pigment in an alcohol carrier. You can also heat set with a heat gun, if you want to speed up the drying process. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: How many of you have tried any of the <a href="http://sculptnouveau.com/">SculptNouveau</a> patinas? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Who's done the <a href="http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/vinegar-and-salt-patina/">salt and vinegar patina</a>? If so, how many days did you wait? (JewelryMakingJournal photo... see link for article)<br />
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<br /> Donna Warriner: I did the fuming with salt and vinegar and I believe it was a total of 2 days. I spritzed every few hours with sea salt and water. I've tried so many -I have lost track. Lol I buried in corn cob, fumed, and with ammonia and vinegar <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Sounds like fun, Donna! Do you have any photos you could post here to show us the results? <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SuperMarica?fref=ufi">Marica Zammit</a>: I've only used Swellegant so far. Love it. I now want to try torch patina and also salt & vinegar. I've also heard great things about Sculpt Nouveau. I could patina all day if I could lol <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: I love the look of the salt and vinegar potato chip patinas. But it seems like an awful waste of tasty potato chips. <br /><br /> Marica Zammit: Oh and I use <a href="https://www.gilderspaste.com/">Gilders Paste</a> a lot but I don't think that's considered as a patina? <br /><br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Marica, that's great to hear about Swellegant. I'd love to see you post some of your guilder's paste work in this thread. I have some but haven't used it well yet. <br /><br /> <a href="http://sanicoladesigns.com/">Ann Sanicola</a>: I use many of the Sculpt Nouveau patinas. Love them! <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimforrerdesigns" target="_blank">Kim Forrer</a>: Laura I did the salt and vinegar thing. Posted info yesterday in our FB page. <br />
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<br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TapestrygalDesigns">Kim Lyons</a>: Does anyone know if extreme temps will affect the result or timing? We are headed for single digits, but I would love to try this weekend and will have to have it outside. Specifically the ammonia recipe <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Kim, that's a good question. I couldn't find any info on it so you'll have to let us know how it turns out. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.cevansdesigns.com/">Carol Evans</a>: These are a pair of brass earrings. I first heat treated, sanded off areas, coated with the swellegant darkening patina, then the swellegant gold verdigree patina. Let dry, then used a bit of patina gilders paste and finally sealed with ren wax. Love the finish.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.cevansdesigns.com/">Carol Evans</a>: Here is another pair of earrings made using swellegant. All sealed with ren wax. <br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Lovely work guys! Carol, other than for earrings, do you advise your customers that ren wax will eventually wear off (necklace pendants, bracelets, and rings)? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.cevansdesigns.com/">Carol Evans</a>: Yes. I state it will wear and should be reapplied every so often to keep patina and sheen. If not.... Metals will naturally patina with age. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Thanks Carol. I always wonder about that stuff. Rain, that's great to hear. Got any photos? I'd love to see the results. I think I even have some that I haven't tried yet. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/honeyandollie">Rain Hannah</a>: I've tried the Sculpt Nouveau green patina, traditional verdigris. Liked the results very much on both copper and bronze. It blooms nicely! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: I don't have any awesome photos to share of "real" patina because I haven't done much with the chemical stuff. Yet. But last year I used <a href="http://www.iceresin.com/category/products-page/iced-enamels/">Iced Enamels</a> with resin to grunge up a key and some washers for our "Road Warrior/Post Apocalyptic" challenge. <br />
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<br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: What a cool technique, Tammy! <br /><br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/honeyandollie">Rain Hannah</a>: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/missficklemedia">MsFickleMedia</a> on Etsy repackages Sculpt Nouveau patinas - trad, and dye oxide - and wrote up a pretty clear, easy to follow "how to" about using them. I have it and it's been pretty useful. <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Mary Rembach</a>: Sorry if this has been covered, I haven't read everything yet, I just finished a copper necklace. I used LOS on it. I use a pro polish pad to remove what I want from it, but how can I tumble it without removing all of the patina? And, what prevents the patina from getting on customer's skin, clothes, etc.? It seems awfully easy to wipe away. Am I doing something wrong? Skipping a step? I do submerse it in baking soda and water as a last step. Oh, and how can you get Ren wax on and then off all of the grooves in a wire necklace? I guess I have 3 questions here. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: You would pull it out of the tumbler every so often until it's what you want. If patina is poorly applied it can indeed get on customers clothing. When you dunk in LOS, do you do a quick dunk, then rinse, then a little longer dunk, then rinse, then longer dunk, etc? <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Mary Rembach</a>: Aha - I have not done that, because it turns black so fast. Maybe I need to use cooler water and keep repeating. Do you use separate shot your copper? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Never let your piece turn black fast... that is a coating, not a patina. As for tumbling, I have separate shot and separate barrel for base metals and for silver. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Mary Rembach</a>: Oh boy!! - does anyone have a link they recommend for reading the proper way to patina using LOS? <br /><br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Mary, <a href="http://brackendesigns.com/blog/my-first-experiments-patina">click here</a>. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: If I'm tumbling to work harden or clean/shine, I do it before LOS....then when I get the right color from my LOS, I am currently sealing with renwax, but Mary, I've never used wax on a chain necklace. I do have a lacquer product (bottle) from Rio, that I dip chain into to preserve patina color...that would work better than ren wax. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: Laura, I have put base metals and silver in the same shot...forever...no patina....is that bad? If so, what's the scoop? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Barbara, I also used to use one tumbler for everything. I don't think it's a big deal at all. I just prefer to keep them separate when possible... in case. <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Mary Rembach</a>: Laura and Barbara - I wonder how I got this patina - I think I always use the same process - but this one is an even deeper brown than the picture shows - I just fly by the "seat of my pants" mostly. This was deepest brown I ever got. Just copper wire in LOS. <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimforrerdesigns" target="_blank">Kim Forrer</a>: Laura what pattern is that one? I want to attempt a chainmaille bracelet for myself. I like that pattern. Not sure my eyes can stand it though. Probably take me a year...... <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Byzantine... but those are tiny... I don't advise using small jumprings. Took me several bracelets before I got the hand of it. <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Mary Rembach</a>: If it's your first attempt at Byzantine - use 16 ga. 4.5mm rings. Laura's is probably 18 ga. 3.5mm. The larger rings make it easier. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: Mary, your sizes are ring ID, right? Byzantine is my favorite weave:) <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Mary Rembach</a>: Yes Barbara - ID. There's a chainmaille group on here I recently joined and they use imperial measurements instead of metric. I learned chainmaille using metric measurements and it drives me crazy trying to convert their measurements. I always have to refer to a chart. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: Do you make new LOS each time? I have a can of pieces which I think will last me the rest of my life but to keep creations from turning black quickly (that happens to me sometimes...not always) do you just add a spec of LOS. I never measure anything...just chip off a piece and add about 1/2 cup water and microwave for about 10 secs....maybe I Should measure to be more consistent in my results....what do you do?? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: I don't use the chunks anymore. I use the one shown in the topic photo. So yeah, I make it up fresh each time (I only use a couple drops of the stuff at each sitting). I don't measure. But I don't measure when I cook either, so that's probably just a personality thing. <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Mary Rembach</a>: I use the liquid LOS I also got from <a href="http://www.cooltools.us/SearchResults.asp?Search=sulfur">Cool Tools</a> and use just a drop or two. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: I love the colors of rusted, weathered, oxidized metals. And I hate polishing jewelry. So patinas are right up my alley. I have learned so much in the past year from this group, including the fact that patinas can wear off if not sealed. Definitely a "good to know" thing. <br /><br /> <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a>: I just found this on Pinterest, but the link doesn't give any recipes.<br />
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<br /> Marica Zammit: Sorry for not getting back to you sooner <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brackendesigns">Laura</a>. Crazy busy right now. Here are some pieces I'm working on where I used gilders paste. They were all raw brass before I started playing with them.<br />
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<br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Cool, Marica! Thanks for posting! <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/kimforrerdesigns" target="_blank">Kim Forrer</a>: Also didn't see anyone mention this but LOS in chunk form will go bad if exposed to too much heat orw freezing temps, which is why . switched to gel when it came out, <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: And never get it near moisture... ever! <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: Laura, is there just one entry/person for the challenges? Any room for multiple pieces in one photo? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: You may enter as many per month as you like so long as they fit the theme. Personally, I think more than 3-4 is overkill, but I'm not being a stickler. If you want to show more than one view of an item (or multiple items) by creating an image collage, that's up to you, but I resize all photos to 800 pixels on the longest edge so keep that in mind. <br /><br /> <i>[Anything posted after the end of that week will remain in Facebook and won’t be transcribed here.] </i><br /> <br /><br /> <br />Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-85601977814107213962015-02-08T16:42:00.001-08:002015-02-08T16:42:31.909-08:00SRAJD Week 4 Topic INVENTORY and ACCOUNTING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: This week we'll talk about how we do accounting and inventory (and stuff like that) for our business. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: Accounting? Inventory? Why can't I just make jewelry? Oh, right. 'Cause I'm a "self-representing artist." <br /><br /><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Excellent point, Tammy. There are a lot of artist who balk at having to do the “other” side of the business. I use an Access database file to keep track of what I make and as you can see from the sample photo, it's the same place where I record a sale. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MandyAtkinsonJewellery">Mandy Atkinson</a>: I have a system that seems to work for me... I make a list as I work of what I am using to make each piece. This years pieces all start with the number 5 as it's my fifth year and I have a 'blank' list with this years numbers on my workbench that I complete as I finish each piece. <br /> <br /> I then type this up onto a spreadsheet (just trying to convert it all to your system Laura). Then I have another excel spreadsheet for what you call 'inventory' and I call 'stock' but it's the jewellery I have for sale LOL. This has a worksheet for each year, a worksheet for 'sold items' and a worksheet for 'for sale items'. The 'sold' and 'for sale' are organised by B (for bracelets) then E (earrings), N (for necklaces) and R ((rings)<br /> <br /> I update everything as and when I can, but always before and after a show... I take a printout of my 'for sale items' to every show<br /> <br /> I also measure each piece of wire as I cut it (lol) and every gemstone bead has a price etc etc... <br /><br /> <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a>: I use <a href="http://www.bejeweledsoftware.com/">Jewelry Designer Manager</a> and I will show you. This is the page where each individual component is listed and I take a photo because I am a visual person. <br />
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<br /> So if my inventory is all hunky dory and up to date I can actually get a report that contains stuff like this screenshot. This helps at the end of the year to give you a total inventory value. <br />
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<br /> So then, when it comes to assembling a piece, I enter the item # and the quantity used and the computer spits out a price. I use a half sheet form that I use when creating that I list every item on, including an inch of wire, and it turns out like this.<br />
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<br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Interesting. I notice no labor charge. Is that because you make enough profit with your mark up as is? <br /><br /> <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a>: Pretty much yes. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: What if you made a piece that was very lost cost on materials but took a lot of time to make... do you change the formula then? <br /><br /> <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a>: Yes! I play it by ear. The program automatically calculates. So on the bottom right with the direct/whole price etc, I would just play around with that until I feel i have a fair price. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: I have project sheets to track materials for each piece, an Excel file to calculate costs per item, and then I download the CSV file from my Etsy shop to get my sales data. I only sell via that shop; I don't do shows. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: I also use Jewelry Designer Manager for my pricing and inventory And like it a lot though I don't use nearly all the things it can do. It gives my accountant all the things he needs at year end. Tracking income and purchases is done with excel spreadsheets and it's just very straightforward. Although it all takes time, I can't think of any way to streamline it more. <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Mary Rembach</a>: I use <a href="http://www.beading-software.com/">Bead Manager Pro</a>. Just started using it last year. Before that I used excel to keep track of everything. I really like the software. I am still keeping duplicate records (excel and Bead Manager) because I haven't added all my parts in yet. I had to add every part: bead, wire, etc. The great thing about Bead Manager Pro is it does the inventory for you. When you add a new piece it subtracts from your inventory and of course it has all the reports you need too. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.jensfancy.com/">Jen Smith Fletcher</a>: The cost of materials I use is written on each bag/item when purchased. I jot down my expenses as I make an item in a pretty notebook and do my formula thing with a calculator to get to my price. Each item is listed on an Excell spreadsheet with a number to keep track of what the item is and if I have it in a gallery or shop. I use <a href="http://na.sage.com/us/sage-50-accounting">Peachtree</a> <i>[now called Sage50] </i>and plug in all my receipts/sales for year end. I'm just used to that from my bookkeeping gigs. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Barbara Swinton</a>: I started with JDM at the beginning of 2011. And yes, it took me four days to enter all my components into it! But that was a one time thing. Now, every time I buy components I enter them in - no exceptions. A supply purchase never takes me more than 15 minutes to log in, using the units I do...1 troy oz of 18 gHH SS wire at $25.00 and 145" (because after creating a piece I enter in how many inches of wire I used) and that's it. Inventory is more than the cost of finished pieces, especially for me because I'm always buying - it's the addiction thing. Inventory really affects the bottom line. <br /><br /> I think that the requirements are different if you are registered as a business with your state...or if you treat your craft as a hobby. <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Mary Rembach</a>: Yes Barbara Sadler Swinton- I'm not finished entering my parts inventory and I've been at it on and off (the older parts) for months. I too add each item as it's ordered and it's amazing the $ amount of inventory you have when you do this. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a>: Now that Laura clarified "inventory" is finished pieces, I will clarify my answer. That excel spreadsheet I use to calculate prices is also my inventory tracker, of sorts. Each piece has an item number assigned using a very clever alphanumeric system based on what it is and when it was made. (E270115 would be earrings made today). When a piece sells, I highlight the row in a color. <br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MandyAtkinsonJewellery">Mandy Atkinson</a>: LOL... I count all my gemstone beads on the strand as they arrive from the suppliers... such a pain especially when they are tiny and the strand has in excess of 150 beads! And when some of them turn out to be cracked, or the drill hole is 'skew whiff' so they have to be discarded from stock! <br /><br /> <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a>: Finished piece inventory - hmm - I dont't - it's made, the cost is set, it is out there. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.everywhereur.com/">Pavlina Stoyanova</a>: I am accountant and typically use <a href="http://quickbooks.intuit.com/">QuckBooks</a> for everything else but my jewelry business. I like to keep everything in Excel spreadsheets. You can add as much formulas as you want for everything. If I buy a strand of stones, I have a column for the price per piece. For the wire - the price per inch, etc. Then dividing shipping per items and adding a portion to each piece/inch. And I use different colors to mark inventory which are about to finish or have to order. <br /><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MandyAtkinsonJewellery">Mandy Atkinson</a>: Oh Pavlina! That's why I love excel! I divide shipping between the items on the order too! <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.pinetreejewels.com/">Marybeth Rich</a>: I use what used to be Outright but is now owned by Go Daddy for the money part of the accounting, it inputs everything from Etsy and paypal for me I just have to verify the way it is categorized. For the inventory of what I have created, I have an Excel spread sheet that keeps tabs of every finished item I have. Finally, for pricing, I use <a href="http://brackendesigns.com/product/laura-bracken-jewelry-and-craft-pricing-calculator-easy-use-excel-file">Laura's spreadsheet</a>. Does anyone use <a href="https://craftybase.com/">Craftybase</a>? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Marybeth, thank you for the reminder that I'm overhauling the pricing calculator (and all customers get the new version). I've never heard of Craftybase... what is it? <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.pinetreejewels.com/">Marybeth Rich</a>: Looking forward to it Laura! Craftybase is a way to keep inventory that is supposedly aimed at handmade artists. From what I understand, it keeps track of items for inventory, helps with pricing, maintains customer lists, component lists etc. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Laura Bracken</a>: Gotcha. My system is that each component is labeled with its price so when I create something, I just enter the price for that item and the pricing calculator does the rest. But no, I don't have a system that automatically tells me when I'm running low on something. When I see for myself that I'm running low on something, I put that info on my white board. When it's time to order, I just turn around and look at my whiteboard and all the info's there. <br /><br /> <i>And thus ended our discussion on inventory and accounting. Lots of different systems out there for the different ways we like to stay organized. </i><br />Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-69388447435553724222015-02-01T07:49:00.001-08:002015-02-01T07:49:18.866-08:00January 2015 WIRE WORK Theme for SRAJD Jewelry Design ChallengeOur theme for January 2015 was “WIRE WORK” so without further ado, have a lot at the scrumptious offerings of the SRAJD members… <br />
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Click on any photo to see a closer view of the design.<br /><br /><b>Kim Forrer </b>of <a href="http://www.kimforrerdesigns.com/">Kim Forrer Designs</a> <br />Haven't made fibulas in years but love wearing them on my scarf (I have many!!!). Love to start twisting the wire and see where I end up. <br />
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<br /> <b>Jo Pound </b>of <a href="http://www.jewelrybyjolane.com/">Jewelry by Jolane</a> <br />This an old pic (2010) of a necklace when I was doing wirework. The copper neck band is braided and there are Swarovski crystals and swirls on the ends. <br />
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<br /><b>Kim Forrer </b>of <a href="http://www.kimforrerdesigns.com/">Kim Forrer Designs</a> <br />I love making hearts so since it's almost Valentine's Day thought I would make this brooch. Copper and Carnelian - my favorite combo. <br />
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<br /> <b>Betony Maiden </b>of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AFairMaidenJewelrybyBetonyLee">A Fair Maiden Jewelry</a> <br />I'm super proud of this piece. Its my first full piece that I made it all myself except for the artisan lampwork and crystals. I love wire and just jumped right into it. I used 16g copper wire. I made loads of links. The piece is called HOPE BLOSSOMS. I had so much fun that I am still creating. Its such an amazing feeling to have made this all by hand. I'm also proud of the first clasp I have ever made in this piece. <br />
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<br /> <b>Jamie Thompson </b>of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/sumerthyme2">Sumerthyme</a> <br />This is one of my first wire weave pieces. I have had this heart shaped natural amber for years with no idea what to do with it. After getting a book on wire weave I found what to do! I love the amber with all of its bugs and pollen. The copper wire weave compliments the shape so well. <br />
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<br /><b>Lynne Simpson </b>of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/desertshinejewelry">Desert Shine Jewelry</a> <br />This is a beautiful piece of picture Jasper that a lapidary friend asked me to wrap for him. I wanted to keep as much of the stone free of wire as possible so I used weaving and prongs along the side instead of a traditional wrap, the piece is done with 20g and 28g copper wire that has been darkened with LOS and tumble polished. <br />
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<br /><b>Jane Rothmund </b>of <a href="http://www.stoneworksjewellery.com/">Stoneworks Jewellery</a> <br />This piece is called "Frozen Heart because I started with an amazing heart of white agate that looked like it belonged in the movie "Frozen". The white agate heart was wrapped in a bezel and bail of rose gold, which is very pale and appropriate for the frozen theme. I then finished off the front of the heart with a frozen heartbeat and crystals of ice. <br />
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<br /><b>Tasha Harris </b>of <a href="http://www.tashastouch.com/">Tasha’s Touch Healing Jewelry</a> <br />I was feeling sexy and wanted to create something to reflect that. I Ventured out and tried some new things and I am so happy I did. it makes me feel sexy and effervescent when I wear it. I talk a lot in my business, so I wanted something to keep my throat chakra calm. Angelite, works wonders for me. I bought a tut from Julie Hulick, in order to step outside my normal routine, so happy I did. I am into healing and copper is a great metal for that. I love making most things in square, to make my jewelry have not only texture but I find it easier to work with. Copper energy with the Angelite, keeps me feeling energized and light on my feet. <br />
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<br /><b>Donna Jo Wallace </b>of <a href="http://shop.naturallynickelfree.com/">Naturally Nickel Free</a> <br />Dark red garnet earrings with niobium wirework and handmade earwires. 1.5 inches long, petite and pretty. Handmade and nickel-free by Naturally Nickel Free. <br />
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<br /><b>Maxine Booth </b>of <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/PerfectlyPractical">Perfectly Practical</a> <br />My first try at wire weaving/braiding, this with 5 strands. It was fun and a little challenging for me. I loved incorporating beads into the braid for sparkle and color. <br />
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<br /><b>Michael Thornton </b>of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/skezzcrom">Simply Elegant Wire Jewelry</a> <br />This a prong setting for a clear heart shaped CZ. The stone is wrapped in Silver Filled wire. The setting is very minimal, it allows the greatest about of light to flow through the stone to give it the "shine". The pendant consists of 7 wires, 6-21 gauge square wires and 1-21 gauge half-round wire. The pendant is entirely made by hand and has no glue or solder to hold it together. <br />
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<b>Tina Faxas </b>of <a href="https://www.jewelrybymaree.com/">Jewelry by Maree</a> <br />I used copper wire, copper sheeting and a large Mother of Pearl bead. I've always loved items from the sea. Mother of pearl is so shimmery, reminds me of the sun reflecting on the ocean. The bangle part of the bracelet is 18 gauge wire wrapped together using a basket weave. I soldered a setting for the Mother of pearl bead and used 18 gauge wire as a decorative design that also acts as a hook. These two colors together a really complimentary. <br />
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<br /> <b>Linda Blatchford </b>of <a href="http://linorstore.com/">LinorStore Jewelry</a> <br />I was inspired by the bird's nest necklaces that I saw online, but I wanted to alter the design so it was my own, so I wrapped the wire through and around the beads in an "orbit" fashion. One repeat client bought 3 at a time with different gemstones for healing characteristics; 1 was a gift and the recipient loves it. <br />
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<br /><b>Mary Rembach </b>of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver">Omi Silver</a> <br />This soft lilac lepidolite makes me think Spring and looking out my window today (with more SNOW and cold) that's a nice thought. I love pear or teardrop shaped beads and like the way they look when wrapped in wire. These lepidolite beads came from South Africa and the silver beads are Turkish sterling silver. The wire is 20 gauge and the clasp is 18 gauge silver filled wire. I always try to finish my jewelry with jump rings in order to easily adjust the size. <br />
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<br /> <b>Bonnie Jacobsen </b>of <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/BDJDesigns">BDJ Designs</a> <br />Copper wire woven bracelet with a twist Round copper wire has been hammered, sanded, polished and twisted to create this simple design. A light patina has been given for an antique feel. <br />
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<br /><b>Tammy Adams </b>of <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Paisley Lizard</a> <br />These rustic triangle earrings are made with oxidized copper wire. Green glass beads are woven into the center of the frame with natural copper wire. On natural copper ear wires. <br />
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<br /><b>Nohline L'Ecuyer </b>of <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a> <br />18 gauge copper wire woven in a 2x2 pattern. It is then sewn onto a piece of hessian together with a twig which I picked up at The Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. <br />
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<br /> <b>Nohline L'Ecuyer </b>of <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a> <br />18 gauge copper and silver wire woven in a 1x1 pattern, hollow formed and soldered into a bead. Teacher Jeanie Pratt. <br />
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<br /> <b>Nohline L'Ecuyer </b>of <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a> <br />Wire weaving in process. 22 gauge silver wire and 18 gauge gold filled wire. I will eventually hollow form these into rectangles and create earrings from them. Teacher Jeanie Pratt. <br />
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<br /> <b>Nohline L'Ecuyer </b>of <a href="http://nohline.com/">Nohline L'Ecuyer</a> <br />This is a random double wire weave in 20 gauge silver as a scarf pin. It has been tumbled to work harden an patinaed. <br />
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<br /> <b>Barbara Swinton </b>of <a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">Touch of Silver</a> <br />The chevron shape is a popular one, yet this is only the second chevron necklace I've made. Love the bright colors of this wire (bought 2 years ago and never used) because when it's snowy and gray outside, colorful jewelry makes the day brighter!!! I coiled the artistic wire - it took a few tries to get it the right tension so that it would slide off the mandrel. Making the chevrons was the next step but connecting them caused problems. Round one, the chevron wrapped loop wouldn't accommodate two rings of the size I planned. Made new rings, but they weren't big enough to allow the chevrons to hang nicely...they bunched up. The third manufacture of a set of rings did the trick. This was a good learning exercise! The chevron is attached to an elongated rolo sterling chain with handmade S clasp. <br />
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<br /><b>Debi Riley </b>of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/labyrinthspirit">Labyrinth Spirit</a> <br />My first attempt at wire wrapping a large rhodonite gemstone bead with a handmade chain...i did this without a tutorial....i am well pleased with the results.<br />
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<br /> <b>Tammy Adams </b>of <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Paisley Lizard</a> <br />The copper wire oval hoop frames for these earrings were formed using a mandrel. I used thinner copper wire to wrap purple Czech glass beads around the outer edges and to finish the top loops. The hoops are joined to copper earwires with a beaded link connector. <br />
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<br /><b>Kelly Hosford Patterson </b>of <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/pyxeestyx">Pyxee Styx</a> <br />"Strumming My Heartstrings" Copper Heart Harp earrings with Ruby Jade and musical note dangles, and tattered sari silk bow ties. They hang 4 3/4 inches long on handmade copper ear wires. Just in time for Valentine's Day! <br />
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<br /><b>Laura Bracken </b>of <a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/">Bracken Designs Studio Art Jewelry</a> <br />A necklace and bracelet set created using the ancient technique of wire weaving called Viking knit (which indeed does date back that far). <br />
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<br /> We hope you’ve enjoyed looking at these wonderful creations. Make sure to check out the other monthly challenges. <br /><br />If you’d like to get in on the action, <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/apply.html">join the SRAJD organization</a>. If you’re already an active member, <a href="https://srajd.wufoo.com/forms/srajd-jewelry-design-contests/">submit your jewelry challenge piece here</a>. Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-14515975623048328102015-01-31T05:32:00.004-08:002015-01-31T05:32:36.050-08:00SRAJD Week 3 Topic WIRE WORK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The topic for week #3 is “Wire Work”. <br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bonnie.jacobsen.39">Bonnie Jacobsen</a> led us in this week’s discussions on the subject of wire work. That is, btw, one of her lovely pieces as our topic photo. If you'd like to check out more of her work, here's <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/BDJDesigns" target="_blank">her website</a>. <br />
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Wire-work is the January jewelry design challenge theme so now’s the time to get going on that project. Submit your design by clicking the link at the top of the blog post (just above the date of each blog post).<br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bonnie.jacobsen.39">Bonnie</a> has graciously started us off with a photo tutorial to make a very cool pair of earrings. <a href="http://artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/Bonnie%20Jacobsen%20Wire%20Work%20Dangle%20Earrings%20Tutorial.pdf" target="_blank">Click here for the link to the PDF</a>. <br />
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So what's everyone's experience with wire work? Love it? Hate it? Tried it? Great at it? On the "to do" list? <br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/" target="_blank">Tammy Adams</a></b>: My "wire work" expertise is fairly limited, and more functional (for connections) than decorative. I think I've mastered the wrapped loop, although I still get a wonky one on occasion. I enjoy free-from or rustic wraps for things like bead cages and pendant bails. I admire the wire weavers and often drool over their designs. However, I've come to the conclusion that kind of precision work is not for me. <br />
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<b><a href="http://www.brackendesigns.com/" target="_blank">Laura Bracken</a></b>: Tammy, I am also not a clever hand at wire work. I'm glad Bonnie's showing us a few techniques, though, because I think being able to do certain things with wire (if not the way out there elaborate stuff) can add a dimension of possibilities to our work. <br />
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<b>Tammy Adams</b>: Agreed, Laura. I used a tutorial to wrap smaller beads around a donut pendant (the one for my Marble Caves challenge design last year) and really liked the technique for enhancing a focal. <br />
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<b> Laura Bracken</b>: We should share photos of things we non wire workers have done with wire that was new for us. I went through a phase (a phase that lasted all of one piece) where I made a wire frame and weaved beads onto it... It was a gingko leaf.<br />
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<b> <a href="http://www.jewelrybyjolane.com/" target="_blank">Jo Pound</a></b>: I love wirework and it was what I started out doing but the hands said that was too hurtful and had softer things in mind. I have moved on to bead embroidery and totally love it--but I 'drool' as Laura put it over it. <br />
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<a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/home/BDJDesigns" target="_blank"><b>Bonnie Jacobsen</b></a>: Learning to make findings was a huge plus and saves money. <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/touchofsilver" target="_blank"><b>Barbara Sadler Swinton</b></a>: The <a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2015/01/announcing-winner-for-srajd-november.html" target="_blank">feature</a> in the SRAJD blog post shows a macrame wire bracelet that I made in a class...<br />
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... it was pretty tough on the hands, though I imagine it might get
easier the more you do it. Other than that, these are about as intricate
as my wire wrapping has gotten.<br />
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<b>Tammy Adams</b>: Well, since you asked, (although those who followed the challenge no doubt will have deja vu), this is the wrapped donut focal of which I am pretty proud. Not sure I remember exactly how to get it started, or whether I bookmarked the tutorial, in case I ever want to do it again. Oops.<br />
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<b> <a href="http://nohline.indiemade.com/" target="_blank">Nohline Sharp L'Ecuyer</a></b>: This is a sample of what I learned to do this past week - wire weaving from a master. <br />
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<b>Barbara Sadler Swinton</b>: This weaving is wonderful! It looks just like a fiber weaving sampler from my past. It's so nice and even...and pretty!!! Would love to hear more about it - it looks like great fun:) More! <br />
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<b>Barbara Sadler Swinton</b>: Nohline was this hard on your hands? <br />
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<b>Nohline Sharp L'Ecuyer</b>: Not hard on your hands but a little physical, yes. <br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ZBoutique" target="_blank"><b>Becci Zaddack</b></a>: This was my 1st successful wire wrap piece. I gifted it to my Mom for Christmas and she thinks it's really neat that I gave her my 1st successful piece and very much treasures it! <br />
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<b>Laura Bracken</b>: Adding as many handmade components to our jewelry sets us apart from the crowd. <a href="http://artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/Bonnie%20Jacobsen%20Handmade%20Earwires%20Tutorial.pdf" target="_blank">Here's Bonnie's tutorial on making your own</a>. <br />
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<a href="http://www.gingrichsart.com/" target="_blank"><b>Katherine Gingrich</b></a>: I will now provide some comic relief. Almost twenty years ago, I actually made pieces like this hideous monstrosity and sold a lot of them. Someone then ripped off this ludicrous idea and produced them too. Snort!!! <br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/pyxeestyx" target="_blank"><b>Kelly Hosford Patterson</b></a>: I was actually a florist before I started jewelry, so I got my wire working basics from making corsages. This is my first fancy wire work piece. An experiment that turned out pretty cool.<br />
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<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/omisilver" target="_blank"><b>Mary Deacy Rembach</b></a>: This month's Step by Step Wire Jewelry featured this balled copper wire bracelet. Each link is joined and them wrapped in and out. Talk about rough on the hands. It called for 18 gauge wire and it was very tough to wrap because after the first wrap around the mandrel you had to remove it and them wrap the ends in and out of the first wrap. I found it hard to keep the circle shape while pulling the wire in and out. I do love wire work in general but I would have liked this better with jump rings between the links because it doesn't sit flat on the wrist and you also don't see all of the balled ends because some of them sit against the wrist rather than on top of it. <br />
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<b>Laura Bracken:</b> <a href="http://artisimportant.com/SRAJD/Contests/2015/Bonnie%20Jacobsen%20Basic%20Coils%20and%20Weaving%20for%20Practice.pdf" target="_blank">Here's another tutorial</a> generously created for the SRAJD members by Bonnie Jacobsen.<br />
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<b>Laura Bracken</b>: And here are a couple of Bonnie's pieces so you can see some of these techniques in action. <br />
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<b>Laura Bracken</b>: Check out Bonnie's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BDJ.Designs" target="_blank">FB page</a> or <a href="http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/BDJDesigns" target="_blank">website</a> to see many more wire work designs to inspire and encourage you. <br />
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<b>Laura Bracken</b>: Bonnie, I'd like to thank you for your help this week on the subject of wire-work. And thanks again for making these awesome tutorials. <br />
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<a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2014/12/botanical-style-december-week-1-srajd.html" target="_blank">Botanical</a><br />
<a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2014/12/whimsical-style-december-week-2-srajd.html" target="_blank">Whimsical</a><br />
<a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2014/12/winter-december-style-december-week-3.html" target="_blank">Winter </a><br />
<a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2014/12/bubbles-style-december-week-4-srajd.html" target="_blank">Bubbles</a><br />
<a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2014/12/beach-style-december-week-5-srajd.html" target="_blank">Beach</a><br />
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The administrative staff at SRAJD selected one overall winner for the December challenges. This person’s designs were chosen as best exemplifying the challenge themes. <br />
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Congratulations Neva Murtha of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSpiralRiver" target="_blank">Spiral River Designs</a>!<br />
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Here are Neva's submissions: <br />
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We thought it would be nice to get to know a little bit more about Neva so I asked her some questions… <br />
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<b>What prompts you to embrace the SRAJD jewelry-making challenges?<br /> </b><br />
A bunch of recent work aligned perfectly with the themes! <br />
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<b> How did you learn your craft? </b><br />
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I’m self-taught and I usually learn by getting an inspiration and then learning what I need to learn in order to make the inspiration manifest. I love staying at my technical edge.<br />
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<b> What do you think is the most interesting thing about your creative expression?</b><br />
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What interests me most is how I observe certain designs and creations with certain stones want to be manifest through me - the idea or inspiration persists until it’s manifest. Sometimes it’s a series of creations with certain stones (BC nephrite jade, tourmaline, aquamarine, citrine for example) and sometimes it is about rings or a series of bracelets. I make some time to follow the inspiration and then it usually becomes one of my best sellers. And when it comes to stones I usually look up the metaphysical meaning after I have been working with it awhile only to discover how aligned my recent journey has been with the properties of the stones. And then I realize the creation wanted to be birthed to reflect a truth to me, or remind me of something. <br />
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<b> What themes do you pursue?</b><br />
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The themes I pursue are usually linked to the way I describe my creative expression above. For example, blue tourmaline will provoke me and then it’s all about what beautiful creation wants to be made with blue tourmaline. Or I’ll be in the studio and the sage bush outside starts sending me ideas for sage leaf earrings. Or I’ll go the beach and the cedar trees will whisper their secrets until I create a bunch of pieces with cedar leaf and bark textures. <br />
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<b> Did you always want to be a jewelry artist? </b><br />
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I have always been an artist and I have always had a deep affinity with the ‘stone people’ but three years ago I had no idea I was a latent jewelry artist. I have a degree in fine arts with a specialization in printmaking (etching) and after university I followed my heart into pottery (also self-taught). And then the stones called and provoked me. Had I known 20 years ago or more that I loved making jewelry and had a skill with it, I imagine I would have studied that instead of fine arts…but that was not my path. I am grateful for the jewelry because I experience it to be an amazing way to combine my love of form, texture and colour into wearable art.<br />
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<b> What are the biggest challenges that you face as a self-representing jewelry artist?</b><br />
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My biggest challenges are having enough time to follow and manifest every inspiration I have (there are several pent up right now). And I have discovered it’s a massive amount of work to maintain my own website and direct traffic to it. <br />
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<b>What role does the artist have in society?</b><br />
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Oh my, so many. This has been a question I have pondered for more than 20 years. What I have come to observe is that artists using any medium are channels of creation – something wants to be created and that something pulses though the person to create it…think of all the great masters. Artists can show us what incredible beauty exists all around us. They show us how to heal and express and inspire. They show us how to care about space and beauty. They show us how to transcend the mundane. They show us what is under the surface in the collective unconscious. They show us what inspiration is and how to be free while also being a technical master. (My partner says ‘there would be no society without artists’, as he laughs.) <br />
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<b> How has your art changed over time?</b><br />
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My art (creative expression)– whether it is etchings, pottery, drawing, creating a beautiful home and garden, was initially a way I processed my truth and true nature. When I look back at my creations from 20 years ago I know that what was being expressed through me was something I had not yet totally embraced in my being. And my art has always been a way of expressing my spiritual path. What I find amazing is that the stones provoked me into starting to make jewelry when I started to feel whole as a result of my spiritual path. Now, I experience my jewelry creations as an expression of that wholeness and you’ll see the symbols of that in many of the shapes I use. <br />
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<b> What does the future hold for you? </b><br />
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I see many ‘rings of light’ featuring amazing stones, as beauty and inspiration continue to provoke technical mastery. <br />
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<b>Neva, thanks for taking the time to answer these questions. It’s an immense pleasure seeing your work and getting to know you better! </b><br />
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See more of Neva's fabulous jewelry here: <br />
<i>Neva in the Spiral River </i><br />
<a href="http://www.thespiralriver.etsy.com/">www.thespiralriver.etsy.com</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.thespiralriver.com/">www.thespiralriver.com</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And the
conversation started at the most logical point, with someone asking , “What is
a business plan?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And as <span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.paisleylizard.com/">Tammy Adams</a></span> voiced her opinion, I felt it
probably spoke for a lot of us: “…<span style="color: #141823;">There are so many
things about the business side of selling jewelry that I have had my head in
the sand about. I'm ready to pay attention to them, but can't quite figure out
where to start.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">Many
members spoke up about wanting to do this, so I am very grateful to </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(246, 247, 248);"><a href="http://www.gingrichsart.com/">Katherine Gingrich</a></span></span><span style="color: #141823;"> for putting this info
together for us and keeping us on task.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">So
back to, “What is a business plan?”<span> </span>I
first took a quote from wiki: “A business plan is a formal statement of a set
of business goals, the reasons they are believed attainable, and the plan for
reaching those goals.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">Then
added a quote from </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(246, 247, 248);"><a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/74194">this website</a></span></span><span style="color: #141823;">, “Recently someone
asked me why they needed a business plan if they were getting all the funding
they needed from friends and relatives. It sounded to me as if they were
thinking of a business plan as just a fund-raising tool. In fact, a business
plan is much more than that: It's a tool for understanding how your business is
put together. You can use it to monitor progress, hold yourself accountable and
control the business's fate. And of course, it's a sales and recruiting tool
for courting key employees or future investors."</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Marcia Zammit
stated, “<span style="color: #141823;">Yes I do have a business plan although the
one that I have for my jewelry is not as formal as the other ones that I have
for my other online businesses. It's still very focused nonetheless -
especially this year's. I know where I am and I know where I<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>want to be. I have a plan on how to
get there and I also know what it's going to take to get me there.<span class="apple-converted-space"> “<span> </span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #141823;">Later Marcia went on to add: “</span></span><span style="color: #141823;">A business plan is
simply knowing where your business is right now and figuring out where you want
it to be in the coming year/s. It is essentially what you're going to do to get
your business where you want it to be.<span>
</span>Because if you don't know where you're going, how are you going to
choose the road that will take you there and how are you going to know that you
got there.<span class="apple-converted-space"> “</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(246, 247, 248);"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/winddancerstudios">Dana Hickey</a></span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #141823;"> shed more light on the subject of what and why, “</span></span><span style="color: #141823;">It might be easier to think
of it as long term goals. What do you want for your business. What do you need
to do to make it happen. Then break it down into manageable steps. Your
business plan is something you can check in on to be sure you're still on
track, and heading towards your goals. It can be used to get you back on track
if you're not meeting your expectations. It is as flexible as your goals are.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #141823;">Katherine got us formally started with this
post: “</span></span><span style="color: #141823;">It's
easy to get caught up in the creative process and forget just how expensive
running a business can be. Writing a business plan and doing periodic reviews
will help you make more money which is a very good thing. It will also help
keep you from investing in equipment that won't help your bottom line.<br />
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The overall parts of a business plan are outlined in the </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(246, 247, 248);"><a href="https://www.sba.gov/writing-business-plan">U.S. Small Business
Administration's website</a>.</span></span><span style="color: #141823;"> This is not the order in which you will write your plan. It's
the order in which the final printed version is shown to investors.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><br />
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A business plan is an ever-evolving process rather than a single document
(unless you are looking for investors). At the end of each year, I review my
sales data with a CPA and make changes to my plan as needed.<span> </span>You may or may not need a full-blown Business
Plan.<span> </span>Even if you don't complete the
entire plan, there are some sections bear some scrutiny to increase your profit
margin as much as possible.<span> </span>Ultimately,
this is going to be your business plan so you need to do the research and write
your own plan. I will discuss some of the things you may want to consider in
your plan.<br />
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Finally, everyone has a different method of writing a plan. I tend to write my
personal business plans on half-sheets of paper so I can shuffle parts around.
It's portable and writing by hand helps me organize my thoughts more
effectively. Others use word processors such as WordPerfect or Word. There are
some free programs out there like Open Office. Google Documents is another
option if you need more than one person to read/write your plan.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">I
then remarked that, “… with such a daunting task ahead it's easy to get all
"deer in the headlights" and just freeze... and do nothing.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(246, 247, 248);"><a href="http://nohline.indiemade.com/">Nohline
L’Ecuyer</a></span></span><span style="color: #141823;"> added, “Writing a business plan can be a huge amount of work
and particularly for a lot of people who live off creating, I can understand
how writing a business plan would draw time away from "making things to
make money". That being said however, a business plan is a useful tool to
keep you on track. We had done one in our management company but it was'nt
updated fro several years. I had to do one for my graduate degree and that was
a huge job that involved some serious market research. To be quite honest, I
don't want to spend that amount of time writing a business plan. I do however
think that a quick, really no more than 2 pages, plan for our kind of
endeavours would suffice. But I will refer to Katherine on this one, she seems
to have far more experience.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">Katherine
then gave us the typical parts of a business plan and numbered them based on an
idea of what order we should tackle them in. </span></span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">Executive
Summary -- 7</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">
Company Description -- 1</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">
Market Analysis -- 3</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">
Organization and Management -- 6</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">
Service or Product Line -- 2</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">
Marketing and Sales -- 4</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">
Funding Request -- Probably not needed</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">
Financial Projections -- 5</span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">
Appendix -- As needed</span></span></span></li>
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“Since this is the <a href="http://www.artisimportant.com/SRAJD/index.html" target="_blank">SRAJD</a>, I'm guessing that almost everyone here already makes
jewelry and/or jewelry components. We'll start with that premise. I would write
the sections in the order above because that would make the most sense to me.
Other types of businesses may write in differing orders.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">You
don't need to sit down and write your entire business plan in one swoop. I did
that when I started out. You can just put it in with the maintenance portion of
your week or month. Whatever time you can devote is going to<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>be beneficial. Even just looking at a
specific bit of your business such as online venues would help. It's easy to
get lost in the creative process and lose track of the bottom line.”</span></span></span></div>
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I will post, without interruption, the information Katherine provided:</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #141823;">7: Executive Summary</span></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">If
you are looking for financial backing, you will need to write an Executive
Summary. This is usually the last part of a Business Plan that gets
written.<span> </span>Most of us will not need to do
write this section but certain elements of an Executive Summary are useful to
at least look at so you can include this information in packets to be handed
out to galleries/retail stores if you're going to go that route. I'll discuss
some of the relevant points if you're writing for a promotional packet:<br />
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<u>Mission Statement</u> -- A couple of sentences that explains your company
and what you're trying to accomplish. Eg. My Jewelry Company specializes in
bridal jewelry for the upscale executive woman. Our designs use traditional
materials such as pearls and precious metals but in unique designs that may be
worn with business attire after the wedding.<br />
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<u>Company Information</u> -- State if you're a sole business owner or a
partnership etc. How long have you been in business? Where is your business
located?<br />
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<u>Products and Services</u> -- What types of jewelry do you manufacture? Just
a brief description. Eg: pierced earrings with dangling lampwork beads.<br />
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<u>Future Plans</u> -- If you're writing this to include in promotional
packets, it wouldn't hurt to put in some of your future plans to show that
you're thinking ahead and plan to be around for a while. Artists are notorious
for disappearing and not fulfilling orders. It helps to appear to be planning
ahead.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">This
is a short description of what you plan to do. What you manufacture and where
you plan to market your product. What is your consumer base? How do you plan to
compete in the market place?<br />
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For example: My Jewelry Company manufactures lampworked focal beads. I will
market my beads both as a finished necklaces and bracelets and also as
components to be used by other jewelry designers. My finished beads will be
marketed to retail consumers online and through shows. They will also be sold
wholesale to other retail stores and galleries. The beads will be marketed
wholesale to other jewelry designers online and through brick and mortar bead
stores. Although lampworked beads are currently manufactured by many others, I
am confident that I will succeed because ___________________<br />
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The hard part is filling in the blank. I tend to write as an engineer. Most of
the detail stuff gets thrown into an appendix. At this point, I would start
files for the Appendices:<br />
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Online venues to market finished necklaces and bracelets.<br />
List of shows I wish to attend to market finished product.<br />
List of galleries/retail stores that may want to carry finished product.<br />
List of components you will need to purchase to complete the
necklaces/bracelets and sources for those components. eg: leather cording,
clasps, etc.<br />
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Online venues to market beads.<br />
List of wholesale bead shows.<br />
List of bead stores currently operating in desired market.<br />
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That's why I use half-sheets of paper. It allows me to scribble down these
things as they occur to me and then I can file them appropriately. Your
experience may vary. This is just a business plan -- it will evolve over time.
Don't get too wrapped up in making it perfect (unless you want investors).</span></span></span></div>
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<b>3: Market Analysis</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">This
is the big one and probably the most important one you'll write (in a bunch of
manageable appendices, of course). Most artists have a pretty good idea of what
they're going to make (whether or not it's actually profitable). This is the
section that will help decide whether or not your idea is marketable and if it
will make you money.<br />
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Take a good look at the jewelry industry -- historically and current state.
This is an industry that rides on trends and marketing. Tiny jewelry one year.
Huge statement necklaces the next. Cuffs are everywhere then completely
disappear. This can make or break an artisan company. Sticking your head in the
sand and making a style that's long over isn't going to help your bottom line.
You need to keep current and make money to continue as a business.<br />
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Take a look at all of the markets in the jewelry business. When do people
traditionally buy jewelry: weddings, engagements, Valentines, Mother's day,
birthdays, special events. Women buy jewelry to go out socially. They also buy
jewelry for work. Men don't buy nearly as much jewelry as women, but are easier
to sell to since the market isn't oversaturated. What kind of jewelry do you
plan to make? You might be tempted to "keep your options open and design
for everything" but that's probably going to up your production costs
significantly.<br />
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I live just outside DC, so I make small to medium size contemporary jewelry for
female business executives. Biggest return on my investment in the area where I
live. We also have a farm in PA. Not a chance in the world of selling
contemporary jewelry in this area of Pennsylvania. I'd have to create a more
nature-inspired line if I were to sell around the farm. You will need to decide
what will sell best in the market you wish to conquer.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><span style="color: #141823;">Market
Analysis -- Part 2 Demographics<br />
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Determine the demographics of your potential clients. This is extremely
important if you're doing shows. Whenever I book a show, I do demographics on
the state and county of the show. I also do demographics on the closest towns.
This allows me to determine what price points to use to fill out my inventory.
It makes no sense to book a show then come with jewelry completely outside the
expected price range.<br />
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I write an appendix for each show that I do. I also keep my show stats in this
location. That way I can look at trends for each show in relationship to the
demographics. Yes, I know. Lots of bookkeeping and statistics. That's how you
make money. You turn your company into an actual business.<br />
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Fortunately, demographic information is readily available online. In addition
to the regular government information, you can do regional searches for brick
and mortar stores to determine if it's a Walmart area or a Bloomingdales area.
Look at the local restaurants to determine cultural diversity so you can adapt
your product line to the individual show.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><u><span style="color: #141823;">Market
Analysis -- Part 3 Pricing<br />
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You will need to determine how to price your items. Don't be tempted to look at
similar designs and price around the same amount. Pricing doesn't work that
way.<br />
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First, determine how much you want to charge per hour for your labor.<br />
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Determine how much time it takes to make a type of item in your line. For
example, how long does it take to make a pair of lampwork bead earrings? Be
sure to include the approximate amount of time it takes to order the
components. There's also overhead time for packing and shipping if you're
selling online (or time at shows otherwise).<br />
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What is the material cost of the item (include postage, etc)?<br />
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There are many formulas used to actually calculate the price of the jewelry.
Ms. Laura has a spreadsheet that works well. I have my own formula in a
spreadsheet form.<br />
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The secret jewelry markups are gold -- 5X material costs. Sterling 20X material
costs. That's what you encounter if you walk into a large retail jewelry store.
Plus labor and overhead, of course.<br />
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Whatever formula you choose to use, if you plan to sell wholesale, my advice is
that your markup should be high enough so that you can wholesale at 50% of your
retail price and still clear a healthy profit. If you can't do that, you need
to look at your production method to see if you can make it more efficient or
you need to modify your product so you can do this. Most of the
stores/galleries that sell my line(s) do so because I am able to sell to them
at true wholesale rates. Telling them that you'll knock off 20% probably won't
get you very far. Your results may vary.</span></span></span></div>
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Analysis -- Part 4 Competitive Analysis<br />
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Here's the hard part. Now that you've got a product and a price, you need to
analyze the competition. You've got a lot of it. Jewelry is one of the most
lucrative DIY hobbies and there are a lot of people who are just trying to sell
enough to feed their hobby.<br />
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The competition you face will depend on where you're planning to sell. No
matter what venue you choose, you will need a website of some sort. Some people
use a site like Etsy as their primary website. That's fine if you're planning
to stay a small, independent jewelry designer. It does make you vulnerable to
changes in their policies -- for example offering an IPO and changing listing
guidelines to please stockholders. sigh...<br />
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In most cases, you'll want a .com type of site to call your own. Even if you
don't sell off that particular site, it is very beneficial to have your own
site if you plan to approach galleries/stores to carry your line(s). It implies
that you've made a genuine commitment to your business as opposed to the
perceived view that you've got a hobby and sometimes list stuff here and there.<br />
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If you list on sites such as Etsy, eBay, or Amazon, you need to take a long
hard look at your competition on those sites. One of the easiest ways to look
at this data for eBay is </span><a href="http://goofbid.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">goofbid.com.</span></a><span style="color: #141823;"> For
Etsy, there's </span><a href="http://craftcount.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">craftcount.com</span></a><span style="color: #141823;"> and</span><a href="http://handmadeology.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">handmadeology.com.</span></a><span style="color: #141823;"> I'm sure there are other sites out there for this
purpose. Sometimes it's just best to type in your idea of a search phrase for
your type of jewelry and see what comes up.<br />
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In any case, it's helpful to have an appendix for collecting this type of data.
You'll need to categorize your jewelry -- Earrings Type 1 (E1): sterling,
single lampwork bead, beadcaps; Earrings Type 2 (E2): gemstone stud set in
sterling, etc. Then, look at each of your intended markets and look for the
number of them in a variety of price ranges. Note little things that jump out
at you when you look. For example:<br />
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eBay E1: search phrase "sterling lampwork earrings" 1/18/15<br />
Price <$5 -- #350 ---- all from China<br />
$5-$9.99 -- #97 -- UK, Australia, mostly made with Chinese lampworked beads<br />
etc...<br />
$125 - $150 -- #2 -- well known lampwork bead makers</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">Obviously,
this data will change over time. It's also comprehensive. If you're strapped
for time, you can always just look at the pricing bracket around your product
(see #3 Pricing above) instead of looking at all the prices at once. I print
out a little form so I can just fill it in periodically and add it to the stack
of data.<br />
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From this quick look, you'll note the obvious things like stay out of the price
range of under $10. While you already knew that, having this in your notes will
help save you when you are desperate to make a sale and decide to "make a
few bucks" by selling some earrings on eBay. Even I get drawn into
"get-rich-quick" ideas. My business plan saves me from myself at
those times.<br />
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While you're looking at this eBay data, you'll become aware of the sellers with
a lot of inventory in your prospective market. Run these seller's names through
the goofbid site and see if they're really making money or not. Unfortunately,
I did not see a similar site to look at the data from Etsy.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">This
is just plug and chug busy work. I tend to do stuff like this when I'm eating
or cooking since my computer needs to spin to do the searches.<br />
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In any case, since you have previously designed your lines and chosen prices,
now's the time to look at reality and see if you need to adjust your design to
a different price point.<br />
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I know that this is a lot of data to collect. However, if you have a CPA, then
you can hand this packet to him/her and ask for help. My CPA told me to trash
one of my product lines even though it was selling quite well. The profit
margin was significantly less than my other products and I was losing money
without realizing it. Yup. That was my get-rich-quick scheme that I didn't
bother adding to my Business Plan. Oops!!! Had I crunched the numbers before
launching that line, I wouldn't have done it.<br />
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This is pretty much a case where you gather all the data and stare at it for a
while. Eventually, you'll begin to see patterns and know which direction to go.<br />
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Here are a couple of sites I use to keep up with the changes on eBay and Etsy:<br />
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</span><a href="http://www.ecommercebytes.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.ecommercebytes.com/</span></a><span style="color: #141823;"><br />
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</span><a href="http://www.ecommercetimes.com/"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none;">http://www.ecommercetimes.com/</span></a></span></span></div>
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traditional approach to this section is to discuss how people are arranged and
managed. Not too useful to me even though I'm a partnership company. Instead, I
took Organization and Management to be the organization of my studio space to
optimize production and time management.<br />
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Take a look at the steps you outlined in section 2 when describing how you make
your jewelry. If you can re-organize your space to take fewer physical steps,
here's where you should make those notes and implement those changes.<br />
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I also looked at time management at this point. How much time do I need to produce
the work? How much time do I need to apply to shows? How much time do I need to
contact retail outlets? How much time will I devote to preparing for shows,
doing them, then unpacking? This is an ongoing issue for all artists. There are
only so many hours in the day to work and still get things done like laundry
and dishes. Keeping track of all of those business time commitments will help
you establish prices for your work since you will actually know how much labor
is involved.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">Describe
how your jewelry will benefit your intended customer. How is it different than
your competitors? For example: Do you make jewelry for business women? Do you
make jewelry that's likely to be picked up on vacation? Do you specialize in
"occasion" jewelry?<br />
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Are you planning to take legal steps to protect your intellectual rights?
That's something I don't do because I don't particularly care if someone copies
me.<br />
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Go step-by-step through the procedures, supplies, and equipment you need to produce
your jewelry. This is a great place to spawn yet another Appendix. I do a
separate section for each type of jewelry I plan to produce. This is very
helpful if you intend to expand your product line in the future. For example,
if you are... unfocused as I am, you'll want to know what investment is needed
to produce something else... like enameled metal pieces....<br />
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That leads us to the research and development part of your company. You'll need
to budget resources to expand your product line in the future. If you keep
doing the same thing for years, your sales will eventually dwindle to nothing.
You need to keep abreast of trends and adapt your product line to keep up. How
much time and money can you invest in your company to keep it moving forward.<br />
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Take a hard look at how jewelry is evolving and try to project where you will
fit in the scheme 5-10 years in the future. Write it down. Re-evaluate it
frequently.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">As
as self-representing artist, you are the marketing and sales force. There's a
limit to how much time you can devote to your business. Sadly, most of your
time will be eaten by the marketing and sales part of the business.<br />
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It basically boils down to getting your product into locations where your
customers can buy them. This part of the business will change even over the
space of a few months. You will saturate markets with some product lines and
will either need to adapt and change those lines or move to different markets.<br />
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With social media, it's now easier and less expensive to reach customers.
Unfortunately, there's now a sea of jewelry designers out there competing with
you. SRAJD has been very good about trying to keep it's members in the
limelight. Thank you admins.</span> <span style="color: #141823;"><br />
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Usually, you'll need a combination of approaches to maximize sales.
Online/social media, printed materials (business cards, fliers, catalogs,,
etc.), advertising, blogspots, newsletters, publicity, promotions, shows, etc.<br />
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This is pretty much an area of trial and error. Sometimes, you just have to
shake your head... power bracelets, bubble necklaces... What the heck???
Sometimes marketing and sales are just apparently random. This is when you put
your nose in the statistics and try to make sense of it all.<br />
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Probably not needed<br />
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the most part, financial projections are used for enticing investors. There are
some aspects of financial projections that may be useful to you. It never hurts
to see exactly where your company stands financially. One</span> <span style="color: #141823;">thing
you will need for taxes is a balance sheet which shows your assets vs.
liabilities.<br />
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<u>Assets:<br />
</u>-- Cash and credit on accounts to other companies<br />
-- Accounts receivable (money owed to you by customers)<br />
-- Inventory and equipment owned by your company<br />
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<u>Liabilities:<br />
</u>-- Accounts payable (people you owe money)<br />
-- Taxes owed<br />
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Committing these numbers to paper will help you understand just how you're
doing as a business. A surprising number of business fail to do this on a
regular business. An accountant can help you out with this if you need help.<br />
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The inventory and equipment can be scheduled for depreciation (again, an
accountant helps here).<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">Then
the discussion continued, with </span><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(246, 247, 248);"><a href="http://brackendesigns.com/">me</a></span></span><span style="color: #141823;"> remarking on something from section 3 part
3 (Market Analysis, Pricing) where Katherine mentioned “Don't be tempted to
look at similar designs and price around the same amount.”<span> </span>I countered with, “I think almost everyone I
know tries to price (at least at one point) based on similar items in the
market.”</span></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">Katherine
explained, “It's really tempting to try to do that but that method fails for
several reasons. First, you don't know how your competitor sources their
materials nor do you know how they price their merchandise.</span> <span style="color: #141823;"><br />
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You need to independently price your items then look to see if they are
marketable at that price. If they aren't then you can either decide that you're
doing them anyway no matter what or you can alter your production source and
methods or you can make something else. It's your decision at that point.”</span></span></span></i></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #141823;">Katherine,
I can’t thank you enough for being so thorough in helping us get started on
this.<span> </span>I hope to hear from some of the
SRAJD members when they’ve drafted their business plans.<span> </span>I’m getting started on mine today.</span></span></span></i></b></div>
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Laura Brackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02364303327135116922noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-735978617285565780.post-28077887339215086642015-01-17T19:11:00.001-08:002015-01-18T10:09:57.210-08:00Announcing the Winner for the SRAJD November 2014 Jewelry Design Challenge<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’d like to thank everyone who participated in November 2014 SRAJD challenges. The results for the "Basic Designs" challenges can be seen here: <br /><br /><a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2014/11/organic-style-november-week-1-srajd.html">Organic Style</a><br /><a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2014/11/elegant-style-november-week-2-srajd.html">Elegant Style</a><br /><a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2014/11/modern-style-november-week-3-srajd.html">Modern Style</a><br /><a href="http://srajd.blogspot.com/2014/11/rustic-style-november-week-4-srajd.html">Rustic Style</a></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The administrative staff at SRAJD selected one overall winner for November. This person’s designs were chosen as best exemplifying the challenge themes. <br /><br />Congratulations <b>Barbara Swinton</b> of <a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Touch of Silver</a>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />We thought it would be nice to get to know a little bit more about Barbara so I asked her some questions… <br /><br /><b>What prompts you to embrace the SRAJD jewelry-making challenges?</b><br /><br />I'm a rather structured person, which has been useful over the years in simply getting things accomplished. However, when it comes to creating jewelry, structure is good only up to a point. It's awfully easy for me to be fairly repetitive when I approach my workbench - I can accomplish a lot, if I do what I always do. The jewelry challenges make me sit back and think about doing something different. It doesn't have to be with the idea of selling it, I find - just creating a piece that comes to life as a result of moving in a new direction, down an unexplored path. I'm really looking forward to the new year of challenges! <br /><br /><b>How did you learn your craft? </b><br /><br />Back in 2005, we went 'mining' for garnets on one of our rest days from Adirondack hiking. After we collected our stash, we noticed a mineral store which at the time, I thought must always be associated with places like this. And amazingly, there they were, all these beautiful minerals - hanging on strands of thread no less! Yikes, they were gorgeous. So I bought a couple of strands of beads as a memory of our visit. Once home, I had no idea how to make these beads stay around my wrist and I sought out the local bead store to take a basis beading class. From there the passion just grew. I've taken many classes over the years, including bead crochet, PMC, chainmaille, glass fusing, lampwork beads, and most recently 2 courses in working with metal sheet and wire. In addition, books, "how to" videos and of course You Tube have all provided learning opportunities which I have indulged myself in, time and time again. <br /><br /><b>What themes do you pursue? </b><br /><br />The theme that comes through most often in my creations is the color influence of the southwest. We began our Albuquerque visits 7 years ago, and oh, the silver and turquoise and lapis and coral, and sandy desert tones and colorful cactus flowers! All those colors provide a pleasing palette of inspiration for me when doing beaded jewelry. Earthy colors are next in line. The variety of jaspers alone is mind boggling. I definitely have studio supply overload in the bead category! On the other hand, working with sheet metal is really appealing to my structured nature; all those geometric shapes are calling my name. <br /><br /><b>Did you always want to be a jewelry artist?</b><br /><br />Jewelry didn't enter my life until 10 years ago, but prior to that time there were many creative outlets that drew my attention. I guess I was trying to find myself creatively, though at the time, my pursuits weren't categorized in that way. In the 70's it was quilting, which actually spanned a few decades - all children had quilts at home, when they went off to college, wedding quilts, baby quilts, wall hangings etc. Then I discovered weaving on a floor loom (which I still have as a conversation piece), stained glass - windows, cabinet doors and the like; then onto painting - that was a rough one, as those paint brushes weren't very good listeners, though I know I will return to that effort someday! And finally jewelry - I've been very lucky to live in an area that can provide many classes for creative experimentation. <br /><br /><b>What do you think is the most interesting thing about your creative expression? </b><br /> <br />Because I have pursued a variety of outlets for expressing myself creatively, it's been interesting to note the two common threads captured in many of these activities. First, there's the tactile experience - the smooth material of a quilt broken by the lines of hand stitching, the textured fibers of wool and cotton as you weave your shuttle back and forth, the coolness of the stained glass as you carefully fit your design pieces together. And then there's shape - very similar visual stimuli from the angles of quilt pieces, stained glass and geometric forms used in metal work creations. Fun to notice these similarities! </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>What are the biggest challenges that you face as a self-representing jewelry artist?<br /> </b><br />I think we all share some very common challenges when representing our own work. Although we concentrate our primary effort on growing our artistic expertise, in order to see success from that, we must be the mini-master of many tasks. If selling online, there are so many more learning curves that confront us - photography, SEO, bookkeeping, shipping, taxes - no weak links allowed in that chain:) When all you'd really like to do is create, it's a great challenge to have to excel in all these additional tasks. I just ended a relationship selling at a brick and mortar boutique due to time constraints, but when following that path, you have to be a salesman. Eeewww! For me, that was not a natural trait. Selling yourself and your creations directly, opens up your vulnerable side and yes, that was a difficult hurdle to overcome. However, with sales success, it was much easier to be a salesperson and talk about the creative process with anyone who would listen. <br /><br /><b>What role does the artist have in society? </b><br /><br />Artists have had great influence both individually and as a group on the social society. I've always been enamored of the French Impressionists from the late 19th century. Their sketch-like capture of life in that era was an enormous change in style - not appreciated or accepted at the time. I think the role of artists over the years has been to evoke thought, hopefully emotion and sometimes change, no matter what the field - music, painting, dance or jewelry artists. In all of these fields, creativity often occurs as a solitary activity, but I think artists, as a segment of society, share the hope that what we create will elicit a reaction of one sort or another; we want to strike a nerve! <br /><br /><b>How has your art changed over time? </b><br /><br />When I first discovered those minerals on a string, every piece I made consisted of 4 mm beads....for years! But as time went on, I found there was just so much more in size and shape and texture that needed exploring. It's satisfying creating my own earwires, clasps and other findings which give my pieces a more personal touch. Moving beyond beads, using metal rings for chainmaille gave new creations a more elegant look. Love the intricacy of weaving rings - it looks much harder than it is! There are so many different metal ring "looks" out there, from silver, copper and gold to niobium and aluminum - love them all. Now I'm getting into more creative opportunities using sheet metal. I feel there will always be something new just around the corner. <br /><br /><b>What does the future hold for you? </b><br /><br />In the near future, I will be focusing on my copper, silver, and brass sheet metal sawing, filing, soldering, and texturing - would love to have a rolling mill. Continuing with my stone setting (I've done two so far) is also at the top of the list, as well as trying a few techniques with copper pipe that sound intriguing. My intention is to soon become the boss of my flex-shaft...none of this "poor listening" like I got from my paintbrushes! Practice, practice, practice. I would like to explore both heat and chemical patinas, and learn to etch and enamel. Those endeavors should keep me busy for a decade or so....</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Barbara, thanks for taking the time to answer these questions. It’s an immense pleasure seeing your work and getting to know you better! </b><br />See more of Barbara’s fabulous jewelry here: <br /><a href="http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com/">http://www.touchofsilver.etsy.com</a> <br /><br /> </span></span><br />
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