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Boredom Earrings

I was bored today. Actually I have been bored recently... Didn't produce much. But while I was playing with scrap-booking copper, I figured out that I could use it in jewelry! Cut the shapes by using paper punch! And tadaa! :) 

Terror, Birthday and more....

Life is strange! You never know what's waiting for you in a few minutes, even seconds. I condemn the acts of the Norway shooter and feel so sorry for all! My prayers go out to the families and victims of the bomb explosion and shootings. Norway is a beautifully peaceful country and there is also freedom of speech! No one has the right to even think about destroying this! No persons, no groups, no religions, no ethnicity or no race!

Norway Has Become One Heart!

Today is my birthday and got an awesome birthday cake from my beloved husband in the morning! Yeah, that was my first morning birthday cake and I am so grateful. He is such a beautiful and loving person! I love you, Thomas.

And here are some more jewelry pieces I made in the passing weeks.

My Mother's Design, My Handwork

Here comes the earrings I had in mind for a while now! The design belongs to my mom, and handcrafting is mine. I used copper sheet metal and sterling silver earwires with silver plated rivets to make this pair. The patina look is made by me by heating the copper. It's amazin what one can do just by a hammer and some heat! 

Yet Another Riveted Necklace

I'm full of inspiration today! Here is another version of the riveted wire wrapped necklace I had made previously. 

The pendant is made of glass and the rest is copper wire. This is my design, and it seems to become my signature design! 

New Metalwork

I'm very excited to put out these photos for display! I've been working with this necklace and bracelet for a while. Both have been really time consuming, but the results are stunning. 

The necklace is made of silver plated wire and a donut pendant. The connections are riveted connections. And the ending is a silver plated chain.

The bracelet is made of silver clay and copper sheet metal by using the riveting technique. I polished the whole thing with a couple of files, burnisher and polishing cloth since my flex shaft is not useable in the US (230 Volts).

I enjoyed the process of making these a lot! If you are interested in the bracelet, it's on sale on my Etsy page.

Chainmaille in a Barrel Weave!

I love chainmaille jewelry. Here is a cuff like bracelet (I said cuff like because it is sturdy, snug) I've recently made using barrel weave.

Spiral Fun Wire Wrapped Necklace

This necklace took forever! I spent more than a week for this piece, but it turned out well in the end. It's in vintage colors and meant to match the wire wrapped ring I made previously. 

Wire Wrapped Ring

Here is a ring I've just made after being inspired by Eni Oken's ornate ring tutorial. I love the idea and made some changes and came up with my own version. This ring is very lovely and can be used with casual outfit. 

Soldered Silver Ring

Here comes the ring I made last weekend at Rita Marie Ross's soldering workshop in Austin. She is such a good teacher that made me do such an art almost totally on my own! This was my first time with hands on the heavy duty equipments in an artist's studio. I had really good time and I'm so glad to have learned so many things. Thank you Rita! 

Wire wrapping, forging and more beading

I have been learning a lot of different techniques recently and I love applying these to my pieces. Here are some new creations.

New backdrop trials... Black

Here I tried to use black backdrop and see how it would turn out to be. For the shiny products, black backdrop might be an awesome choice. But for the other, more colorful and yet not very shiny pieces, it was a bit difficult to adjust all the contrast and exposure. Anyways, here are some more inspirations from Heidi Boyd's book "Wired Beautiful".

Latest creations of mine

I have been making some new pieces and here I'd like to share them with you. More detailed information on each project can be found at  my webpage Guldem's Handmade Jewelry.

Inspired by Heidi Boyd

I saw the tutorial for this ring in a book called Wired Beautiful written by Heidi Boyd and I fell in love with it. It is reserved for my mother in law as a gift for her soon coming birthday!

Thanks to Heidi Boyd for such a beautiful book and the inspiration!

My first selling!

Today a friend of mine, who I haven't met in person yet, bought this lovely pair of earrings from me! Actually, i have just started selling online without even having it in my thoughts this morning! I have to thank my encouraging friend Alex very much! You rock girl! 

Starfish experiment - Sold

26. April 2011