What's New!

This week's Spring offerings from etsymetal team!

                                LjBjewelry                             Leslie Zemenek Jewelry

 Cynthia Del Giudice                          Juju By Sarah

 AmityJewelry                                  Lauren Meredith     

 Jen Lawler Designs                              betsybensen

                                2Roses                                         Laura Roberson    

                             Fenton Design                           SCJJewelryDesign

Lots of color and texture in this week's new work from etsymetal team!

                       Cynthia Del Giudice                      Le Chien Noir Jewelry     

 ChristineMighion                              PureDichotomy

Lauren Meredith                                       Juju by Sarah

 ArtByWinona                                                sudlow

 Jen Lawler Designs                              LauraRoberson

                 Carrie Nunes Jewelry                         Fenton Design

 simplyMegA                                         AmityJewelry

 SCJJewelryDesign                                 Anne Walker

                                  2Roses                                           betsybensen

Etsy Metal Charm Swap 17: Progress Report 5

Countdown!  A slight change has been made last week, we now have a ship by date of April 1st, instead of received by. So now it is 15 days until our charms are to be shipped out to Michele Grady.

 

The way the swap works is, etsymetal members sign up to participate. The number of sign ups we have decides the number of charms to make. This time there are 7 participants and a theme of "Animals". Each participant makes a charm for each member plus 2 extra. When they are finished they send the charms to one of the curators who in turn will sort and pass them back out to the 7 participants. The 2 extra charms have a purpose as well. One individual charm will be sold in the EtsyMetal shop and the other one will be going on a "charm holder" necklace this time around instead of a bracelet. 50% of the funds collected from the sale of the charm swap bracelets and necklaces will be donated to a Youth Arts Organization (TBA) to support budding young artists.
Below are the Artists participating in Charm Swap 17 and some work in progress photos:

Victoria Takahashi    Michele Grady   Jessica Lopour   

Andrea Ring   Stacey Maddock   Nina Gibson   Regina Ewer 

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Regina Ewer

"Little clown fish all traced and ready for cutting.

An very old design I did back in the 90's so glad I save all my templates!"

 

 

Stacey Maddock

Stacey's charms are officially completed & shipped!

Congratulations for being the first finished!

WooHoo! Thank you Stacey!

 

Victoria Takahashi

"I am coming along slowly but surely!
 I also got a complete new acetylene/air torch setup and brand new hoses for my oxy/propane torch. Oddly they both broke in the same week $$$ ouch! I took the few days of downtime to clean up a bit in my studio and ran down to my partners shop and cut my steel for personalization of the metalwork on my charms. Now I am ready to go!"

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That's about all the activity I was able to squeeze out of my fellow swappers this week as they are busy with life and the usual days events, so please

stay tuned and we will see you next week!

Thanks for browsing :)

What's New!

Such a plethora of pretties this week from etsymetal studios!

                          Lauren Meredith                          Cynthia Del Giudice

 JenLawlerDesigns                                            2Roses

 AmityJewelry                                        Art by Winona

 LjBjewelry                                               simplyMegA

 Fenton Design                                      PureDichotomy

                           Juju by Sarah                                Form and Funktion

                            betsybensen                               LeslieZemenekJewelry

Etsy Metal Charm Swap 17: Progress Report 4

Countdown! Only 22 days until these will be finished and in the hands of me, Michele Grady. No this is not Victoria Tackahashi posting this week's update. She is having some torch issues she needs to take care of this week so I'm filling in for her but she will be back soon!  Now back to the swap...The way the swap works is members sign up to participate. The number of sign ups we have decides the number of charms to make. This time there are 7 participants and a theme of "Animals". Each participant makes a charm for each member plus 2 extra. When they are finished they send the charms to one of the curators who in turn will sort and pass them back out to the 7 participants. The 2 extra charms have a purpose as well. One individual charm will be sold in the EtsyMetal shop and the other one will be going on a "charm holder" necklace this time around instead of a bracelet. 50% of the funds collected from the sale of the charm swap bracelets and necklaces will be donated to a Youth Arts Organization (TBA) to support budding young artists.

Below are the Artists participating in Charm Swap 17 and some work in progress photos:

Victoria Takahashi    Michele Grady   Jessica Lopour   

Andrea Ring   Stacey Maddock   Nina Gibson   Regina Ewer 

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First we have an update from Nina Gibson of NinaGibsonDesigns. Nina made a bunch of fish from a die and sent in a few options of what she should do with them next...Can't wait to see which sample sketch she ends up using for her charm! 

Victoria Tackahashi  from Experimetal sent in this photo and says "My charms (pendants) have taken a complete turnaround once again. Now I am hand carving antlers again and making steel stamps to personalize the caps, they will all be completely different individuals"

Jessica Lopour from AbellaBlue sent in her photo and says "I have just finished my sample and finalized my design. Now I am working on gathering the components and cutting out all the pieces to solder together."

Andrea Ring from AmuckDesign sent in her update photo and says "Made and printed a tiger pattern to transfer onto metal for etching. Decided to do keum boo for the stripes on front of the tiger."

And last but not least Stacey Maddock from StaceyMaddockDesigns has her first charm finished! She says "Not a finished shot but a finished charm! Mine will go in the mail soon! Calling it 'the place where we live'

That's all I have for this week so check back here again next week for Victoria's latest news on the swap! 

EtsyMetal Blog carnival

 

 

 

Welcome to our monthly EtsyMetal blog carnival. Blog carnival is about a group of our members discussing a common topic.

This months topic:

"Art outside of jewelry that Inspires Us"

READ AND SEE WHAT SOME OF OUR MEMBERS THINK. 

YOU ARE WELCOME TO MAKE COMMENTS AND ASK QUESTIONS! 

ENJOY.

 

Laura Bracken

 

Andrea Ring

What's New!

This week's new work from etsymetal studios!

 LjBjewelry                                                   2Roses

 SCJJewelryDesign                                  FentonDesign

 Form and Funktion                             AmityJewelry

Juju by Sarah                                          simplyMegA

                                         sudlow                                 VirginieMartinStudio

                        Laura Roberson                                  Pure Dichotomy

                           SimplyAdorning                              Sara Westermark

February Monthly Challenge "Botanical"

Anns Fell
Branch earrings, Sterling & rough Diamond earrings 

 

Our February challenge was to make a "Botanical" piece that was inspired by Spring!

For this challenge I asked the team members of EtsyMetal to share pieces they have already made to help celebrate this month! Here are some beautiful Botanical inspired work!

Anna Fell

Oxidized Sterling Silver. 

 

Michele Grady

Sterling Silver & Onyx earrings.

 

 

Shannon Conrad 

Oxidized Sterling Silver Bud necklace.

Theresa Kwong

Flower Earrings, Sterling Silver and Pearls.

 

Carrie Nunes Jewelry

Lotus Bloom Drop Earrings in Sterling Silver and 18K Gold. Carrie hand carved the wax for these sweet little blooms and cast them in silver in her shop. Botanical themes have long been a favorite in her work.

Rachel Sudlow

Peas and Carrots

Leslie Zemenek 

Copper, Brass, Sterling Silver & Labradorite.

 

Laura Pacino 

Copper, Sterling Silver, Seraphinite & Pearl Necklace

 

Stacey Freed Low 

Fern leaf patterned Sterling Silver Cuff

 

 

Sarah Hood

Botanical Ring Set, Sterling Silver.

 

Mark Kaplan

 Bellafiore Earrings, Sterling Silver & Glass.

 

 

Meg Auth 

Black Onyx and Sterling Silver Leaf earrings. 

 

 

Su Trindle

A large statement pendant handmade in Sterling Silver.

 

Debbie Ritchie

Sterling Silver & Prehnite earrings.

 

 

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The March Challenge is:

"30 Minute Challenge"

We are asking our EtsyMetal Team members to pick one project from either the

"30 Minute Rings Book" or "30 Minute Bracelets Book"

 (Author Marthe Le Van, Publisher Lark Crafts.)

 

And then make the project as described in the book, but here's the fun twist, they have to incorporate their juju, style, & personality into the piece, thus transforming it into their personal style. Can't wait to see what they come up with!

 

This Challenge will be due March 31st!

  

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"Public submissions are closed for the March Challenge."

 

Reader Submission details:

Hello readers! We just require that you make your pieces specifically for these challenges.

Please post your photo link to your XXX piece in the comment area below in THIS post. We will take submissions until the last day of the month PST midnight, this is a firm deadline. 

Can't wait to see what you all create!

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See you next month and thanks for taking the time to visit!

If you have any questions, please contact *Monthly Challenge Blog Authors below:

 Anna Fell * Andrea Ring * Victoria Takahashi

*Disclaimer: Authors of the EtsyMetal Monthly Challenge have the right refuse your artwork submission to the post for any reason they see fit.