etsy metal: August 2018

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Monthly Challenge- Circles and Earrings

This month we took a simple design element, the circle and asked teammates to create a pair of earrings. It's always fun to see how many people can use the same design element and come up with completely different pieces from each other. Enjoy!

Kirsten Denbow

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Kristen Baird-Rabun

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I love this pattern. I call it Polka dots - but they are circles actually.

A drilled iron plate creates the pattern.

Cynthia Kurth

Schmuckburg

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Beth Cyr Kroh

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I loved working with the rainbow colors of these scallop shell beads. In these necklace and earrings, I framed the beads with hand textured sterling silver circles.

Suzy Louise

Wild Thistle Jewelry

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Long sterling silver dangle earrings, layered circles, 14 gauge.

Mokume Gane earrings with dot pattern, sterling silver and copper.

Large sterling silver hoops with embossed circle.

Elise Worman

EMW metalworks

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Laura Bracken

Bracken Designs

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Andrea Ring

Amuckdesign

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Su Trindle

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These were made in collaboration with ceramicist Emily-Kriste Wilcox. Keeping them lightweight, protective and complementary to the ceramics was an interesting challenge. I made textured silver frames which are tab set front and back and oxidised them for a charcoal finish show off the painterly glaze on the ceramics.