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 :)

EtsyMetal Charm Swap 17 Progress Report 2

Countdown begins!  46 more days until these will be finished and in the hands of our Curator Michele Grady! She will then sort and pass the 9 charms out amongst the 7 participants. We always make 2 extra charms, so one individual charm will get sold in the EtsyMetal Shop, and the other one gets attached onto a bracelet with the 6 others, but this time it seems we will have a perfect amount for a Charm Necklace, and these will come on a charm keeper!
50% of the funds collected from these Charm Swap Bracelets and Necklaces will be donated to a Youth Arts Organization (tbd) to support budding young artists!

Below are the Artists participating in Charm Swap 17, 2016!

And some work-in-progress shots!

Victoria Takahashi    Michele Grady   Jessica Lopour   

Andrea Ring   Stacey Maddock   Nina Gibson   Regina Ewer 

 

Andrea Ring of Amuck Designs

Look very closely and see actually how small this Tiger is!

To create something this complex and small, is a great feat in itself!

 

 

Stacey Maddock of smaddockdesigns  

Stacey says, "Not as much about the animals themselves, but where they live.

Places in nature and colors are what come to mind. More to come soon!"

 

 

Victoria Takahashi of Experimetal

"I am just mocking up my design and deciding on the actual animal this will become. My animal will be sitting in a box about 1.25 to 1.5" square. I am making them a bit bigger and more complex now than originally planned since we have the great luxury of our charms being on a charm necklace this time!

I'm very excited as we have a fantastic line up of very talented Jewelry Artists this round!"

 

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If you have some time and want to take a peek at some really cool pieces, you can see the charms & bracelets from past charm swaps in our EtsyMetal Team Shop, some are sold, but some are also still available!

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Stay tuned for next weeks Progress Report!

Thanks for reading!

EtsyMetal Charm Swap 17 Progress!

Our EtsyMetal Team Charm Swap is underway! There is a voluntary "Animal" theme this round! We have gotten off to a bit of a late start this round but we are pulling it together and here is the progress so far. We have a very light roster this swap so expect to see some extra fantastic artwork this round! If this swap is under 10 participants we are more than likely to make a charm necklace for our shop instead of a bracelet. And as always, 50% of the proceeds will go towards the support of a Youth Arts Organization. (TBD)

Andrea Ring

This is her rough draft idea! Looks like she is working on a Tiger! Rawr! 

I just love her graphic styled artwork. Looking forward to seeing her progress.

 

 

Michele Grady

Michele says she is still playing with animal prints and textures... Not sure what they will become as of yet.... Michele's work is always so perfectly made and beautiful!

 

 

Victoria Takahashi

Ok, I keep changing my mind! It was Giraffes, Elephants, Meerkats and Fishies... but, now I think I am going with these above. I want to hand carve these babies, I might have to pick straighter ones out as I am thinking I want to try to attach them to my mini lathe....
...and also thinking of fabricating a little dangly charm to it as well. But things can still change!

 

Also so far joining us this round are:

Jessica Lopour 
Stacey Maddock