Wednesday, February 28, 2018

February Monthly Challenge- Tiny charms


                                       

Our challenge for February was to make a tiny charm 1/2" and under and I think we have some darn cute entries! I hope you enjoy this months pieces and if there is an idea you'd like to see us tackle in our monthly challenges please drop us a note in the comments section.




Down To The Wire Designs

 
 
A tiny sterling wild rose with a pink topaz center.
 
 
 
 
 

Amuckdesign

 
Sterling silver hollowformed charm with skull.
 
 
 
 

Severin Metals

 
A tiny 1/2" green tourmaline and sterling charm.
 
 
 

 

EMW Metalworks

 
February tiny charm. I had so much fun with this one! I made a couple. Tiny bird nest with blue egg is my favorite.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Nina Gibson Designs

 
Tiny Charm Bangle. A dozen charms, all under 1/2 inch, slide around a simple silver bangle. The charms are all made using stamps from my collection of handmade Navajo tools.
 
 
 

 

Schmuckburg

 
I have to do three at a time - not sure why. But I think one is not faster.
Anyway, you like to believe that small things get done faster. But the opposite is often the case.
And you have to use such small tools. Or you can hardly hold the piece of jewelry.
That was a great challenge! I love the etsy metal team for that!

Sterling Silver, 18 ct Gold, peridot, rhodochrosite, lapis lazuli
 
 
 
 
I'd like to thank my teammates for playing along this month and hope they will join in the March challenge of making a "Cocktail Ring".  If you'd like to play along with us in March post your ring here in the comments section by march 26th.
 
 
 


Saturday, February 24, 2018

What's New!


Wow! Here's what's new this week from etsymetal!

aFineExcess                                              Van Raay



                           PureDichotomy                           Carrie Nunes Jewelry



 Beth Cyr                                                 sudlow



 AmityJewelry                                           Juju By Sarah



Nina Gibson Designs                                    simplyMegA



                             Cynthia Del Giudice                         EMW Metalworks






Saturday, February 17, 2018

What's New!


This week's new jewels from etsymetal!

                             Quercus Silver                                   AmityJewelry



                         Lauren Meredith                                     LjBjewelry


                             Beth Cyr                                           Juju By Sarah               


simplyMegA                                                  Van Raay  



EMW metalworks                                            betsybensen





Saturday, February 10, 2018

What's New!


This week's new work from etsymetal!

Renee Ford Metals                              EMW Metalworks



                           AmityJewelry                          Laura Bracken Designs



           Victoria Takahashi/experimetal                    simplyMegA









Saturday, February 3, 2018

What's New!


This week's new work from etsymetal!

                           sudlow                                    Laura Bracken Designs



Michele Grady Designs                                     LjBjewelry



Lauren Meredith                              EMW Metalworks



                         Quercus Silver                            Leslie Zemenek Jewelry



                              Van Raay                                        JMK Jewelry



                             AmityJewelry                                     Cynthia Kurth








Tuesday, January 30, 2018

January Challenge- "NEW"

It's a new year so what better theme to start with than "NEW". This could be a new technique, new tool, new materials, etc. I believe we have some knock-out entries for this month and hope you think so too!!



 
 
 

 
EMWmetal (shop)
 
 
I'm so excited about this new series of work. I took a workshop 2 summers ago on "Metal Painting" from a former professor. In this process you use directional sanding and patinas to develop your image. One of the materials we were able to work with that day was copper plated nickel. You could sand through the copper and expose the nickel in areas and use liver of sulphur to color the copper... I could not find this material anywhere. I was just gifted some at Christmas. Having fun in January! So here is my first couple of landscape paintings using this process.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
I bought some copper PMC a few months back to experiment with. Hats off to you PMC artists! It was harder than it looks! I've only used it once before so it was challenging. This was the best flower of the bunch! I am also creating a new body of work with more gemstones so this was a perfect challenge! I'm in love with these colors together!
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 

Beth Cyr (shop)
 
 I'd been really attracted to this style of hoop, but hadn't made anything like it. the mechanism takes longer to make than I think it should, even after 3 pairs! part of what changes it is fusing the little curly loop closed and getting the angle just right with that little detail on the "hinge" side.
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
Cynthia Kurth (shop)
 
Trying out something new also means risking something. For example, that one is not satisfied with the resulting piece of jewelry. I wanted to bring stamped jewelry and simple settings together. But is that the right way? I'll probably try more ..
 
 
 
 
 
 


Nina Gibson (shop)
 
I got a Fretz mini forming stake set for Christmas. I have no idea what I'm doing. They turned out okay though - double up on the earring challenge.
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
I've always wanted to try making my own ear nuts but have never stopped to take the time to try this out. Now that I've done it though I think this will be a permanent addition to my earrings!
 
 
 
 
 
Our February challenge will be to make "Tiny Charms" 1/2" in size.  If you'd like to play along with us post your tiny charm in the comments of this post by February 26th.
 
 

Saturday, January 27, 2018

What's New!


This is what's new from these etsymetal studios!

                              JMK Jewelry                                   Cynthia Kurth



                    Laura Bracken Designs                  Le Chien Noir Jewelry



                            Juju By Sara                                             sudlow



                         AmityJewelry                               Michele Grady Designs



                           EMW Metalworks                               betsybensen



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