something new: flos, fine silver flower earrings
Showing posts with label cubic zirconia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cubic zirconia. Show all posts
Monday, March 2, 2015
Thursday, April 26, 2012
patina & polish
The rest of this batch of silver.
Unlike the other pieces, I gave these ones a patina. I've then rubbed back & burnished them - I mostly wanted the patina to highlight the patterns & textures of the pieces.
The earrings with the triangular stones are an older pair I'm re-finishing.
Apart from the three pendants with the stones, these are now in the process of being turned into pendants & earrings.
& a couple of close-ups, because I was playing around with the macro lens :)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
small & shiny...
just a quick peek at some of the pieces from this post. They've all been tumbled & these ones are staying shiny. The other pieces from this batch have been given a patina & are still being finished.
oh, & if you were wondering where the large green cubic zircona went - my youngest sister claimed it as soon as it came out of the tumbler :)
Sunday, June 14, 2009
work(s) in progress...
Today I thought I'd blog a little bit about my jewellery making.
I make my silver jewellery using PMC (precious metal clay), which is basically tiny silver particles in an organic binder - not actually 'clay' as such. While it's wet, I roll, shape & texture the piece, before leaving it to air dry.
You can use almost anything to create a texture in the wet clay, I have used leaves, lace, seedpods, straws, toothpicks.....& I've also made myself some texture plates & stamps. You can see some of the plates in the photo above & the photo below shows some of my stamps, all made out of polymer clay.
Once the clay has air dried (at this stage it's referred to as 'leather hard'), I can refine the piece. I sand the edges to make them smooth & attach the bail (for pendants). Sometimes I embellish the piece further, by carving or adding raised decorations.
I also set many of my pieces with lovely sparklies - lab created cubic zirconias. I have lots of different shapes & colours....
Once I'm happy with the finish, I fire the pieces in my kiln. The pieces in these photos got fired last night...I'll take some photos to blog soon :)
I make my silver jewellery using PMC (precious metal clay), which is basically tiny silver particles in an organic binder - not actually 'clay' as such. While it's wet, I roll, shape & texture the piece, before leaving it to air dry.
You can use almost anything to create a texture in the wet clay, I have used leaves, lace, seedpods, straws, toothpicks.....& I've also made myself some texture plates & stamps. You can see some of the plates in the photo above & the photo below shows some of my stamps, all made out of polymer clay.
Once the clay has air dried (at this stage it's referred to as 'leather hard'), I can refine the piece. I sand the edges to make them smooth & attach the bail (for pendants). Sometimes I embellish the piece further, by carving or adding raised decorations.
I also set many of my pieces with lovely sparklies - lab created cubic zirconias. I have lots of different shapes & colours....
Once I'm happy with the finish, I fire the pieces in my kiln. The pieces in these photos got fired last night...I'll take some photos to blog soon :)
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