It's that time again, hard to believe, it's Component of the Month over at Art Jewelry Elements. This month, the sweet Kristen Stevens provided beaded beads to everyone to make something gorgeous with. Here's what I made!
This first pair was made with my own lampwork beads in a constrasting color to the pretty cinnamon colored beaded beads Kristen made. The ear wires are hand-forged niobium since I'm allergic to just about everything anymore! Sorry the photos aren't the best, they were taken under artificial light since there's no real light here in Pittsburgh until May...
For this second pair, I made bead caps! I used some copper sheet that I had fold-formed and patinaed in the flame, then punched and dapped, sanded, and punched holes in (lots of steps!) along with some copper heishe and titanium hematite I picked up at Bead Fest. It's hard for you to see the pretty colors and texture on the bead caps, but they do look nice! The ear wires are sterling.
Please hop on over to Art Jewelry Elements to see what everyone else made with Kristen's beaded beads!
This first pair was made with my own lampwork beads in a constrasting color to the pretty cinnamon colored beaded beads Kristen made. The ear wires are hand-forged niobium since I'm allergic to just about everything anymore! Sorry the photos aren't the best, they were taken under artificial light since there's no real light here in Pittsburgh until May...
For this second pair, I made bead caps! I used some copper sheet that I had fold-formed and patinaed in the flame, then punched and dapped, sanded, and punched holes in (lots of steps!) along with some copper heishe and titanium hematite I picked up at Bead Fest. It's hard for you to see the pretty colors and texture on the bead caps, but they do look nice! The ear wires are sterling.
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