Some Snapshots

ok, I am bad at blogging. There I said it. But I am obsessed with Instagram and hipstamatic and I will say that even though I went to art school I never took a photo class and know absolutely nothing but I do like to pretend to be a professional photographer when I have my phone... So anywho, I thought I'd share some photos I've taken at my work bench.

I just recently ordered some prong settings to teach myself how to set. It was surprising easy.

My files <3 I think these are one of the few tools that I still use from my metals 1 class.

containers

My tank! My biggest investment

My holy bench pin.

More prong settings, a cute little ring that will have a garnet set into it.

I do have christmas ornaments up in my shop! I only have two right now but am in the process of making more. I'm still trying to think of what my black friday sale will be, whether it will be a % off, free ship OR maybe a free gift...hmmm...

the thought

Since I'm jobless at this point, I'm using as much time to make jewelry to stock my etsy shop and trying to come up with new ideas. I found a ton of those laminate samples that you get from home improvement places in the back room of the metals lab and they've been sitting in my room ever since. So today I tried to sketch up some ideas of what to do with them since there was no way I was going to be able to work out in the garage.
I'm going to experiment this week. End result to come!

Scissors Brooch

I made this new pin a couple of weeks ago. Since a lot of my 2D works deals with overlapping linear drawings of sewing notions I decided to make jewelry using the same technique. I just traced one of my prints and pierced the design out of brass. I love how this format makes the designs even more abstracted. I'm thinking of making different pieces of jewelry and break out of the circle. I'm super excited!

EDIT: I lost this brooch!! I'm so sad about it but I hope someone found it and loves wearing it.

menagerie

Since I was little I always collected little plastic animals amongst a lot of other little things. But I had these animals for a while and never knew what to do with them so I figured I'd make some jewelry!

hippo pendant, now on etsy

squirrel pin, now on etsy

squirrel cameo, now on etsy

blue elephant, now on etsy

duck pond ring

squirrel ring, size 7

poodle ring, nfs

Snail ring, nfs

Everything besides the duck pond ring are one of a kind pieces because I really have no idea where I got those animals. And the poodle ring and snail ring are not for sale because those are my two favorite, the poodle came from a polly pocket set and the snail was always on my dad's dresser and eventually he gave it to me. 

I set up a new section in my shop called menagerie where all of these little creatures are for sale. I can't wait until one of them are adopted!

 

 

 

Notions : BFA Exhibition

Last week my BFA exhibition was displayed in the art building and it's such a relief to have it done at this point. The first three pictures are of my installation of the giant pincushions and images of just a couple of my jewelry pieces. I had about 15 pieces of jewelry and 8 pincushions in total.

Back to Basics

Everyone needs a break.

Tomorrow is the start of the last week of classes before spring break. What?!? Since the beginning of the semester I've worked in the studio 15-20 hours every weekend making stuff for my BFA show. I'm at a really good spot right now and I decided to take the weekend off from my BFA show and make some jewelry for "fun". 

 This is actually a piece that I made last semester but I love the simplicity of it. I think I made my point clear that I like spheres. So I made jewelry focused around hemispheres.

 

Well, back to work!

Some Stitched Earrings

All available on my etsy shop

Interchangeable Button Kits

 As a child, I always enjoyed craft kits where everything I needed was in one box and I could make something by myself. So I decided to make my own jewelry into kits where anyone could change the look of their jewelry just by sewing in a different button.

The kits include a ring, pendant or earrings, three different buttons, thread, needle, pincushion, and instructions.