Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Workshops Week 2...

Sterling Silver Ring. From left to right; excess silver cut offs, ring, silver soldering metal.


 


Nickle Brooch; Multiple Soldering.

Soldered join. Learning how to make and attach a pin.




Making a hollow ball from guilded metal.

2 discs cut, annealed, domed and filed.

Needs to be soldered all the way round and polsihed.

Saturday, 15 October 2011

www.little-april-showers-jewellery.co.uk - new pieces

One-off Silvertone Compass, £7.00
 

WXY Scrabble Combo Necklace, £6.00

Lucky Horseshoe Drop Earrings, £3.00



"Drip, drip, drop" Drop Earrings, £3.00


Grannies Wool Drop Earrings, £3.00



Piece of the Puzzle Necklace, £4.00


Quirky Hot Air Balloon Necklace, £5.00

Little April Showers Rain Cloud Necklace, £5.00


Friday, 14 October 2011

Junk2Jewellery 12/10/11

Old Brooch, Used Ribbon & Used Makup Wipe

Reminds me of something people wore around the collar/neck in the past- when??

Melted Plastic Circles

I love the variety of shapes created.


Half Assembled. Sewn on a thin cotton thread.

I like how you can't see the thread and how each circle creates its own shape but contributes to the overall shape of the thread.

Small Wooden Cubes formed into interlinking triangles.

I plan for this to become a neck piece. My cubes were limited to only 305 so I'm going to have to find an alternative chain but I want to keep it minimal and not take away from the formation/shape of the blocks.

A closer look at the formation of the necklace.

Face wipes, cut into strips and plaited to create threads with a variety of colours coming through.


Original Junk: Green Rubber Tube

Cut into thin slices.


Arranged into a formation that goes back and links to its original state... circular.

I plan on continuing this pattern into a neckpiece that extends up and around the back of the neck and collarbone. I think I will just glue gun the pieces together.

First week in workshops...

Been busy in the workshops this week, getting introduced to our work spaces and tool boxes, and figuring out how to use a jewellery hack saw cutting out shapes from guilded metal, aluminium and brass. Managed to cut myself... 3 times! Here's some photos of what weve been getting up to:


Cutting equal 2.5cm diameter circles from guilded metal, firing them until cherry red and hammering into dome shapes. These domes are what we are going to use to make a pair of earrings - polishing them, making the findings and colouring them.

Starting University

So! I've now started my Jewellery & Accessories course at Middlesex uni so need to get my bum in gear and sort this messy blog out!! Deleted a lot of the old posts that I dont need, to make way for the new, more exciting stuff! I'm going to post all throughout my 4 years at uni and beyond, letting you know what I've been getting up to. Hope you enjoy what I'm doing, I'd be greatful for any feedback. April