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01/02/10
Designing: Sterling Silver Ringed Chain Maille Collar
Believe it or not, this necklace started life as a bracelet. I'd been playing with a new chain maille bracelet design a while back, but I was unsatisfied with how open the 4-1 European weave turned out. After working on the charity necklace, which more »
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Categories: Jewelry News, Designing Jewelry
12/07/09
Child's Play 2009
Help a child this season, by contributing to Child's Play. Created by the writers of Penny Arcade, Child's Play aims to improve the lives of sick children by providing toys and games to hospitals. With nearly 70 partner hospitals, it's a wonderfully more »
08/31/09
Bid Now: Raise Money for Depression Research
The auction has begun!
Head over to eBay for product details of the Sterling Silver Chain Maille Necklace, inspired by Melissa Mercier. Bidding closes September 7th. All proceeds go to NARSAD for depression and schizophrenia research. more »
Categories: Jewelry News, Jewelry & Design Events
08/24/09
Necklace for the NARSAD Charity Auction
I present to you, the finished necklace to be auctioned with proceeds going to NARSAD, The National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
The necklace is completely comprised of sterling silver and took about ten hours to create.… more »
08/23/09
Creating: Charity Jewelry Project Part 6
I think I'm done!
I'm going to start photographing and spend some time looking at it. It's one of those projects that's gone on long enough that I'm never entirely sure it's done.
I've made quite a few changes to what I had initially thought more »
08/12/09
Creating: Charity Jewelry Project Part 5
I've been hard at work cutting and filing the silver sheet, and finishing up the length of the chain. The necklace is starting to feel more "real" somehow, now that all the pieces are fully assembled.
Here is the silver, part way through the cut. You… more »
08/02/09
Creating: Charity Jewelry Project Part 4
Life has a terrible habit of getting in the way of things. I've finally had a chance to make some more progress on the charity project.
I figured out a way to attach the chain maille segment to the sterling silver plate. My main concern way being abl… more »
07/25/09
Creating: Charity Jewelry Project Part 3
I'm feeling a little stuck on the design. I now have most of the base chain done. Not all the beads are on, because I still may modify the overall shape. I have some ideas for attaching the silver plate to the chain discretely: I think I can punch some more »
07/14/09
Painting with Beads
Years ago I took a class from The Bead Shop where we learned to take inspiration from a photograph or painting and turn it into a beaded necklace. We grew a pallet based on the photo, and used focal beads to echo important features. Here's the more »
07/06/09
Creating: Charity Jewelry Project Part 1
Here's the first set of my notes. As you may know, I tend to design as I go, so plotting the piece out in advance is an exciting challenge for me. The first thing I've done is identified the important features of the image that I want to capture in more »
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