• Alone Star Jewelry

    Starfish in the Waves Copper Resin Earrings We love the sea at Alone Star. This summer we found live starfish in the waves along a Gulf coast beach that inspired these earrings.  The drawings are created with richly colored prismacolor pencil and topped with a dome of clear resin that despite its tough durability, gives a water effect. All is contained within handmade copper bezels. The contrast of the blue colors in the drawings against the wild, crazy colors of the heat-treated copper bezels makes for a lovely complementary scheme. I have become hooked on the color surprises that come from heated copper. These bezels are polished before but not…

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    Fine Silver Crescent Moon with Moonstone Double Strand Necklace A handmade waxing crescent moon of .999 fine silver, patinaed to perfection so that the crescent moon is highlighted. The moon (about the size of a dime) is nestled amongst coin-shaped moonstone beads, which are split into double strands. Each end is completed with faceted Raven’s Wing fresh water pearls. Sterling silver lobster clasp. Length: 19″. Design inspired by my son, Chase.  #handcraftedjewelry #silversmith #metalwork #alonestarjewelry #texasjewelry #beachjewelry #southwestjewelry #leatherjewelry #turquoisejewelry

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    On to other things…

    ‘PAPOOSE’ PENDANTS Since my last project I moved on to the papoose pendants–call them what you like, but they remind me of the Fayum mummies of ancient Egypt. Here is an image of my one and only, sold to my friend, Kathy White (of Posey & Fern, wonderful soaps & balms, etc.), who bought it because the face resembled her son when he was a baby. This photo shows a printed image of the pendant with some new polymer faces and one “scarf” copper cutout laid on top. I am making two of these for now. At least one will have the woven copper strips and a silver cap at…

  • Alone Star Jewelry,  Artwork,  Just Talking

    On Lisa’s Bench … In addition to working with sheet metal, I still love working with metal clay. I started this on Saturday and have finally finished adding this and that to it. Waiting now for it to finish drying so I can refine it. Oh, and add a bail. Then it’s into the kiln to fire into a beautiful fine silver pendant! I will post the finished product here and on our Etsy site once the pendant is polished to perfection and a chain is crafted to go with it.

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    Textured Copper Heart Dangle Earrings These pure copper earrings are hand cut, textured, and stamped. A patina is then applied and finally a protection is applied so they won’t tarnish. The ear wires are hand made from Sterling silver wire. Overall length is approximately 2 inches. The earrings are very lightweight. By Lisa.  #handcraftedjewelry #silversmith #metalwork #alonestarjewelry #texasjewelry #beachjewelry #southwestjewelry #leatherjewelry #turquoisejewelry

  • Alone Star Jewelry,  Artwork,  Just Talking

    Hello on this Thursday evening. It has been a busy day at work and at home, part of which involved finishing the Butterfly Girl Pendant.  ↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝  Here is a look at the back:   After painting the background with washes, butterfly cutouts were glued down with glitter tossed on top. Mica sheet covers it all. As with any beauty, it has a flaw here and there, but such does not detract from the overall effect. I hope you enjoy it! ↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝↜↝ Now I can move on to the other two pendants I want to make. One will also have a polymer face, what I call “The Papoose” but the other…

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    Freshwater Pearl Natural Dye Leather Choker Hand-drilled freshwater pearl makes a lovely focal for this choker. Another hand-drilled freshwater coin pearl is used for the button closure. Natural dyed 1.5mm round dark brown leather is soft and supple and feels great next to your skin. Choker is 16″ long. By Lisa.  #handcraftedjewelry #silversmith #metalwork #alonestarjewelry #texasjewelry #beachjewelry #southwestjewelry #leatherjewelry #turquoisejewelry

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    Copper Bezel Resin Sun Necklace Sun and nature worshippers express yourself with this delightful pendant made from copper, PolyShrink, resin and inclusions. Drawing is an original, encased in resin with a few sprinkles of glitter to add a bit of lively sparkle, and held by two bezels, the outer of which holds larger glittery inclusions that add more life and movement to the piece, complementing the drawing. The action continues with the scalloped bezel. I love the rustic, unpredictable colors that can result in copper from the soldering process, so have left the back of the pendant unpolished for this reason. The copper chain is 30 inches long with a…

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    Red Bird (Cardinal) Copper 30″ Pendant Necklace The cardinal is one of my favorite birds for the male’s solid bright red coloring, and I tried to represent that in this little drawing made with Prismacolor pencils. The bird is set inside a handmade copper bezel that’s soldered onto a notched background. The setting’s bail is also made from copper and attached to the setting with a cold connection that is accented with a flattened argentium silver nugget and a hammered section of sterling silver wire that surrounds the bezel. The upper copper wire bail is hammered and shaped in circles, to connect to each end of the copper link chain. …

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    Blue Polymer Texture with Face and Copper Bezel Necklace Pendant A polymer clay textured background with face insert is the focal point of this natural colored copper bezel-set pendant. Acrylic paint in complementary blue with a touch of pink provides the finish for the polymer clay. Above the bezel and incorporated into the bail is a piece of etched copper to provide added decoration. Sterling silver wire forms the bail and holds the pendant to lovely 2mm rustic leather cord. Sterling clasp finishes the 27″ necklace. By Shauna.  #handcraftedjewelry #silversmith #metalwork #alonestarjewelry #texasjewelry #beachjewelry #southwestjewelry #leatherjewelry #turquoisejewelry