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Copper with Matte Finish Cosmic Eye Drawing Earrings Let these unique and colorful earrings express your cosmic, omniscient eye! The drawings in this pair are truly cosmic, showing the all-wise eye surrounded by the sun, moon and stars. I have planned for years to incorporate eyes into jewelry, so am glad to have executed that idea. Drawings are made with the luscious colors of prismacolor pencils and protected under a clear matte acrylic finish. They are framed by my rustic copper bezel settings and topped by arched wire bails. While the copper was polished before soldering, afterward the bezels were left with the natural and beautiful color effects that heat…
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Bronze Coffee Beans with Sterling Wire Earrings I have a close relationship with coffee beans, so they have become part of my jewelry content from time to time. These bronze beans are oxidized and polished, then coated with PermaLac to prevent tarnish. Calipers holding the beans are made from hammered. shaped sterling silver wire. Earrings measure 1.5″ from top to bottom. Weight of each earring is 4.6 grams or 0.165 ounces, in case you would like to compare the weight with some of your other earrings. Are you a java junkie? Thanks for looking! Shauna. #handcraftedjewelry #silversmith #metalwork #alonestarjewelry #texasjewelry #beachjewelry #southwestjewelry #leatherjewelry #turquoisejewelry
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Copper with Resin Cosmic Eye Drawing Earrings Your omniscient eye is upon the world with the assistance of these colorful earrings gazing out from your own personal space. For a long time I have made drawings of jewelry with eyes, and these are the first I have rendered. Each drawing features an eye that floats in front of a landscape background of trees, water, clouds and sky. Along the edges a colorful border pattern surrounds. The drawings were made with prismacolor pencils, and once set, are protected beneath a layer of clear resin in the shape created by my copper bezels. I am interested in the unique color effects created…
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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…
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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
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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
