Frilly Hoops on Earrings Everyday!

Hi friends!  Haven't been here in a while, so thought I would share my Earrings Everyday post with you, just to have something new here!!!

My normal mode of creating is based on  "one-of-a-kind" pieces, with a few limited edition pieces here and there.  I like this mode of work,  because I tend to be a bit like my ADHD son and get bored/lose focus easily!  Currently, though, I am gearing up for a couple of Holiday shows in the next couple of weeks and need to be in production mode and have been going back through past work to find a few items  I think bear repeating.

A few months ago I created these fold formed hoops. I had been wanting to make more of these, but not really these, though..you know? After sifting through my scrap metal, I decided to change the overall shape and bling them up a bit.

I got the copper ones done, and totally fell in love, so I hauled out my tiny hoard of sterling sheet.  It is so expensive, I have been holding on for just the right project! I think I'll go ahead and use it up on more of these...what  do you think?

Copper Leaves on Earrings Everyday!

Been playing!

Metal Ruffles...more fun with foldforming!

I have been having a blast experimenting lately with foldforming metal, after my sweet hubby gave me Charles Lewton-Brain's fabulous book Foldforming for our anniversary.   There is something so satisfying about taking a piece of raw metal and torturing it into submission!   Annealing, folding, hammering, annealing, hammering, annealing, opening, hammering some more...it is hard to stop! It also feels so freeing to know that aside from the little copper beads on the earwires, these are completely fabricated by me.

These started out as long leaves that I was going to enamel or add bead dangles to, but knowing today was my day on Earrings Everyday,  I decided to curl them around my ring mandrel to make hoop earrings.  I think they turned out pretty well!

I will definitely be adding these to my inventory, as well as some variations.  Deciding which side of the fold would show on the outside was sort of an "eeny, meeny, miney, mo" process.  I think the next ones will be reversed.

Foldforming Love

Recently received Foldforming by Charles Lewton-Brain as an anniversary gift from my sweet hubby...I am  awe-inspired!

Here is my 1st piece I played with...it started out as a plain copper disk I had laying around...I soldered a tiny silver bezel cup and added a black onyx.

You will definitely be seeing more!