tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-175859182024-03-20T06:28:05.559-05:00Melismatic Art Jewelryjessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.comBlogger421125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-7211810952499641232016-08-30T09:50:00.000-05:002016-08-30T09:50:30.668-05:00Art Jewelry Elements - Art Headpin ChallengeHello all...hopefully I haven't been gone so long that you have totally forgotten me! It has been about a year since I have blogged, and even then I wasn't doing it more than once a month or so. As some of you know, I left the wonderful Art Jewelry Elements blog about a year ago due to some challenges in my personal life. Not only did I stop blogging, but pretty much stopped creating during that time, aside from a few sporadic spurts here and there. Sometimes I feel like my previous creative spark is gone forever. I hope not! I know I need to put myself out there again and keep trying. That is why I decided to join the latest AJE challenge...Art Headpins!<br />
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I love art headpins! They are fun and versatile, not to mention gorgeous! I stuck with earrings on this challenge, mostly because all the headpins I have to work with came in pairs! I created three pair!<br />
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My first thought was to use a pair of polymer clay ones I had in my shop. They are the perfect color scheme for end of summer moving into autumn!<br />
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I really like that the reverse is a different design. I added a lot of Czech glass embellishments, including my favorite flower beads.<br />
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My second pair features some gorgeous lampwork headpins by Sue Kennedy. I love Sue's "drippy" headpins! These autumn shades of burgundy and gold spoke to me!<br />
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Again, I stuck with Czech glass...some flower caps and golden flowers. I worried about the mono-chrome of these, but I think they work!<br />
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Last, but definitely not least is a gorgeous pair by Jen Cameron. The challenge with these headpins she creates from murrini is that they need to be used so that you can look at them head on!<br />
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I kept these really simple and layered them onto an etched copper circle and an enameled 3-petal component in a gorgeous teal blue shade. These will stay home with me ;).<br />
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So, thanks for stopping by! Hopefully, this little foray back into the creative challenge world will kick-start me and I won't be away as long next time!<br />
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Here are the other participants in the Art Headpin Challenge. Please go visit their blogs and see their gorgeous creations!<br />
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jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-926692497219192292015-08-07T10:54:00.000-05:002015-08-07T10:54:38.059-05:00Finished Farthing in an Oil Slick Bracelet - COM UpdateLast week I posted about my Art Jewelry Elements Component of the Month for July, but I ran into some complications! I had to redo my bezel, and just didn't get finished. Well, I had hope to work on it over the weekend, but that didn't come into fruition, so I picked it back up this week. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All the components...copper bezel, connector rings, farthing clasp by Niky Sayers, and gorgeous lampwork by Sue Kennedy.</td></tr>
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Fast forward, I not only ruined the 1st bezel attempt, while trying to solder on the connector rings on this one, totally melted the silver bezel again! Note to self...attach copper connector rings first, since they need much more heat than the fragile fine silver bezel! Duh!<br />
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Anyway, I finally got it done and am really pleased with it! I textured the backplate and ditched the little silver balls...too fussy, I think. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love Niky's farthing clasp right next to Sue's big flower cab!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can really see the iridescence of Sue's beads in this light!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I curved the connectors slightly so it would lay on the wrist better!</td></tr>
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This beauty is already listed in my shop! Hey, did you know I was offering 30% off everything in my shop? We have had a hard summer financially...healthcare costs and just blew our rear wheel cylinder on our main vehicle and had to spend money out the wazoo to fix! Now, school is about to start and those back-to-school supplies are killer! Use coupon code BRAKES30 at checkout for a limited time. I am going through and listing other inventory that has never seen the light of day, so keep checking back!<br />
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<br />jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-68042234695231672082015-07-30T09:26:00.000-05:002015-07-31T09:22:00.489-05:00AJE Component of the Month Challenge for July - Farthing EditionHello all! Long time, no see! It is time for the July 2015 installment of Art Jewelry Element's Component of the Month Challenge. For new readers, or those who need to be reminded, every few months, one of the AJE team members offers one of their handmade components to the rest of the design team, plus does a giveaway to lucky readers who leave a comment! On the last day of the month, we reveal what we created with said lovely component!<br />
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This month, <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/NikySayers">Niky Sayers</a> presented us with amazing components created from English farthing coins! Mine was cleverly turned into a clasp! I love it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The clasp I received from Niky! So sweet!</td></tr>
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I decided to use some artisan lampwork beads from the sweet and talented Sue Kennedy of <a href="http://suebeads.etsy.com/">SueBeads.</a> I love this glass...it has a sheen that reminds me of an oil slick!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous beads by Sue Kennedy!</td></tr>
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My intent was to bezel-set the cab and create a bracelet using Niky's sweet clasp. I thought, "I got this", then proceeded to procrastinate, then get bogged down with the silly, simple soldered bezel, then my brakes went out on my car last night after work, then......well, you know the rest.<br />
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The rings will be soldered to the back for connectors, the little balls are meant for bezel embellishment, and the lopsided dapped copper circles will be bead caps (maybe). That is as far as I got! I intend to complete it this weekend, so stay tuned!<br />
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Here are the other participants. Go see the pretties!!!<br />
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May's component of the month features <a href="http://suebeads.blogspot.com/">Sue Kennedy of SueBeads</a>. She is one of all time favorite lampwork artists and I have many of her lovely beads, but this month she went in a different direction and offered us her gorgeous beaded beads!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A gorgeous pile of beaded beads!</td></tr>
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I was going to not do earrings just because she sent a pair, but I had technical difficulties while working on the necklace design I had in mind, so at the last minute, I said why fight it!<br />
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I paired these beauties with another pair of beauties by Sue...her flower stamped beads! I love these beads and I have gotten several colors in the round and her chicklet style.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I added some golden yellow Czech glass lentil and flowers to bring out those colors in the beaded beads.</td></tr>
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These are long, not quite shoulder sweepers, but they definitely make a statement and I think would be perfect for summer! I will put them in my shop later today!<br />
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<a href="http://www.beadsforbusygals.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Elisabeth Auld</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Jenny Davies-Reazor</a></div>
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<a href="http://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">Lindsay Starr</a></div>
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<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">I wasn't sure how I would participate in this one...I could always purchase one of the gorgeous pieces my team mates created, and make a piece of jewelry. I decided, though, that I would create some art components myself to add to my Melismatic Morsel repertoire. I decided to go with mixed-media, resin-filled components.</b></div>
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by me! Yes, it is my honor to have provided metal clay components for the design team in copper and white copper. <a href="http://artjewelryelements.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-2015-component-of-month-reveal.html" target="_blank">Read about my design process for them here.</a></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">I chose to make a pair of earrings with a couple sets of my left over components in white copper. I used larger circles that were stamped with the very center of the carving, and small circles stamped from the swirl. I connected them with Czech glass flower beads in a pretty cornflower blue shade, then added sterling ear wires that have been embellished with more Czech glass. </span></div>
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<a href="http://glassaddictions.com/"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jennifer Cameron </span></a></div>
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<a href="http://suebeads.blogspot.com/2015/02/aje-component-of-month-melissa-meman.html" style="color: #d04c01; line-height: 19.7120018005371px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: purple;">Susan Kennedy</span> </span></a></div>
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or "Use your Stash" as this month's host, Jenny Davies-Reazor coined! It was decided that after the chaos and hubbub of the holidays was over, rather than have one person create a COM to share, we would dig around in our stash and find treasure that has been hoarded away and create something from it.</div>
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In my totally characteristic way, nothing I created is completely finished! I have started some very cool things however, and have ideas for others.</div>
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This necklace features a gorgeous focal heart by Sue Kennedy...I have to say, this wasn't from a hoarded stash, I just got it from her after coveting it for a while! The matching bead in the flower was, though, as well as the purple flower bead by Karen Totten. This obviously needs a clasp, patina and possibly other tweaking!</div>
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Here is a really cool ceramic focal by Jenny Davies-Reazor. I dangled it beneath an old key I had and used some wire-wrapped jasper as a chain. That's my copper metal clay hanging on the bottom. Needs a clasp, patina and something else wrapped on the key, I think!</div>
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Tiny fold-formed copper leaves, embellished with sweet heart headpins by Jennifer Cameron! Perfect for the season and surprsingly, complete!</div>
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Fun ceramic charms by Linda Landig are embellished with enamel cups by me and some Czech glass. I need to patina the shiny sterling!</div>
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So, those were the pieces even close to being finished. I have so many more things I wanted to create with components from my AJE team, but there just wasn't enough time. I am going to give you a peek at what is up next on my plate, though...<br />
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These are gorgeous pieces by Diana Ptaszynski that are somehow going to turn into a fabulous necklace!</div>
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These colorful Czech glass beads are going to be added to different lengths of chain and bundled together to dangle beneath Lesley Watt's sweet bronze flower cap!</div>
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Sweet woodsy owl here by Karen Totten is going to be a necklace, perhaps with a copper armature surrounding him!</div>
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It has been really fun and inspiring to use these "hoarded" treasures! Here is a list of others that participated in the challenge. Make sure to stop by their blogs and say hi.</div>
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<a href="http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog/aje_com_reveal_use_your_stash" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: purple;">Jenny Davies-Reazor</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/2015/01/january-aje-component-of-month-free-for.html" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Melissa Meman</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><a href="http://phantasmcreation.blogspot.com/" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: purple;"> Lindsay Starr</span></a> </span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.glassaddictions.com/blog" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Jennifer Cameron</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/archives/2261" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Caroline Dewison</a></span></div>
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Shai - <a href="http://www.shaihasramblings.com/2015/01/art-jewelry-elements-january-component.html" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Shai’s Ramblings</a></div>
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Samantha- <a href="http://www.wescottjewelry.com/" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Wescott Jewelry</a></div>
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Kathy - <a href="http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/2015/01/bay-moon-design-meets-art-jewelry.html" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Bay Moon Designs</a></div>
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Nikki - <a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Silver Nik nats</a></div>
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<a href="https://beadrecipes.wordpress.com/" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Melissa Trudinger</a></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://beckypancakebeaddesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Becky Pancake</a></span></div>
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Yvette - <a href="http://www.bluekilnbeads.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Blue Kiln Beads</a></div>
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Karin - <a href="http://ginkgoetcoquelicot.blogspot.fr/" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Ginko et Coquelicot</a></div>
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<b>Bonus participants! </b></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://sjdesignsjewelry.blogspot.com/2015/01/art-bead-scene-use-your-stash-challenge.html" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Sarajo Wentling</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none; text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://beadyeyedbunny.blogspot.com/" style="color: #d04c01; text-decoration: none;">Leah Curtis</a></span></div>
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I am new to the medium, but as I talked about in previous posts, love it and strive to find my voice with it!<br />
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These are all copper, using the same original carved stamping by me. The dots around certain designs are actually holes through the design, hard to see in the photo!</div>
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Go to the<a href="http://artjewelryelements.blogspot.com/2015/01/february-commetal-clay.html" target="_blank"> blog </a>for a chance to win! jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-85904838559599449622015-01-14T11:46:00.000-05:002015-01-14T11:59:23.182-05:00Blue Bird on a Snowy DaySo, my last post was my <a href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/2015/01/december-2014-aje-component-of-month.html" target="_blank">December 2014 AJE Component of the Month</a> piece, featuring a sweet white snowflake by Diana Ptaszynski of Suburban Girl Studio, LLC!<br />
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If you remember, I got behind and didn't finish it. I wasn't really happy with the layout and the clasp either. This is the before shot...<br />
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Since then, I have done a little renovation and am really happy with the end result!<br />
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Here is the after..."blue bird on a snowy day".<br />
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I changed the juxtaposition of the copper snowflake to be above the blue bird, added a couple more copper beads, some winter flowers and leaves with curly tendrils.<br />
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I swapped out the original clasp for one the is a bit smaller and with a little more interest.<br />
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Of course, the LOS to add an antiqued patina makes the whites pop (just like a few of you said it would)!<br />
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Thanks for encouraging me to finish it! I will be listing it at <a href="http://melismaticartjewelry.com/" target="_blank">Melismatic Art Jewelry </a>hopefully today!<br />
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Our lovely components this month are from Diana Ptaszynski of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/suburbangirlbeads" target="_blank">Suburban Girl Studio, LLC</a>. We had our choice of stoneware snowflakes. I chose a white one.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Along with Diana's sweet focal, I included a cute blue bird by Caroline Dewison of <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/blueberribeads?ref=em" target="_blank">BlueberriBeads</a>, a white lampwork bead from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/people/mermaidglass" target="_blank">Mermaid Glass</a>, one of my own <a href="http://melismaticartjewelry.com/catalog/metal-clay" target="_blank">copper metal clay components</a> (it started out as a flower, but I filed it into sort of a snowflake shape!) a Czech glass flower, and some cool brushed-finish copper beads from my stash.</span></div>
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I really like the monochromatic effect of all the winter white, with the one pop of color Caroline's sweet bird adds.</div>
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I may add some more beads and completely change the design...stay tuned! But first, go see what others have created! Thanks for stopping by...</div>
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jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-15749802728590713302014-12-20T09:10:00.001-05:002014-12-21T09:55:26.267-05:00The 2014 Holiday Ornament Swap/Hop...organized & hosted by the sweet, lovely, and very talented <a href="http://sallyrussick.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sally Russick</a> is underway!<br />
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This year I was paired with <a href="http://www.craftygallindadesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Linda Hanes</a>. She sent a sweet, repurposed spoon filled with a vintage-like stamp and sparklies, encased in resin. Embellished with fun sari silk and a ceramic bead by Elaine Ray and crystal! It looks great on my little table top tree!<br />
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Here is what I sent to Linda...a quick photo in the car before dropping it in the mail. I took up crocheting again!<br />
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So, take some time from your chaotic holiday schedule today to sit down with a cuppa' and peruse the lovely ornaments my artist friends created and shared! Here's the list of other participants...<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">9. <a href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Melissa Meman </a><b> </b>and <a href="http://www.craftygallindadesigns.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Linda Hanes </a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'comic sans ms', sans-serif;">10. <a href="http://www.sandivolpe.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Sandi Volpe</a> and<a href="http://www.lindasbeadblog.com/" style="color: #1155cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"> Linda Landig </a></span></div>
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jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-75870112034185687852014-11-30T08:48:00.000-05:002014-11-30T08:48:27.809-05:00Art Jewelry Elements Component of the Month, for November 2014I am happy to be back on the last day of the month to share my design for the AJE COM featuring cute beaded ring components by our own <a href="http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Kristen Stevens</a>!<br />
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Because Kristen is just so cool, she sent me a green set AND an indigo blue set! These are made from twins, meaning they have 2 holes and they have a very cool iridescence which is very hard to capture in photos.<br />
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As per my standard MO, I waited until the last minute and created a pair of earrings with my indigo pair yesterday!<br />
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I wanted to make the beaded rings part of something else, so I found some copper washers that were the perfect size, after some hammering! I decided I wanted to attach the beaded rings to the washers, so I got everything ready by texturing, punching some holes for the wire and added interest, patina'ed everything with LOS, then tumbled. These are always important steps to remember to do BEFORE attaching fragile components like these that you don't want to expose to chemicals, or water!<br />
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I used very thin gauged copper wire and wrapped the rings onto the washters. I used absolutely gorgeous lampwork headpins from <a href="http://suebeads.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sue Kennedy</a> of SueBeads. These are my most favorite color combination she does!<br />
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jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-23355941197126842412014-11-29T16:03:00.002-05:002014-11-29T16:05:42.550-05:00New Copper Metal Clay!Hi all, just updated my site with some new Copper Clay Morsels. Still new to metal clay, but am really happy with how these turned out! Here is a sampling...<br />
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Sizes in these photos are a bit wonky, but there are dimensions listed in the postings. I am definitely having fun with metal clay and hope to have some white copper and maybe some bronze as well, sometime soon!<br />
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<br />jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-29876449305686141702014-11-01T07:57:00.000-05:002014-11-01T07:57:10.800-05:00AJE Component of the Month for October 2014...featuring amazing ceramic pieces by Karen Totten of <a href="http://starryroadstudio.com/" target="_blank">Starry Road Studio</a>!<br />
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She calls them Spiral Fossils and they are so very cool! I chose the green/blue glaze because I love it and I bought a few lovelies from her at BeadFest that totally work together!<br />
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I took so much time deciding that I wanted to try and experiment with <a href="http://jdaviesreazor.com/" target="_blank">Jenny Davies-Reazor'</a>s cool mixed-media pendant that she taught at BeadFest, and since I didn't take the workshop but am going on a quick how-to she graciously shared with me, most of my time was taken up getting the copper backplate how I wanted it. Still have to cure the polymer and attach it all.<br />
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The other lovely pieces are also Karen's...love that feather, although it may be too similar in color, but it might work!<br />
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jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-92232130433035478012014-09-30T09:55:00.000-05:002014-09-30T09:55:40.636-05:00AJE Component of the Month for September...featuring a very cool copper clay focal by <a href="http://kristibowmandesign.com/" target="_blank">Kristi Bowman</a>!<br />
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I decided that my design should stay fairly simple to show off this wonderful pendant, but wanted to incorporate some color. I found these pretty serpentine beads that I was saving for a rosary and decided to do a necklace of wrapped links. Serpentine is one of my favorite stones and this strand had such wonderful autumnal colors that really work well with copper. I decided to add a bit more weight and paired the wrapped links with some small copper chain from my stash.<br />
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I punched an additional hole in Kristi's focal so that I could dangle a bead below...unfortunately I didn't have any serpentine briolettes, but this quartz one has the right pale celadon green shade to pair with the serpentine.<br />
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Quirky me decided at the last minute to add a bead to one of the holes in the pendant, just for another bit of color and fun...I used a copper headpin and a round copper disc in the back to hold the bead in place. I am not sure I like my clasp...I may try to come up with something different that doesn't distract, or possibly move the clasp to the back (gasp!).<br />
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Here is the list of other designers who created...go show them some love!<br />
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This month, our component comes from the talented Rebekah Payne of <a href="http://treewingsstudio.com/" target="_blank">Treewings Studio</a>. She created these fun, organic leather feathers...she talks a bit about the process <a href="http://artjewelryelements.blogspot.com/2014/07/august-component-of-month-and-giveaway.html" target="_blank">here</a>! We had our choice of an earring pair, or a larger focal feather.</div>
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I opted for an earring pair and received a gorgeous set with purple, blue and metallic designs! I knew that I wanted to create a copper backing to somehow attach the feather to, but it took going to BeadFest this past weekend to solidify my idea in my brain!<br />
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See the ones circled in yellow? Yep, the orange swirls with purple stripes! As soon as I saw them, I knew what I was going to do. I set about making my copper back plates, adding texture, measuring, punching holes and creating balled headpins and earwires. The plan was to rivet the feathers to the copper piece using the lampwork headpins at the bottom and copper balled headpins at the top. The tips of the leather would be folded over so the copper headpins would go through twice, making a loop for the copper jumpring.<br />
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The design itself, I really like...I wish my construction had been a bit neater. I had a mishap with one of Jen's headpins...I started swirling the back and couldn't get it straight for some reason, so I gently straightened it back out, hoping I hadn't work hardened the wire too much. When I went to try a second time, the wire snapped. Luckily, there was enough left to work with to get it riveted fairly tight, but I may go back and add a drop of E6000 to make sure it holds.<br />
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Thanks, Rebekah for the challenge of working with a new medium for me! I can't wait to see what everyone else created. Here is the list...<br />
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Karin Grosset Grange - <a href="http://ginkgoetcoquelicot.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://ginkgoetcoquelicot.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Ann Schroeder - <a href="http://beadlove.wordpress.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://beadlove.wordpress.<wbr></wbr>com/</a></div>
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Claire Lockwood - <a href="http://www.somethingtodowithyourhands.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr></wbr>somethingtodowithyourhands.<wbr></wbr>com/</a></div>
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Toltec Jewels - <a href="http://www.jewelschoolfriends.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr></wbr>jewelschoolfriends.com/</a></div>
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Jen Cameron - <a href="http://www.glassaddictions.com/blog" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.glassaddictions.<wbr></wbr>com/blog</a></div>
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Diana Ptaszynski - <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; text-align: start;"> </span><a href="http://www.suburbangirlstudio.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12.727272033691406px; text-align: start;" target="_blank">http://www.suburbangirlstudio.<wbr></wbr>com</a></div>
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Kristen Stevens - <a href="http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://kristen-beadjourney.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Lesley Watt - <a href="http://www.thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.<wbr></wbr>thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.<wbr></wbr>com/</a></div>
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Jenny Davies-Reazor - <a href="http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.jdaviesreazor.<wbr></wbr>com/blog</a></div>
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Francesca Watson - <a href="http://francescawatson.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://francescawatson.com/</a></div>
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Linda Landig - <a href="http://www.lindasbeadblog.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.lindasbeadblog.<wbr></wbr>com/</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.727272033691406px;">Sue Kennedy - </span><a href="http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com/" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12.727272033691406px;" target="_blank">http://www.suebeads.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Rebekah Payne - <a href="http://www.treewingsstudio.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://www.treewingsstudio.<wbr></wbr>com/</a></div>
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Caroline Dewison - <a href="http://blueberribeads.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://blueberribeads.<wbr></wbr>blogspot.co.uk/</a></div>
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jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-12931740058937680542014-08-28T10:14:00.000-05:002014-08-28T10:14:02.889-05:00StuffIt seems like the only time I write on my blog these days is when I have a Component of the Month post ...speaking of...stay tuned for my August creation featuring leather feathers by Rebekah Payne. I keep trying to be better, but life somehow always manages to get in the way, and that is okay!<br />
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Last week I had the good fortune and opportunity to go up to Philly for the day and visit my Art Jewelry Elements gang and a few others at BeadFest! I had a wonderful time, albeit a short one. The 2.5 hour drive the directions indicated ended up being more like over 3!<br />
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I, like most people these days, was on a budget, but was able to do some swaps and snagged some wonderful stuff! Take a gander!<br />
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I also participated in a Bead Swap hosted by Diana P. My partner was Linda Younkman and she gave me a couple of cool Karen Totten rings and some polymer clay by Jeannie Dukic. I made her a sampling of my morsels...a couple polymer clay pieces, torch-fired enamel, and a molten morsel.<br />
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In other news, I re-joined the Earrings Everyday blog team for 1 post a month...my 1st one back is up today, featuring earrings made with my torch-fired enamel and some of Jen Cameron's gorgeous lampwork headpins!<br />
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An eventful weekend is ahead starting with my baby boy's 13th birthday on Saturday...I can't believe it, can you? Then on Sunday, the AJE Component of the Month hop, and I am going to DC to meet Jenny Davies-Reazor and Lesley Watt for some touristy stuff. Fun, fun!<br />
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That's all for now...that's more than you've heard from me all year!jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-61276298533035264162014-07-31T09:16:00.000-05:002014-07-31T09:16:19.125-05:00July AJE Component of the Month - Fused Glass Fantasy!This month, the design team over at AJE was honored to work with gorgeous fused glass pieces by the multi-talented <a href="http://francescawatson.com/" target="_blank">Francesca Watson.</a><br />
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She asked if we wanted cabochons or drilled pieces and I chose the red piece on the bottom right and left it undrilled since I thought this was a perfect opportunity to practice my bezel-setting skills! And I was right!<br />
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I chose some scalloped bezel wire to use and originally was going to use a copper backing to create a pendant, but the more the copper laid on the work bench, the more I longed to jump in and use the sterling sheet I had stashed away. I told myself I wasn't going to use it until I felt more proficient...sterling is expensive, y'all! But, I jumped in with both feet!<br />
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I went with an organic shape, but when I put the cab in, I wasn't sure which side was going to be the top, or how I would attach a bail. I punched one hole where I thought I might try to hang it, and didn't like it, so I punched holes in each of the scallops, then punched a few more, and then a few more! I also wanted to pierce the back so that the red glass would show through in a design...believe me, this was not the design I wanted! It was going to be a pretty spiral, but after I got part of it sawed out, I realized how flimsy it was so I sawed it into a big hole, then tried to mimic the outer shape with the waves and holes. After a trying soldering session (couldn't get it to flow) I finally got my act together, decided to use my bigger torch and finished it up.<br />
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I like it and am so happy I persevered and went with the sterling instead of the copper! Here is the back...<br />
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Now, I need to get the rest of the design going! I think I am either going to do a sterling viking knit or a handmade chain of some sort...what do you think?<br />
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Thanks, Francesca, for the gorgeous glass cabs, and for the design challenge! Go see what the rest of our team created!<br />
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I had a hard time choosing one, so I asked her to surprise me. I received one of the little pink squares with a blue flower. It yelled "Summer!!!!" to me loudly as I unwrapped it, so I set out to create this summer of love, peace and flowers, leather and ceramic, hippie necklace!<br />
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I really wanted to keep this piece as simple as possible, so I started by looking through my leather stash and found this length of natural, tan leather that I thought would be perfect. For accent beads, I decided to torch-fire some bisque beads I had in stock...not only did I have the perfect shades of transparent enamel to match the pendant, the beads have really big holes and worked perfectly with the leather! It took me several attempts to get the necklace the way I wanted it...I really didn't want a whole necklace of beads, and I knew I didn't want to include any metal components, so I incorporated adjustable, sliding knots to finish it.</div>
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Originally, the pendant was tied on to the leather with the beads knotted up the length a little more sporadically, but to me, even though I didn't want to add any other components, I felt it needed a bit more oomph.<br />
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After searching on Pinterest for designs with leather cording, I found some plain cord necklaces that incorporated knots...one in particular caught my eye. A Celtic heart knot. There are several tutorials out there, but I found the easiest one on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yo5nSXND5o">You Tube</a>.<br />
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After playing with it, I realized my leather cord wasn't thick enough to make it look like this and it was sort of unstable...every time I knotted a bead on, or messed with it, the shape went wonky! I also realized that even though I like the idea of a knot, I didn't want it to be really heart shaped. I played with it and reshaped it into more of a triangle, exaggerating the bottom point more so that I could use a jump ring to hand the pendant. <br />
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There you have it! Last night as I was finishing it up (for about the 3rd time), my hubs was watching a documentary on Jimi Hendrix, and I thought, "yes...this hippie necklace was meant to be!"<br />
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Thanks Linda, for the wonderful pieces. Make more! Now off to see what our design team and guests came up with...you know they rocked!<br />
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jessememanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07029583785041602239noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17585918.post-77267924353340631742014-05-31T09:10:00.001-05:002014-05-31T09:10:55.373-05:00AJE Component of the Month for May 2014The gorgeous components this month are created by the talented Sue Kennedy of SueBeads. She gave us the choice of one of her amazing pressed glass cabochons and several of her new pressed bead design...chiclet beads! It was a really hard choice, but I chose a cabochon and received a gorgeous purple one!<br />
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I first thought that I would practice my soldered bezel setting skills, but kept trying to think of something different. I settled on creating a woven wire "lace" bezel against a copper flower back plate.<br />
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I wanted to keep the necklace simple, but wanted to incorporate some different color than the copper and purple of the cab. I remembered these sweet little Czech glass "twin" beads I bought a while back. Not sure what I was thinking...am not a seed beader! I devised a way to wire-wrap them into a chain though and they work perfectly with the purple cab. I added a second strand of copper "hammered bar" chain I had in my chain stash.<br />
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Wanted to add a dangle beneath the flower, but couldn't figure out what. I remembered some Czech glass teardrops I had bought and they really complemented the purple cab and the Czech glass in the chain. I oxidized everything with LOS and let it tumble for an hour or so.<br />
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This was such a fun piece to make and you all know by now that I am a sucker for Sue's lampwork! In fact, I purchased one of the 1st pairs of chiclet beads she posted, and just last week, swooped in for 2 more pairs!<br />
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Hi all...it's been a while since I have blogged about anything here except my monthly COM challenges. I have embarked on a bit of a new adventure, though and thought I would share my recent post from Art Jewelry Elements here! <br />
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If you read that blog, sorry for the duplication, but if not, a couple of weeks ago,<a href="http://artjewelryelements.blogspot.com/2014/04/saturday-share-playing-with-precious.html"> I experimented with some PMC3</a>? I shared with you that working with metal clay had been a big "want to do" on my art bucket list! I had fun playing and really liked the outcome, but I will be honest with you, the price of the silver clay and the limitations were a huge drawback. I didn't want to admit it at the time, but after looking at the 2 little pairs of charms, plus the very small amount of raw clay I had left out of a 16g package, I realized that if I was going to go further with this dream, I had to rethink some things.<br />
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After a lot of research, discussions with my sweet hubby, advice from my awesome, talented, knowledgeable, patient and giving teammates at AJE, I decided to purchase a kiln! Yes! Jumping up and down, clapping hands!<br />
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The consensus in the group was that this kiln would be the versatile tool for someone like me who is still testing the waters. While I think it will predominantly be for metal clay, I would be able to dabble in ceramics or glass. I will probably eventually purchase the enameling collar which will enable me to play with cloisonne, and other kiln-fired enameling!<br />
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I jumped right in and bought some 3 types of metal clay...Copper, White Copper and Bronze. I found out later that I should have probably opted for FastFire Bronze, but that will have to be another day! After reading all the firing instructions, I decided that the copper was the most straightforward so chose to work with that first. I'm glad I played with the PMC3 before...this was similar, but not quite as finicky, and since I was able to afford much more of it, I wasn't so scared to mess up.<br />
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I was happy to see that a lot of the tools and texturing materials I had been collecting for my polymer clay worked perfectly with the metal clay as well! I have a running list of things that I know I will be going back and getting.<br />
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So, I get some pieces made, drying, getting ready for cleanup and think I am ready for my 1st firing! Excitedly, I post to my team and they are all.."whoa, hold your horses, have you done a test run?" I found out that I needed to run the kiln empty to make sure it worked. Okay, I can still get these done, just a lot later!<br />
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After a successful test, and cleanup of my dried pieces, I loaded my new kiln for the first time. By this time it was late, so I set my alarm to get up and check on it several times! This morning, I opened it and found my treasure! It was a bit sad to see my shiny new firing pan was now black and ugly, but I knew that was going to happen. I found a slotted spoon and started sifting for the buried treasure!</div>
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Aren't they pretty?! Next step is to patina and make them into something! All in all, for a first try, I think this was a success! I think one of the hard things will be to work at finding my own style with this..I mean, there are such talented metal clay artists out there...some of the best at AJE...<a href="http://dreamsome.etsy.com/">Kristi</a>, <a href="http://starryroaddesign.com/">Karen</a>, and<a href="http://theaelements.etsy.com/"> Lesley</a>! Thanks to them for the inspiration and sharing of knowledge!<br />
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I asked for a surprise and received a fun organic stoneware one with pretty green glaze. I decided early on that I was going to make a bracelet. A couple of weeks ago, I made my first viking knit and decided to use it in my design.<br />
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Thanks, Lesley! I had fun creating with your cool button!<br />
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Here is the list of other participants...go and show them some button love ;)<br />
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<a href="http://artincendi.com/">Johana Nunez</a><br />
<a href="http://beadyeyedbunny.blogspot.co.uk/">Leah Curtis</a><br />
<a href="http://shaktipajdesigns.com/blog">Perri Jackson</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.com/">Lesley Watt</a><br />
<a href="http://cerebraldilettante.blogspot.com/2014/04/art-jewelry-elements-april-component-of.html">Keirsten GIles</a><br />
<a href="http://blueberribeads.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/aje-component-of-month-reveal-april.html">Caroline Dewison</a><br />
<a href="http://www.treewingsstudio.com/2014/04/aje-april-2014-com-challenge-reveal.html">Rebekah Payne</a><br />
<a href="http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog/seeing_red_aje_component_month">Jenny Davies-Reazor</a><br />
<a href="http://www.glassaddictions.com/blog">Jen Cameron</a><br />
<a href="http://www.suburbangirlstudio.com/">Diana Ptaszynski</a><br />
<a href="http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com/">Kristen Stevens</a><br />
<a href="http://www.francescawatson.com/">Francesca Watson</a><br />
<a href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/">Melissa Meman</a> - me!<br />
<a href="http://www.lindasbeadblog.com/">Linda Landig</a><br />
<a href="http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com/">Sue Kennedy</a><br />
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Here is what I created...I wanted to offset the beautiful gold metallic glaze with some pops of bright color, but decided to stay fairly monochromatic, so chose teal. I rounded up some Czech glass beads, then went through my stash of art beads and found a pretty borosilicate lampwork bead by Julie Delaney, and a lovely ceramic swirl bead by our own Karen Totten. I remembered some pyrite nuggets and briolettes that I had and wire-wrapped them into the necklace with brass wire.</div>
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I decided to create a hook clasp and just use one of the component's links for the loop!<br />
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There you have it! Simple, but bright and beautiful! I had been holding on to these pyrite briolettes for a while...I think they work perfectly with this!<br />
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Sorry for the drab photos...it was rainy and gross yesterday and I waited until this morning to take photos, but didn't have enough light!<br />
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Now, go forth and check out all the other gorgeous goodies created by this month's design team!!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Helen Simon – Helen's had to drop out due to a hand injury - get well soon Helen!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Niky Sayers – <a href="http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/aje-march-component-of-month-reveal.html">http://silverniknats.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/aje-march-component-of-month-reveal.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Caroline Dewison – <a href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/archives/1906" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.blueberribeads.co.uk</a> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Diana Ptaszynski - <a href="http://vintagebluestudio.typepad.com/vintage_blue_studio/2014/03/aje-march-com-reveal-work-in-progress.html" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.suburbangirlstudio.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Susan Kennedy - <a href="http://suebeads.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/aje-component-of-month-with-caroline.html">http://suebeads.blogspot.co.uk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kristen Stevens - <a href="http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/art-jewelry-elements-march-component.html" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.co.uk</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Keirsten Giles - <a href="http://cerebraldilettante.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/art-jewelry-elements-march-component-of.html" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://cerebraldilettante.blogspot.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Jenny Davies-Reazor - <a href="http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog/golden_wings_aje_component_month_reveal">http://www.jdaviesreazor.com/blog/golden_wings_aje_component_month_reveal</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Melissa Meman – <a href="http://melissameman.blogspot.co.uk/" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://melissameman.blogspot.co</a>m (you are here!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rebekah Payne - <a href="http://www.treewingsstudio.com/" style="color: #666666; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;">www.treewingsstudio.com</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lesley Watt - <a href="http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/aje-component-of-month-march-reveal.html">http://thegossipinggoddess.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/aje-component-of-month-march-reveal.html</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Linda Landig - <a href="http://lindalandig.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/luna-moth-necklace/">http://lindalandig.wordpress.com/2014/03/30/luna-moth-necklace/</a></span></div>
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For February, I decided to offer hearts that I hand-cut from copper, shaped, then torch-fire enameled. The finishing touch was the addition of colorful glass frit.<br />
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I was trying hard to think outside the box this month and had something on my mind that I wanted to do...<br />
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I wanted to create a sort of <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=milagros&rs=ac&len=8">"milagro"</a> type of <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=sacred%20heart&rs=ac&len=5">sacred heart</a> and did a search on Pinterest. Wow, lots of inspiration there! So I set to work. I did some sketches, decided on one, then sawed it from copper.<br />
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I was going to leave it bare, with perhaps some texture, but changed my mind, and covered it with molten solder and embedded little brass flowers in. I riveted the heart onto piece using balled copper headpins which also create a pin clasp in the back. Not showing the back this time as I am not especially happy with it right now and am going to work on it some more with some other ideas I have for future pieces.<br />
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I chipped the heart as well when I was attaching it, but I just filed it down and patina'ed it with some liver of sulfur and left it...I think it adds to the "vintage" feel of the piece!<br />
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Below is our team of designers for this month. I can't wait to see what everyone created! How about you!<br />
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<i>Guests...</i><br />
<a href="http://artfullyornamental.blogspot.com/"><i>Lori Bowring Michaud </i></a><br />
<a href="http://bay-moon-design.blogspot.com/"><i>Kathy Lindemer</i></a><br />
<a href="http://www.kimmykats.com/"><i>Kim Bender </i></a><br />
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<a href="http://melissameman.blogspot.com/"><i>Melissa Meman</i></a><br />
<a href="http://jdaviesreazor.com/blog"><i>Jenny Davies-Reazor</i></a><br />
<a href="http://treewingsstudio.com/"><i>Rebekah Payne</i></a><br />
<a href="http://blueberribeads.co.uk/"><i>Caroline Dewison</i></a><br />
<a href="http://kristen-beadjourney.blogspot.com/"><i>Kristen Stevens</i></a><br />
<i><a href="http://cerebraldilettante.blogspot.com/">Keirsten Giles</a></i><br />
<a href="http://suebeads.blogspot.com/"><i>Sue Kennedy</i></a><br />
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I know I haven't been blogging here regularly, so I thought I would stop by and show you some photos of things I am working on! Have been bitten by the polymer clay bug after taking a class with Christine Damm at ArtBliss last year. Hubby got me some materials for Christmas and I have been slowly but surely making my way through a few designs. There is definitely a learning curve, but have been making molds like crazy!<br />
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Here are a few completed ones...the skull is for my boy!<br />
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This next batch are some that need to be finished...yes, a few got a bit dark, but they will be painted!<br />
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Here are the hearts I finally finished, but not in time for Valentine's Day. They will be going in my shop soon, though along with most of this stuff, and hopefully a bit more! Those tiny flowers are being placed on some cute little birdies.<br />
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Speaking of hearts, the AJE Design team, along with a few special guests will be showing their creations made from my enameled fluttery hearts for the February Component of the Month challenge...Be sure to stop back by on Monday, March 3 to take a gander at what we created. I am so excited to see how everyone used them! I hope to get a few more of these made soon as well!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by! I promise not to stay so long between posts!<br />
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