Week - 26

 
Something a little different this week, just messing around and really just trying to keep up with the FSOJ at this point, so something quick was needed. This is a beautiful Chrysoprase cabochon, reminds me of a cool blue shallow lagoon,..phrrt  like when have I ever seen one of those in real life,lol. Nothing wrong with my imagination.

Week - 25

  I’m having some weird allergy problem with my eyes at the moment and for the past two weeks, seeing clearly has been rare. I tried to take the easy way out because of my eyes, and decided it would be best to just whip up a quick pendant this phrrrrt!,.. Well,..if I wasn’t convinced before, that I’ve finally found my confortable place with wireworking and the new style I’ve been making lately,.. I’m convinced now.
I hated doing this piece, I got so irritated with it almost immediately,. it brought back memories of why I hated these before.  Not so much the making of them, they’re quick and easy, but it’s the actual harness construction that annoys me for some reason.  I’m weird, I know.  Some folk make gorgeous pendants with this style however.  So my annoyance continued so much so,.. that when I put the pendant aside,. I just didn’t want the ugly thing to live,lol and so I popped the cab out and threw the wire into the scrap box. But you’d think that would relieve my annoyance,….. nope,.. I tried to stop the nagging thoughts that one of my children will some day walk into the studio and see that harness and ask me to put a cab in it for them,…. *gasp*,.. it had to be destroyed beyond anything that looks like it could hold a cab.  So I snipped it to shreds,..   and lo and behold,… there was instant relief right there. I felt satisfied at last,lol aaaaaaaand I can honestly say,… that will be the last time I will ever make one like that again hee hee.Sooooh not content to just post that pic for the fsoj, I decided I had better get to and make something I really want to make and hence my lateness, but what an absolute blast I had despite these eyes of mine giving my curry,.. I lost myself in this pendant for many hours,..erm I think about 11-12hrs in fact(over several days) and I think it is my new best piece ever. :]

Big thanks to Robbie and erm,.. Robbie,. :}  you both might recognise something in this piece.
  

Week - 24

I’m pleased with how this one turned out. It is a bit larger than the others and measures 2.5″ x 1.5″. This one took me 14+ hrs to complete and boy was it tricky at times. I think it took so long because a few things along the way didn’t work including making 2 different settings to house a second opal where the nest of pearls are, only to have the second setting complete and perfect then the unspeakable happened when I applied a little more preasure on the prongs and the opal shattered *snif*. A lesson learned and back to square one, 2hrs or more later. The opal in this pendant is to die for,.. it is absolutely delicious and it looks like a deep pool of cool blue green sparkly water. Also in this pendant there are a number of swarovski and ss beads. I think this pendant is my new favourite, and I’m not sure how I’m going to feel letting this opal go.

Week - 23

Another piece that took two days to complete,. not sure how many hours this time but my guess would be an hour or more quicker than the last ones. I think I’m beginning to get into the swing of things with these. Now I just need to wait for some more pretties to arrive for the next ones,.. oh and more wire OMeGaaawd does this style eat wire or what?!!!. A bit more wild and wooly this piece,. a little different to the others but I kinda like it,.. it’s growing on me and as you can see I just let go,lol. I hope it grows on someone else when I eventually put it(and the others) up on my website. Again, it is very solid and weighty,. nothing moves on it.
I tried something different to get the picture also this week because I have not been happy with the way my pics don’t really reflect what these are like IRL. I read somewhere on the net when searching for a light cube… “Make a light cube from a milk carton” When I clicked on the link,.. I had to pay to find out how phrrrrt!!, so I decided how hard can it be with a bit a playing about. Sooooh,..this pic was taken with my milk carton as the light cube,lol. Just a quick snap,.. no fine tuning of the camera or anything, so not bad I think for a snap. Will play a bit more later and will post a thread on the forum for you to see my Crude Light Cube Setup.