So I mentioned in this post how much I enjoyed the process of enamelling last year. I also mentioned I was looking forward to making more enamelled pieces this year.
Well, guess what? I made some pieces today! I had some blue enamels here, and I used them to add some stunning colours to some copper tubes. Such pretty colours…and they work beautifully with the beads that I have made from vodka, gin and wine bottles.
Hmm…think I might have to check out the other enamel colours…
It was lovely to show you the flower jewellery from last week, with beads that I have made before, just used a bit differently.
Well, if we are doing things a little different, then this week it’s really different! Over the many years that I have been making jewellery I have amassed quite a collection of seed beads. I love seed beads, I just don’t really use them any more! But this month I decided to get them out, and make something with them. This is the end result.
The second necklace features all sorts of red glass beads, with all sorts of red seed beads in between! This lariat style necklace is quite versatile, I have found 2 ways to wear it that I like. The rope is 102cm long.
These earrings are dangly and swingy and lots of fun to wear! They are quite long, sitting at about 6.5cm from top to bottom, so if you like your earrings long, these are the ones for you!
Here is a quick link to the shop in case you need it!
This long, long string of blue recycled glass beads mixed with seed beads makes a very versatile necklace that can be worn several ways….and can also be wrapped around as a bracelet.
Last year I fell a little bit in love with the process of enamelling. I took a couple of courses, and experimented a little bit at home. This year I am looking forward to making more pieces of jewellery with enamelled copper components. These earrings seemed like a good place to start. They go quite nicely with the champagne bottle beads, I think…
The subtle contrast in the beads, alternating from etched to shiny makes this bracelet really interesting…that, and it was also made from a champagne bottle!
Just letting you know that I’m happy to take custom orders for pieces. Last year I had a customer, who had celebrated a special birthday with a magnum of Moet champagne, request several pieces of jewellery to share with her daughters as a memento from the special day! I recently got an email from one of those daughters who said “the most amazing keepsake”.
Don’t throw the bottles in the bin! If you would like to discuss a custom order, please feel free to email me Jules.frahm@gmail.com
This month colour play is all about the colour RED!
During 2012 I created two pretty cool things. The first was an exhibition all about red glass beads. Titled “10,000 red glass beads” it was a labour of love, and a time that I look back on really fondly. Yes, I really did make 10,000 red glass beads for that exhibition.
At the same time I was pregnant with my second child, and he was born just a couple of weeks after the exhibition opened! Well, that little person is now 5 years old, and he started school this week!
All of that nostalgia led me to make some new red pieces for my colour play series! I have always loved the colour red, and I love to make red jewellery. This month I have some really exciting pieces available.
I have made them all one off pieces. However if an items is sold, and you would like something similar, please feel free to contact me, and I’ll see what I can do.
The first necklace features my favourite red flower beads. I have used red flower beads in all sorts of ways, but I haven’t made a necklace quite like this before. I was thrilled that such a simple style could still look amazing on!
These earrings are quite stunning on! The flower bead sits under the ear lobe, and the silver at the back sits to about 4cm.
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I have collected all sorts of glass over the years, some of which I have used a lot (Green Depression Glass), and some that I have been waiting for the right project – hello Blue Depression Glass!
I rediscovered this glass when I was going through my collection the other day. I felt ready to make something with it, especially after playing with the Pink Depression Glass the other day.
Here’s the necklace I made:
I love that I can use beer bottles as the base of some of the beads that I make. This particular bracelet features Coopers Ale and Coopers Clear.
(Luckily my husband likes drinking beer).
It started out simple enough. Make a bracelet using four different types of blue beads. But as I started to make the bracelet, it made me think about other ways to make the bracelet, and that led to other ways to make the bracelet. So in the end I made all four versions of the bracelet that I had imagined as I was making the bracelets! Which one do you like best?
Remember this necklace?
Well, I had all of the seed beads still on my table, and I thought it would be nice to make a bracelet to match it. The two strands sit nicely on the wrist, making it comfortable to wear.
