Thursday, September 3, 2009

A Few More Examples of My Work: New and Old

It's been awhile, hasn't it!  I hope you like the new look and feel of my blog.  I changed templates because the old one was giving me a kind of squeezed-in feeling.  This one has (and hopefully you'll agree) a more expansive atmosphere.

I decided to play around with my oldest digital camera, my Nikon Coolpix 800.  Even though it eats batteries by the landfill-full (say that ten times real fast) this thing is a real workhorse (as long as it's plugged in), and one of the most honest cameras I've come across.  And by honest I mean that it gives no quarter to an object with flaws.  Sometimes it's too honest.  It was great when I used to sell antique pottery and porcelain on Ebay, where you really want to be up front about chips and cracks.  Trust me, this baby showed everything.

So I tried it on some of my jewelry...and here are some of my beauties:

 
This is a free-form pendant I made by wrapping a tight ball of paper towel with 16 gauge wire, ripping out the towel, and pounding it into a doming block.
  
This is a link necklace I made from (roughly) directions from a back issue of Art Jewelry Magazine.  Although it was a real pain to make, it gets me a lot of compliments.
  
These lovelies were super easy to make, but I think I'll add a few more pearls, mostly the white briollettes.


I don't do much antiquing, but I had to with these hoops in order to see the rugged edge and the wrapping.

4 comments:

  1. Get your butt in gear, Betsy, and get back posting! I just found you, you sound like a kindred soul, and I can't follow if you don't write.

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    1. Hi Susan...I'm posting again, and it feels good. Makes me feel like I'm part of the human race again!

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  2. Susan,
    Consider my butt in gear (and kicked, too). I checked out your blog, and it's very inspiring. What a beautiful place you live in, and what beautiful work you do!
    I've been writing a novel (a medical mystery) all this time, and, although that's rewarding in its own way, I need to get back in the studio and beat and burn some silver into submission.

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  3. Susan, and Any of My Other Commentators (as well as Followers of My Blog):

    I'm having a lot of difficulty accessing my dashboard to post to this blog. For some reason, Google doesn't recognize my old password. When I create a new one, all my gmail goes away...very maddening and frustrating! I can't afford to lose my gmail. I'm at the point where I'm considering using another blog service.
    If I decide to do that, I'll let you guys know the url of my new blog.

    Betsy

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