Been really busy these last few days finishing off pieces of jewellery and working on new ideas. Also because of the rain I have only just got to go outside to take photos of my new pieces.

Here are some of them :)

 

Finally finshed. I decided to make this necklace assymetric in the way it hangs.

 

 

 Blogged about this piece last week. I just decided to add a simple chain to the colourful wave of the piece.

 

 Another variation on an old design of mine.

 

 

There will be more pieces to come over the next few days.

Including some more dichoric glass pieces and a special silver pendant I have been slowly working on for the last few months!

 

 

I have been obsessed with this ancient symbol since I was a teenager. I loved it so much I decided to paint a large one straight onto my bedroom wall in rainbow colours. My mother was not pleased with that, or with any of the other doodles I painted on the wall!

The Triskele or three spiral is a celtic or pre celtic symbol. It is thought to stand for land, sea and sky.

I decided to make my own version of the symbol into a piece of jewellery. In the piece above I used green agate beads as well as copper wire. I have many more ideas in my head of other necklace designs using this symbol.  

 

Over the past few days I have sporadically been working on this necklace.

I knew when I was designing this piece that I wanted to it to be big and bold but somehow still retain an air of elegance.

I chose a large blue/green azurite disk bead as the focus for the necklace and designed swirls and spirals to fit round it. There are many colours in the piece but the blue/green colours dominate it. I have also got reds, oranges and yellows to compliment the blue tones and give it a more rainbow look.

I am trying to decide whether to oxidise the copper to make it go a black/brown colour or leave it to age naturally.

Also I am trying to think of the best kind of chain or cord to add to the necklace. I will give it some though over the course to today.