Monday 4 January 2010

I Promised Pictures..!!

I finally dug the camera out and took a couple of pictures today to share with you here.

I'll start with my beautiful necklace that I received as a Secret Santa present from a member of the Frit Happens Forum



Next up is the first of my chain maille projects. I saw this Christmas Tree design in Step by Step Wire Jewelry and it just grabbed me, so when I saw that Beadsisters were selling the kit, I just had to have one! I decided to make them into earrings and, of course, I had to wear them on the day!



Whilst ordering the Christmas Tree kit, I couldn't help but order a few more coloured rings to attempt the tutorial by Sarah Austin in January's issue of Beads & Beyond to make a bracelet in Turkish Round Maille, so here are a couple of bracelets, one in bronze and red and the other black and fuschia



And also in the January issue of Beads & Beyond, another lovely tutorial by the very talented George Harper East for some earrings in the Pheasible weave, which I added my own lampwork to



Finally, I received a Beadalon jump ring maker and some Xuron flush cutters for a present, so I have been playing a bit with plated silver and copper. Unfortunately the rings are not cut as flush as they should be, so there are some small gaps (and I have found the smaller the rings, the worse the joins are), but this is only to practise some weaves I hadn't tried.

So this is Full Persian, which I am quite pleased with (well, aside from the rings!)



Anyway, that's about it for the moment, so thanks for looking and enjoy your week.

Ta-ra

June
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5 comments:

  1. June,

    One way to get a "flush" cut with the jump ring maker is after the first cut turn the ring and nip just a bit off of the other side with the flush cutter. This will give you two clean cut sides. The tool is probably a semi-flush cutter so one side has a bit of an edge.

    -drew

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  2. I'll have to try it, thanks for the advice.

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  3. June I'm well impressed with the chainmaille, it's fantastic, well done you.

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  4. What gorgeous work June, I love the coloured maille, you are so clever, I dabble but get fed up half way through. ♥

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