Do you ever doodle? I do it all the time, not on paper, with stones and wire. I use my wire like a paintbrush to create my art jewelry. I consider and call myself an artist I just use a very non-tradional approach:) I suppose like most creative people I am a bit eccentric,LOL!! I [...]
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In order to create my art, I first cut the stone that will go in the piece, then design around that. Here are two stones cut in the lapidary in the past week. The first is a piece of Lapis Lazuli about 2.5 inches long and it is very heavy. Will probably use it in [...]
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Most people in this day and age have made, what they would concider, friends via the internet. Sometimes, those friends become very special to you over time which is the case of a very talented jewelry designer who passionately supports the handmade movement! Teresa grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan before meeting her husband [...]
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John Atwell Rasmussen, AKA GemLover, is an amazing talent that combines gemstones and metal to show off the best of each element. John has always had a love of collecting rocks and minerals, but only began creating wearable art in the last few years. John did major in geology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, [...]
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Knotting between the beads is important for a variety of reasons. Bead stringing, properly speaking, is a form of rigging. Where a knot is placed, it strengthens the cord three-fold. Consequently, if cord with a tensile strength of 17lbs. The cord is strengthened to 51lbs.10lb-test becomes 30lbs, etc. Thus, it secures the beads. This is [...]
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We started doing business in Jan 2011. I am a jewelry designer. All of my pieces are “One of a kind”. I love the warmth of natural rocks. The more jewelry I make the better I like working with wire wrap and gemstones. View my creations at www.whitepeacockcreations.com. We can create unique pieces to match [...]
Tags: bracelets, braceltes, earrings, fashion jewelry, gemstones, jewelry, jewelry set, lapis, malachite, necklace
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