I’m Laura, based in Toronto, Canada. I’ve been creating and selling jewelry for a few years, ever since a friend taught me the basics. I threw myself whole-heartedly into the venture and get quite a thrill when someone admires an item that I have created. I love to travel and get inspiration for my [...]
Tags: beaded, chainmaille, gemstones, Handmade, jewelry, sterling silver, wire
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I’m Claire Goverts and I’ve been doing various arts and crafts as long as I can remember. I started beading back in middle school, working primarily with seed beads I even had a bead loom. When I went away to college I didn’t do any beading, I did mostly graphic art at that point [...]
Tags: arts, beading, beads, crafts, Handmade, pendants, polymer clay, seed beads, wire, wire wrapped
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My Mother kept her jewelry in the top drawer of a high dresser. I’m not sure if she did this out of convenience or to to keep her valuables away from little scroungers like me but regardless, her efforts were in vain. I still remember the many times I dragged her vanity stool over [...]
Tags: beads, cilice, Cilicelet, handcrafted, Handmade, pearls, wire, wirewrapped
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For you maillers out there, this will be no big surprise – but keep reading anyway, and for those of you who admire chainmaille but don’t know much about it, but want to learn - I’m here to tell you a little more about it, by introducing you to Bonnie of MailleEtc on Etsy. Although [...]
Tags: beads, chainmaille, copper, Handmade, jewelry, maille, rings, wire, wirework
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I’ve been designing jewelry for the last 15 years or so. I’m also a full-time student, studying to be a nurse practitioner and a mom of two beautiful kids. With a lot of (pushing) support from my friends, family, and significant other, I’ve recently decided to begin selling my designs on Etsy, as well as [...]
Tags: beaded, Handmade, jewelry, pendant, wire, wirewrapped
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Interesting facts about the earliest evidence of wire use in jewelry: Although the art of wire wrapping is often credited to the Phoenician Empire, about 1000 BC, there is evidence of wire use in jewelry far earlier. Biblical scholars have identified wire sculpting as an art form dating as far back as 1446 BC, nearly [...]
Tags: ancient, copper, filigree, gemstones, gold, jewelry, silver, wire, wire wrapping
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