Jewelry I, GSU, Spring 2005, by guess whom...
Posted: 2005-05-04 04:32pm
So, well, the title pretty much describes it...
A fibula made from nickel silver wire hammered flat and bent then folded. Maybe three inches wide, four inches across span? Unpriced, probably about five bucks.
Brooches. They suck muchly IMO, but then the pic's blurry so you can't really see the flaws... that round one there was a PAIN in the arse to solder. I think it's better than the silver one, actually-- tried to rivet the circle on that silver one, but didn't do too good a job, so it ended up loose... they're between two-three inches in diameter. Also unpriced-- I'd say fifteen bucks each, get both for twenty-five.
Earrings-- moonstone, nickel silver, nu-gold (brass and copper alloy). The crescent shape was inspired by the moonstones cause, well, moon, crescent, that kind of thing...
They're actually about the size of, oh, between a nickel and a quarter. Price's $25.
Earrings, nu-gold and nickel silver rings. Kingsmail pattern. Bit heavy, but decent lookin'. Roughly an inch and a half from the hook to the bottom. $20.
These are probably my favorite earrings out of the bunch-- hammered sterling silver with glass beads and sterling wire. $30.
Bit blurry, sorry... nickel silver and nu-gold chain, Byzantine pattern. Each set of links is about an inch or so long, the rings are roughly a bit more than a quarter of an inch in diameter. $72 (the reason it's expensive is because of the time spent making it-- well over eight hours, plus 20% guild fee)
And my favorite piece...
Modified Persian chain mail bracelet, again in nickel and nu-gold. $30-- pretty good deal for this, I'd say.
A better view of the links...
Incidentally, for y'all who are wondering, it's mostly semiprecious metals because, frankly, I was more or less broke most of the time during this class; the lab fees covered the nonprecious metals, but I had to buy everything else including the sterling silver and moonstones.
So, anyways-- opinions? Criticism? Comments?
EDIT: Added prices for anybody who might be interested in purchasing these pieces.
A fibula made from nickel silver wire hammered flat and bent then folded. Maybe three inches wide, four inches across span? Unpriced, probably about five bucks.
Brooches. They suck muchly IMO, but then the pic's blurry so you can't really see the flaws... that round one there was a PAIN in the arse to solder. I think it's better than the silver one, actually-- tried to rivet the circle on that silver one, but didn't do too good a job, so it ended up loose... they're between two-three inches in diameter. Also unpriced-- I'd say fifteen bucks each, get both for twenty-five.
Earrings-- moonstone, nickel silver, nu-gold (brass and copper alloy). The crescent shape was inspired by the moonstones cause, well, moon, crescent, that kind of thing...
They're actually about the size of, oh, between a nickel and a quarter. Price's $25.
Earrings, nu-gold and nickel silver rings. Kingsmail pattern. Bit heavy, but decent lookin'. Roughly an inch and a half from the hook to the bottom. $20.
These are probably my favorite earrings out of the bunch-- hammered sterling silver with glass beads and sterling wire. $30.
Bit blurry, sorry... nickel silver and nu-gold chain, Byzantine pattern. Each set of links is about an inch or so long, the rings are roughly a bit more than a quarter of an inch in diameter. $72 (the reason it's expensive is because of the time spent making it-- well over eight hours, plus 20% guild fee)
And my favorite piece...
Modified Persian chain mail bracelet, again in nickel and nu-gold. $30-- pretty good deal for this, I'd say.
A better view of the links...
Incidentally, for y'all who are wondering, it's mostly semiprecious metals because, frankly, I was more or less broke most of the time during this class; the lab fees covered the nonprecious metals, but I had to buy everything else including the sterling silver and moonstones.
So, anyways-- opinions? Criticism? Comments?
EDIT: Added prices for anybody who might be interested in purchasing these pieces.