I have been extremely lucky to be the recipient of a wonderful piece by a very talented wireworker Rachel Norris. This is the piece she has made for me - he is a cute 5cm tall copper pusscat brooch with twinkly eyes and pert whiskers. I am thrilled with him
I made this fully loaded charm bracelet for my friend Tina who loves jangly things and dragonflies.
I used gunmetal findings and chain
The purple/blue beads are handmade from UTEE jewel enamel with mother of pearl rounds, faceted shell pearls and dragonfly charms.
To create the colour for the beads I used two colours blue sapphire and amethyst purple and clear, gently mixed and swirled to give a tanzanite blue
the beads are made using a headpin and adding layers of UTEE in what is called a Leandra bead
I then rolled down the headpin to create charms which I added to the bracelet.
I also made a focal bead for a pendant and some simple earrings - although by this time the colour had gone quite dark and looked more like Iolite
I decided to make the focal bead into a charm necklace
I'm happy with the results and very pleased that Tina really loves it.
a close up of the bracelet
