Tag: Patina

Change necklace

This necklace started off with a piece of recycled copper pipe and a ball of felted wool. The hand forged copper metal is reminiscent of a branch. Beads and semi-precious stones are highlighted in this piece using all handmade findings out of copper wire including the headpins, jumprings, and clasps. Everything was heat patinaed to…

Fairy Tales

This piece is composed of found objects such as a can lid, part of a plug, a jar top, various jewelry parts, part of a buckle, freshwater pearls and handmade bezels.  The construction was done as needed for each particular item from wire wrapping to soldering to concealed rivets.

3-layer necklace

pendant made from recycled copper pieces, vintage watch case into which I fit the polymer clay face, sterling silver wires hang onto a small silver washer, copper & silver beads & freshwater pearls dangle below.  

Antique Baby Spoon with grapes necklace

Go There Now "While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:22" **************************************************** "The grapes in her vineyard were calling to her. She knew they were plump, succulent and ripe for the harvest. She had always been charmed by autumn.…

Antique Brass STEAMPUNK necklace

This is SUCH a special piece and is NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART! I was fortunate to find a GORGEOUS authentic antique stamped finding for this stately neck ornament! When you hold this in your hand you will not believe the detail and the unrivaled patina this piece has. These actual antique findings are…

let it snow, let it snow, let it snow….

I really had fun creating this bottle cap jewelry bracelet.  The above clear glass beads are suppose to be snow falling and the smaller clear seed beads below, the snow melting. The red acrylic beads, 14kt gold filled vermeil daisy spacers  and  smokey color crystal beads,  magnetic clasp. The snowman, a resin mold purchased painted already,  I added snow  and gold…

Imagine reversible bottle cap necklace

This is the second picture of my 20" pearl cluster necklace. A  one inch circle punch was use to cut out hand dyed paper I had fun creating . lmagine is stamped on with stazon ink, watch innards added. The inside glass lens  is coloured with alcohol ink, glued. The front of the lens and side, wrapped in links of silver chain adding a coat of more red gold liquid to alter the…

Reversible double sided bottle cap cluster of pearls necklace

A unique, original and ooak wearable bottle cap art jewelry. This  photo shows a  mermaid  enjoying her playground beneath the sea. Metal mermaid charm is covered with gold leaf, yellow colored potato pearls and white coral frangia to her sides. The background is clear shrink wrap, that I painted blue then heated to shrink, adding colored micro beads, more texture and depth. A old watch case with crystal…

red & orange STACK pendant

this was my first STACK pendant i ever made, and i like it so much that i had to find a way not to sell it on etsy (www.therustyartichoke.etsy.com) so i could wear it still, so i'm submitting it here! pendant made of a stack of buttons, bottlecaps, and hardware… with a little rust here and…