Tag: Recycled Jewelry

Raid the Toy Box for this Recycled Jewelry Project

You’ll have to look closely to spot the upcycled components in this fun piece. I combined common jewelry components with a few non-traditional items, such as rubber washers, checkers, and nail polish for a clever spin on this recycled jewelry project. Materials Hole punch pliers, 2mm Checkers game pieces, 2 Acrylic paint (I used DecoArt®…

Boost Your Wardrobe with Recycled Jewelry

Mixed-media art and recycling, upcycling, and repurposing were made for each other. The Fall 2018 issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine features a fantastic recycled jewelry project from Debbie Blair that incorporates altered game pieces and rubber washers, plus tons of great jewelry techniques. Debbie’s piece inspired me to dig through my stash and channel…

Game On: Make a Found-Object Necklace

“As a jewelry designer, I see trends come and go. One trend that seems to have staying power is the long tassel necklace, which I absolutely love. With this particular project, I challenged myself to incorporate various found objects without them looking as such. I visited my local thrift store and poked around closets in…

STYLISH STEAMPUNK

STYLISH STEAMPUNK  All materials used have been donated, recycled or upcycled.  To look at the process in pictures please follow this link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.240228846134746.1073741838.149972985160333&type=1 Materials used: paints – spray, acrylic, metallics; eyeshadow – white, browns; metals – broken jewelery, antique lock & key, watch pieces, eyelets, necklace chains; old stamp, mesh from old shawl, tassels from lamp…

Goddess

By Deborah A. Pierro – On wooden substrate with attached frame; gesso; hand-dyed papers; hand-dyed paper towel pieces; piece of suede in center; cutout of design I created; vintage metal "goddess"; pieces of manila folder with cloth doily pieces attached; masking tape; various acrylic paints; antique gold alcohol spray ink; Elmer's and tacky glue; mod…

Tattered fabric wall hanging 1at attempt

Hello, thanks for having a look at my photo. I usually make rather lavish greeting cards. So this is my first attempt at tattered fabric Art which I have been wanting to try for quite a while. I tend to go a bit OTT with embellishments, both bought and home-made ones on my cards, so…

Sun Burst pendant made with found objects

Repurposed, recycled and recreated!  This pendant is larger than life and bright.  This is a mixture of found objects, including a white plastic straight pin holder, a metal washer, beads, wire, reclaimed broken jewelry chain, a piece of acrylic plastic, an old jewelry box hasp, and an old yin/yang charm symbol.  Additional materials used include…

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.