07.20.08

Back to Work!

Posted in In Progress, Sketches at 7:31 pm by Jen

So after a break that was way too long due to moving into a new place and getting a new puppy, I am finally getting back into making my jewelry! I have my studio set up in the garage of our new place now! I have a lot more space, and a new work table to put other things on, like my pickle pot and tumbler and such.

I’m working on what I hope becomes a new series of work. I’ve decided to go back to my colored pencil pieces, but do them in a different way and explore the possibilities a bit more. I started some pendants today.

This is a sketch for my first one:

And some pictures of the in-progress pieces:

The backs are brass textured by using sandpaper in multiple directions to rough it up so I can draw on it later. I rolled out some thick square silver wire I had into more of a rectangular profile and soldered it along the edges. I’ll clean them up, then color on the brass, then use either clear resin or epoxy to fill in the cavity and level it off. Hopefully that will work and not discolor the colored pencils, but we shall see - the first one will be an experiment as far as that goes. I wasn’t happy with the results when I just sprayed my last pieces with a clear coat, because it scratches off REALLY easily and makes it impractical to wear, so I’m hoping this will be a good solution to the problem.

These particular ones are going to be eyes, kind of going along with my Cyclopes Coronet, only flat instead of domed. I want to do a few eye pendants with the eyes looking different directions. The pendants are about 1 1/2 inches wide.

I’m very excited about these pieces, and hope they turn out like I want them to!!

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