Alrighty – yay, me! I am hereby managing to get a couple more pieces posted before the baby arrives – whee!!
Going back to my traditional silver theme here, we’ve got some minor metalsmithing going on. Let’s start with Orrery…
Orrery: hand-domed silver discs align their orbits gracefully at the end of a handmade silver chain
The center disc is shiny, the others satin/matte. It adjusts from 17-19″ long and the drop is 3.25″ from there. (In case you’re wondering about the name, an orrery is a model of the solar system.) I am particularly proud of this one as I slogged through the making of the chain as well!
From there we move to Swoop! Hand-hammered curves cradle a rutilated quartz round. This is a lonnnnnnggg baby! 22″ plus another nearly 5″ in the drop. It’d be great over a bulky sweater for fall!
Swoop: hammered sterling silver with rutilated quartz
I think this will probably be it before the baby comes and, as it turns out, the hospital I’ll be at doesn’t have wifi SO you probably won’t be hearing from me for a while. I am hoping to make some jewelry while I’m there though – the repetitive things that I don’t usually have time for. I owe a cousin a rosary (which are incredibly, time-consumingly tedious to make – no wonder they have to bless them afterward) and there’s a chain maille pattern I want to try. See? This is how you can tell a c-section veteran… we know the cable in the hospital is lousy and we plan for it! Also, we know this is as close to a vacation as we’re likely to get for months so we’d better enjoy it!
Cheers all!
K2
Congratulations! If you had you baby by the time I write this, I hope everything went well and you and baby and dad are healthy and happy
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What creativity!…creating babies and jewelry! Did you fuse the links on the chain? And that swoop is genius! You’re inspiring me to try new things…speaking of that (I’m a few posts behind), what size tubing did you use in your tube rivets on the silver leaves bracelet? That looks like a good size to start with.
I hope you have time to either email me (do you see our addresses on your dashboard?) or respond on your blog…I’ll understand if you can’t (trust me…baby memories don’t fade after 21 years…binkies rock!)
Betsy
Hi Betsy!
No, the links aren’t fused – no torch on this end due mostly to finances but also to a houseful of small children – I could just see myself responding to a shriek and leaving the torch going thus burning the house down. That would not be good!! It’s inhibiting and frustrating for now but I know I’ll have a great time when I finally get one!
I think the tubing is 3mm if I’m remembering right and I totally recommend Monsterslayer.com for great prices on the sterling tubing.
C-section is scheduled for tomorrow at 7:30 a.m.!
Cheers,
K2