One of my favorite classes at CREATE was the jewelry class with Jean Van Brederode. We learned how to cut, texture, and shape the metal, and then many ways of connecting the pieces to form a cohesive design.
Jean was so generous with her supplies; we had an unbelievable amount of cool "stuff" to use.
I now know how to rivet, add patina, coil wire, make my own jump rings and my own hook and eye closures.
Here is my finished piece and some closeups.
Oh WOW!!!! This piece is stunning!!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the organic feel of this piece! I have a little coiling gizmo and I love coiling wire! Looks like a great class with a great instructor. Thanks for sharing...phone sharing is better than none! Hope your computer gets fixed soon.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree, your necklace is stunning.
ReplyDeleteI love your fabulous necklace! Great piece with great techniques.
ReplyDeleteGreat necklace. I love the propeller!!
ReplyDeleteThats good.
ReplyDeleteWOWZA, Ms Eileen!!!! I love it and LOVE LOVE those embossed or etched words on that triangle piece and the coiled chain is pretty darn cool, too! Nice work, my friend!
ReplyDeleteMarita
You're very clever Eileen, very original piece! I love the circle piece with the propeller. The word texture on the triangle looks familiar is this created with the background black letter type script stamp by the lovely Wendy Vecchi?
ReplyDeleteSorry Eileen, but I can't help myself...(health and safety training through my work has me looking for snow when it's not falling) : watch those jaggy points, and that your hair doesn't tangle in the coils, learned through bad experience of a tangle with similar jewelry, it had beads too and my hair is long so may have made my tangle worse,lol, mine wasn't quite as cool looking as this though! Take care :o)
These pieces look fabulous. Hard to believe you've never done this before.
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeletejean was amazing teacher...Eileen-so much fun to see the finished product--i still have to work on mine...
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous piece!!
ReplyDeleteIts beautiful, Sounds like you really learned a lot from the class too!
ReplyDeletehugs Lynn
Gorgeous work! I love the unique design! This class would be therapy!!! Beautiful!
ReplyDeletebeautiful Eileen!!!!
ReplyDeleteVery, very cool, and this is similar to what I learned at Mrs. O'Leary's. The patina is awesome. Great work!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Eileen!
ReplyDeleteThis is a fantastic piece! Part jewelry, part art, all AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteThat is way cool.
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