More Etched Metal Jewelry

I have been busy making etched metal jewelry. 

I haven't done it for a long time,

but when I was asked to do a jewelry project in the local high school

I thought etched metal would be lots of fun. 

In order to prepare I made a variety of pieces 

and ended up with lots of necklaces - long and short necklaces

- with bigger etched pieces and small etched pieces 

- with pieces of squiggly wrapped wire or not

- and mounted on a cotton cord or a wire circle.

and one bracelet.....

I can't wait to see what the students create!

A Perfect Fit

Making jewelry out of antlers has been on my 

want to try list for a long time. 

Here are the 7 pieces that I managed to finish.

I have some more on my work table,

but need to get a new drill bit after breaking the one I was using. 

These ones are made from moose or caribou antler. 

 I really like that they are uneven and chunky.

I cut and shaped some reclaimed metal to make the bails, 

and connected them with a piece of brass wire that I hammered. 

I decided on using simple black cords to hang them on 

And then tried them on. 

I think they fit perfectly!
 (or just as I had imagined anyway) 

Dangley Bits Jewelry

I am slowly adding to my collection 

of necklaces that I will have for sale 

at the one and only craft sale I am doing this fall. 

 

Lots of dangley bits came to play 

on these pieces.   

Not sure what will show up next time......

Finished Bits - Necklaces

I finally had some time to put some of the bits together 

into some necklaces. 

I made some longer necklaces with lots of 

dangling bits

Dangles were added behind this resin on recycled metal piece 
I made some time ago.

Hammered and coiled metal pieces make up this shorter necklace.

And hammered and twisted pieces made up this one.

I enjoyed playing with bits and pieces
to create all of these pieces.

And in the end decided to keep
this simple piece for myself. 

If any of these appeal to you, 
I would love to know which one.
 

A Few More

A few more circle necklace pictures .... just because I took so many!

Whimsical Circle Creations

What fun I have had creating this jewelry.

Necklaces with one or two circles 

that may or may not

 be adorned with a small brass decoration 

to create these whimsical rustic necklaces.

I have been trying for days to take pictures of them

 but there is not a lot of daylight lately.

I came home from work at lunch time today 

to try and get the most daylight I could to take some pictures.

Even then it was a struggle, as there wasn't much natural light coming in my windows.

But I did what I could.

Most of the necklaces are adorned with a bee 

or a dragonfly or a flower or a bird

But some of them were just left as circles.

I do love circles.

As well as a few more of my hand forged copper circle necklaces 

and earrings.

A number of these circle creations have made it into my Etsy shop.