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!

Driving, Hockey and Earrings

The last few days have been full of driving, watching hockey, and making earrings. My daughter plays hockey on a team 100 miles away, so three days of hockey makes life pretty full. This upcoming week she has 4 days of hockey - lots of hockey and therefore lots of driving means very little time to create. But fortunately for me I have taken some time off of the day job, so I did manage to finish up some earrings.

This is where I have been sitting lately....

and this is what I have been creating..... etched earrings.

Most of the earrings I have made with different shapes of metal

etched with different designs

or script.

On a few pairs I decided to add some beads to the bottom.

And these ones - I am debating whether it should just have the pearl below the metal, or whether I should add a small piece of silk.

What do you think? With or without the silk?

Earrings in the Making

Early in the week I started making some earrings. I etched some metal pieces and then cut them, sanded them, filed them blackened them, polished them and drilled holes in them.

I then needed to make some ear wires for them to hang on. So I cut pieces of 20 gauge sterling silver wire

and with the torch drew a bead on the end of the wire.

I then shaped them, hammered them, filed them and polished them ready to make the earrings.

and here are the 4 pairs I managed to complete.

dragonfly bits

leaves

text and lines

and leaves again.

Lots of fun and YEAH ... I am feeling better!