Hammered Sterling Silver Frames

These have been made since June!

When some money came in from the book, I started planning my next batch of hand forged jewelry pieces. I searched for unique stone focal points, searched for freshwater pearls that matched them, ordered the leather, calculated and purchased all the wire I would need to create the frames, clasps, and wrapping, measured out the wire for each focal stone, shaped each frame to its unique stone, soldered, hammered, and oxidized each sterling frame, sketched out designs for the one of a kind necklaces and sorted everything into baggies for easy finding.

And there they have sat!

So my goal, while business is slow, is to have each one of the 23 necklaces finished in 2 weeks. maybe I will get them listed by 2011. You all hold me accountable, okay?

An aside, I was able to access my former flickr account and I uploaded some of the pieces I will be listing soon to coincide with the Turning Leaves article for Belle Armoire Jewelry Magazine winter edition. You can check those out on my blog side bar, along with my new Astore from Amazon. There's all sorts of items I like, including metal smith tools I personally use, music I listen to fanatically, and inspirational books to spark your creative muse!