My favourite thing at the moment is to sculpt with wire and gemstones. There is nothing lovelier than the idea of someone wearing a sculpture by you! So I decided to create a butterfly. I wanted it to be as real as I could get, reproducing the actual design of a British butterfly.
However, as I started on this peacock butterfly, I realised that there was too much detail in a butterflies wing for me to be able to capture, the tiny stones I work with were too large! So instead I went for a close approximation, and I think that by sticking with the colour scheme I did the right thing, the butterfly looks almost real!
For more details, see: http://www.jewellerydragon.com/N22150.htm.
p.s. And don't forget, I can customise any piece just for you, make it longer, shorter, or change the fitting! Just ask!
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JewelleryDragon is available at the Harrison Lord Gallery in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
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I had decided to make a multi-gem necklace to represent the Olympic rings to celebrate the 2012 Olympics being in Britain. An easy task, except that when I set the rings into the correct positions, the piece didn't work. It was only when I allowed them to be free-flowing that the piece really came to life!
This piece contains tanzanite, yellow sapphire, black spinel, green onyx and ruby, so a real all-rounder!
For more details, see: http://www.jewellerydragon.com/N22063.htm
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JewelleryDragon is available at the Harrison Lord Gallery in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
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I found these delightful Tanzanite beads through a supplier, and had to have them. I at once knew that I wanted them in a bracelet, and decided that surrounding them with clear quartz was the best way to go, because of the delicacy of the colour, and I knew that the quartz would help to reflect and enhance the stones.
I think it ended up really delightful in the end, and the earrings go beautifully. Due to the small quantity of stones I could skimp on the bracelet to make a necklace, but decided not to, I wanted the bracelet to be as generous as possible.
I also wanted to be generous with the earrings, I could have used clear crystal as a filler, but decided that in this case strength was in numbers, so used all Tanzanite.
For more details, see: http://www.jewellerydragon.com/B22013.htm and http://www.jewellerydragon.com/E22019.htm
www.jewellerydragon.com
JewelleryDragon is available at the Harrison Lord Gallery in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
Got a Kindle? Read my blog direct! UK and USA
I had decided to make a multi-gem necklace to represent the Olympic rings to celebrate the 2012 Olympics being in Britain. An easy task, except that when I set the rings into the correct positions, the piece didn't work. It was only when I allowed them to be free-flowing that the piece really came to life!
For more details, see: http://www.jewellerydragon.com/N22063.htm
www.jewellerydragon.com
JewelleryDragon is available at the Harrison Lord Gallery in Brighouse, West Yorkshire.
Got a Kindle? Read my blog direct! UK and USA
Purple Haze Bracelet and earrings
I found these delightful Tanzanite beads through a supplier, and had to have them.
I at once knew that I wanted them in a bracelet, and decided that surrounding them with clear quartz was the best way to go, because of the delicacy of the colour, and I knew that the quartz would help to reflect and enhance the stones.
I think it ended up really delightful in the end, and the earrings go beautifully. Due to the small quantity of stones I could skimp on the bracelet to make a necklace, but decided not to, I wanted the bracelet to be as generous as possible.
I also wanted to be generous with the earrings, I could have used clear crystal as a filler, but decided that in this case strength was in numbers, so used all Tanzanite.
For more details, see: http://www.jewellerydragon.com/HTML/Products/B22013/Bracelet.htm and http://www.jewellerydragon.com/HTML/Products/E22019/Earrings.htm
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We now sell on Etsy! http://www.etsy.com/shop/jewellerydragon.
Purple Haze Bracelet and earrings
I found these delightful Tanzanite beads through a supplier, and had to have them. I at once knew that I wanted them in a bracelet, and decided that surrounding them with clear quartz was the best way to go, because of the delicacy of the colour, and I knew that the quartz would help to reflect and enhance the stones. I think it ended up really delightful in the end, and the earrings go beautifully.
Due to the small quantity of stones I could skimp on the bracelet to make a necklace, but decided not to, I wanted the bracelet to be as generous as possible. I also wanted to be generous with the earrings, I could have used clear crystal as a filler, but decided that in this case strength was in numbers, so used all Tanzanite.
For more details, see: http://www.jewellerydragon.com/HTML/Products/B22013/Bracelet.htm and http://www.jewellerydragon.com/HTML/Products/E22019/Earrings.htm
www.jewellerydragon.com
We now sell on Etsy! http://www.etsy.com/shop/jewellerydragon.
