Blue cabochon set in sterling silver pendant.

Oh my god, the picture does no justice to the awesomeness of this piece! I have been taking a jewelry class for the last 6 weeks and after learning soldering, cutting, polishing, and a ton of other techniques, I finally made something that blows my mind.
This piece used to be a rock and some sheet silver and a thin flat silver wire. I wrapped the wire around the stone to make a collar and then soldered it together and to the silver plate... then I cut out the plate to match the collar and added a bail that I cut from a small strip of the silver sheet. I filed and polished it for several hours and then set the stone by working the edge of the wire just over the curve of the stone. I don't think I have ever made anything so beautiful.




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A raku blob reminicient of a shiny metallic crap.

This was my first Raku piece that was fired during a community raku event (sadly the last of its kind here.) Whereas mostly the peices came out shiny and metallic, mine came out looking like a lava rock in the shape of a deuce. I like some of the metallic highlights and the "organic" geometry is interesing but it looks like a bronzed growler.

Red clay pot with carving, shadow green and blue ribbon.

This was yet another teapot that I created before I learned that you make your pot and your lid at the same time and then you don't let them dry out before thinking about a spout and a handle... These are a good start though. I threw and glazed the piece and Karen carved the squiggle... I should probably have her carve everything since it traps the highlights of the glaze so nicely!

Agateware bowl with clear gloss and blue ribbons

This is another would be teapot from when I was trying to teach myself how to make a teapot. Sadly, this one turned out super well except that I didn't know how to make a spout, lid or handle.

Agateware bowl with clear gloss and blue ribbons

This was originally going to be a teapot but I let it get to hard before attaching a spout, lid or handle... So now it's bowl with a lid gallery.