Break the Cycle

" Break the Cycle"
Sterling silver pendant with high polished background and satin finish on broken circle.

Something different

Necklace with detachable eyeglass holder.
Jet and clear crystals and freshwater potato pearls.

New warrior earrings

Stainless Steel and Sterling silver

Rachael Ray's little angel Isaboo

Sterling silver and brass photo pendant with watch crystal.

Once more to Hawaii

The Hibiscus flowers on this pendant were hand forged from 26 guage sterling silver sheet.

Hawaiian Memories

The orchid was cut and shaped from 24 gauge sterling sheet with a Citrine gemstone in the middle of the orchid and the large stone is dichroic glass.

Black & White

This ring is sterling silver with black spinel and cubic zirconia.

I am the WARRIOR

Hand pierced and fabricated from 24 gauge sterling silver sheet and 20 gauge Sterling wire

Pendants

Sterling and gold stone.



Sterling and watch crystal photo pendant.

Dichroic mania ***** Kauai Fused glass Collection

My sister in law Mary Clendeninn made the glass pieces I am using in these pieces. She will be selling them at her gallery, Garden Island Stained Glass in Kauai, Hawaii. You really can't appreciate the illusions in the glass from the photos but it's very colorful and multi dimensional.


More pieces to come!

Mystic Topaz

Sparkley tiny 2mm faceted Mystic Topaz beads and sterling silver.

Hammer Time

Hammered brass discs, brass twisted wire, gold seed beads and a magnetic clasp.

A couple of hammered brass earrings.

BLING

Sterling and CZ

Give Peace A Chance

I constructed this peace sign from silver wire and wrapped it in 2mm Swarovski crystals.The Sterling chain has crystal stations.

Spring in NYC

I Did It!

I made it into the show! Yippee!!

Mini sterling charms

Sterling with amethyst and pearl.

Sterling Cherry Charm. Garnet and green agate.

Sterling, pearl, adventurine and amethyst charm.

A little bit of everything this time

Sterling silver and blue goldstone earrings.

These are fun to make. Misc. gemstone and sterling rings.

New Earrings

Sterling and Jet crystal hoops. Nickel silver on sterling ear wires.
Nickel silver articulated curves on sterling ear wires.
Sterling silver and pink fiber optic stones.

Prices upon request.

Out of MY Mind

This brooch is made from sterling, brass, fresh water pearls, a working wind up watch and glass. The presentation box is decorated wood, bamboo, plastic pearls and glass. The round piece in the head opens so that the watch can be wound and you can see the gears (her brain) moving.


For some reason the round piece that protects the watch looks very over powering in these shots. It's a bit more subtle in person.

I made this piece to enter in a juried show. If accepted it will be exhibited in May and June here in NYC.

I would like to thank Lisa Spiros for all her help and guidance and Judy Neubert for the watch that went into her head. I'd also like to thank Amber Dawn for inspiring me to be creative.

Another pair of earings

Sterling silver and Carnelian

Back again so soon

Something new for me. I've been playing with initial jewelry and came up with these two pieces. The first necklace is sterling with Carnelian stones, the initial is in brass. This second piece is done in nickel silver with a cobalt blue cats eye stone and brass initial. I thought I'd try something more masculine and decided on the dog tag style.

HAPPY SPRING

We made it through another winter. YAY!

I've finally got my studio up and running but not quite finished yet. Here are a few more goodies I made. There are several more on my bench that I am finishing up and should be posting very soon. Keep an eye out I'm on a creative frenzy.

This is a pendant that I was trying some wire wrapping out on.

The following 2 pair of earrings are sterling silver. The first pair has sandstone beads, the second pair has freshwater pearls.

Happy 2008

Hope everyone had a great Holiday Season. Time to get back to work and show you some new stuff.







These are a pair of sterling and Swarovski crystal hoops . They were and Xmas present I made for Amber.










The red pendant is my submission for a Swap I'm involved in. The glass hearts are similar to Murano glass.

Until my studio is set up I've been trying my hand at some wire techniques so I'm working with a lot of glass and gemstone beads. It's fun but I can't wait to get my torch up and running again.

I got a new Paragon Kiln for Xmas so I will be working with some new materials in the new year. I'm planning on doing some PMC pieces, some enamiling and maybe try some glass fusing. Keep a look out for my new goodies it should be a FUN year of creating ahead.

It's been a long time!

Haven't been here in a long time. Many things have been going on but the most disruptive of all of those things is I moved. I have finally gotten settled enough to start working on my jewelry again so I will be back on a more regular basis. I will be posting a few new pieces after Christmas because if I post them now the people who are getting them for Christmas won't be surprised. So Merry Christmas to all and please come back often to visit.

Hi!

I haven't checked in for a while, school is out and since I don't have a studio to work in yet I haven't been working on any new pieces. I have a few good ones planned though so starting in September I should be back on track. I have been playing with my Photoshop program designing boxes for my jewelry and charm swaps and working on a scrapbook for my Mom's 98th Birthday. Hope to have some pics of some of this stuff up soon. Meanwhile, I just thought I would drop in a pic of Mom & Dad in their younger days.

New Mini Book Charm Swap

This is my entry for our latest mini book charm swap. I printed up cloth covers and printed 10 pages of angel pictures. I gilded the cover corners, the edges of all the pages and the front and back end pages.

Secret Places

My latest creation. This is a drawer ring. It is made from sterling silver with bezel set turquoise and yellow fiber optic stones.

I had a lot of fun making this one. I had to figure out how to construct and assemble it so that the drawer wouldn't fall out. The drawer has a little handle on it to pull the drawer out. I used 20 gauge silver sheet, 20 gauge round silver wire and 26 gauge silver bezel wire.

FOR SALE

If anybody is interested I just wanted to let you know that if you see any jewelry that I've made that you like I can make them for you. Even though I have used different types of metals in the pieces I have shown I work predominately in sterling silver. I also take special orders. Just email me at the7gildedroses@aol.com. There will be more to come so keep checking in.

Just Feel Like It

Just felt like posting a clearer picture of my tattoo. It's by Anil Gupta.

Driving in Manhattan

I took this picture while stopped at a red light on 3rd Avenue. Isn't the city a wonderful place? When they say you can find anything in NYC they weren't kidding. I was right behind it for about 2 miles. I'm such a New Yorker that I didn't even realize it for almost the whole ride.

Mugsy

Asleep with his teddy bear.

This is a sketch I did of my liitle guy.

Still Going Strong

I started a diet on March 5 and I weighed in today. (Drum roll).............................................
I've lost 31 lbs so far. Yippee!!! The best part is I'm still into it, although when I go to check out Suzi Finer's blog I drool a lot.

7th Quirk

I finally thought of my 7th quirk and boy am I a REAL Virgo.

I cannot send an email out with typos and live chats are very stressful because I'm afraid I'm taking too long because I have to check everything I'm typing before I send.

Between quirk 5, 6 and 7 I have realized that I am way too anal retentive.

Polymer Clay Teapot

I was asked by a friend to put this piece on the blog. It's an Ancient Chinese tea pot I made out of polymer clay over a hollowed out gourd.

6th Quirk

I thought of another quirk of mine to add to the earlier list.

Once I start something I have to finish it. I have a hard time putting it down. The other day I stayed up until 4:30am working on a template for my mini book charms. I become obsessed with the project and loose track of time. Sometimes I don't even stop to eat. Today I spent the whole day working on a prototype of a ring I want to make. First I made a template, then I made it with construction paper to see if the template worked and then I made the prototype out of some 36ga copper foil. Next step is to make it out of sterling silver and find a stone to set into it.

Tassel Necklaces

I thought I would add a couple of beaded pieces a while back. I've been seeing tasseled necklaces in magazines lately so here are two of mine. The first is made from garnet druk beads. The second is made from jet crystal beads.

One More Charm for the Swap

This is one of my favorites. I took a sheet of steel and cut out a circle then cut out the moon and star out of brass and soldered it to the steel. I drilled a hole for the eye and set the Swarovski crystal into it. Now I can pack up the charms and send them off.

I'm on to my next project. I'm thinking of doing some more mini books. I start a new class next Tuesday it is an abridged semester. I'm taking an Independent Study Course so I get to come up with the project that I'm going to work on. I better get my sketch book out.

2 More for the Charm Swap

This charm is made from copper sheet with wire soldered onto it and a stone and brass element. This one is NOT my favorite. I guess I'll probably work on some others before I make my final choice.

The front of this charm has a sterling bezel soldered onto the oval brass piece cut from sheet. There is a paua shell set into the bezel.

This is the back of the charm with a heart element that was soldered onto it.

I've Been Tagged

I was tagged by Amber Dawn and I have to post 7 quirky things about myself. So far I have only come up with 5 so I'll post them and come back later when I can think of the last 2.

First quirk- I like tattoos. I have 4 of them. My biggest is visible in my picture to the right. I will probably be getting at least 1 more.
Second quirk- I wear hot pink cat's eye eyeglasses.
Third quirk- I have a pink streak in my hair.
Fourth quirk- I dress my dog up when we go out. I especially like to dress him up on Holloween in costumes that I make for him.
Fifth quirk- Everything has a place and I have to put everything back in it's place. Unfortunately, I have officially run out of places. I need to move or rent a studio space to work. Anybody out there got a space for me to rent??? (NYC)
6 & 7 to come.......

Charming Purses

I made these little bags to put my charms in for the Soldered charm swap that I am currently participating in. Some of the charms below are examples of what will go inside. I will also stuff the bag with colorful tissue paper and ribbons.