Sunday 31 August 2008

Yellow Turquoise & Obsidian Necklace

Yellow Turquoise & Black Obsidian Necklace This fabulous necklace was created with wavy rectangles and smooth rounds of Yellow Turquoise, paired with Black Obsidian rounds and fancy sterling silver accents.

Wednesday 27 August 2008

Thai Sapphire & Gold Earrings

Thai Sapphire & Gold Earrings
These stunning Thai Sapphire earrings were created with beautiful canary yellow orange faceted Sapphire rondelles with 9ct gold beads on 9ct gold earposts.

Tourmaline Earrings

Tourmaline Earrings Beautiful Tourmaline faceted rondelles in a rainbow of colours were used for these gorgeous earrings with sterling silver clip-on ear pieces.

Turquoise & Tiger Eye Bracelet

Turquoise & Tiger Eye Bracelet
Tiger Eye nuggets with Turquoise beads and sterling silver were used to create this pretty bracelet.

Turquoise Necklace with Tiger Eye

Turquoise Pendant Necklace with Tiger Eye This necklace was created with a beautiful Turquoise pendant as the main focus. For the necklace, I added more Turquoise in the form of round beads and nuggets, together with nuggets of Tiger Eye to match the brown markings that featured in the Turquoise pendant. With the addition of some sterling silver, all came together beautifully!

Sunday 24 August 2008

Egyptian Bracelet

Egyptian Bracelet with Lapis Lazuli, Amethyst, Turquoise & Silver
Sometime ago I received a request to create a replica of a bracelet found in the tomb of King Djer, who was the second Pharoah of Egypt's 1st dynasty. The bracelets found in his tomb were originally created with Turquoise, Amethyst and Lapis Lazuli gemstones, along with pieces of gold. They were beautifully designed, using alternating colours to combine patterns. Take a look at this web page: http://touregypt.net/featurestories/picture05182004.htm.

Although, I did have Turquoise, Amethyst and Lapis Lazuli gemstone pieces, I didn't have the same sizes or shapes or even colours, of the gemstones used in these wonderful bracelets. Also, I wasn't yet working with gold but did have some wonderful silver pieces that I thought would work quite well, so I was quite excited about this challenge!

The result is shown here. I was extremely pleased with the result. More importantly, so was my customer!

Egyptian Bracelet with Lapis Lazuli, Amethyst, Turquoise & Silver
Egyptian Bracelet with Lapis Lazuli, Amethyst, Turquoise & Silver
Egyptian Bracelet with Lapis Lazuli, Amethyst, Turquoise & Silver

Saturday 23 August 2008

Turquoise & Pearl Earrings

Turquoise & Pearl Earrings Turquoise nuggets and tiny freshwater seed Pearls with swirls of sterling silver wire.

Turquoise & Pearl Necklace

Turquoise & Seed Pearl NecklaceFor the first necklace that I ever created I used Turquoise nuggets and tiny freshwater seed Pearls, with sterling silver accents.

Charoite & Silver Necklace

Charoite & Silver Necklace To create this necklace I used sterling silver wire to link lovely twisted nuggets of Charoite together, with an added touch of twisted silver spirals.

Lapis Lazuli Necklace

Lapis Lazuli, Labradorite & Iolite Necklace This was one of the first necklaces I ever created. It was a double stranded necklace with a handmade sterling silver clasp. The gemstones used were Lapis Lazuli, Labradorite and Iolite.