New bracelet and some resin work in progress

Just finished a bracelet. Focal is patinated etched copper, with a soldered bezel - filled with resin - and a vintage red brass flower component soldered on.

I have a couple of resin pieces in the works. This is an etched copper focal with soldered bezel, filled with lichen and resin and treated with patina.

An object I found at  the flea market a couple of weeks ago - a little tin praliné form; inside inked paper, a real leaf and text, filled with resin.

Sunday - but not a flea market post

"All the leaves are brown, and the sky is grey..."

 
Well, the leaves are not all brown, not really. But the weather has turned, it has been drizzling for 2 days and the temperatures dropped to around 8°C (around 46°F). Drab cold weather. I am glad we have the wood all stacked in the shed. The cats have all decided to turn into house cats again. There is something so cozy about seeing a cat curled up, happily asleep.

While it is Sunday, there were no really interesting flea markets taking place today, so I decided to stay home. Sorry - no flea market treasures today!

But I can share a couple of new pieces with you.
A necklace featuring one of Nan's (Spirit Rattles) beautiful ceramic hands. I combined it with bone, new jade, picasso jasper and a resin rose bead, all in muted shades of aged ivory to match the glaze of the hand. And, of course, a vintage mother of pearl button.

You might remember I brought home some moss samples a couple of weeks ago. Well, I was playing with resin and a couple of moss fronds found their way into some copper cups. Somehow, these make me think of mairedodd's inner sanctum.

Like a puddle of clear rain water in the woods, with submerged moss.

Hope everyone is having a wonderful Sunday!

Do you want to see? The Last Days of Summer

I have been posting teasers of work in progress. I have a couple of things kinda-sorta finished. Although I am not sure that I might still have to tweak them a bit. But since alot of you have been so kind as to say you want to see the pieces - well - here is the reveal. I started these before Fall officially arrived and I was thinking about those last precious days of summer - and dragonflies - and this is what my crazy hands came up with:

Translucent resin/tissue paper wings and labradorite beads and fresh water pearls form a lariat style necklace. These wings are extremely light weight and delicate. Almost like the real thing...

These are more transparent, as there is vintage lace enclosed in resin in these wings. Sari silk ribbon, vintage lace and vintage buttons (dyed some of them myself) combined with fresh water pearls, carved MOP rose bead and some ethereal light blue beads that I received from Sharon! (Thank you again, Sharon. Do you by any chance remember which stone this is? Maybe amazonite?) This is a longer necklace.

Another view.

This last one is more colourful - like a summer's day at the beach. And yes, I have seen dragonflies at the beach! These are opaque with my typical ink and stamping on both sides, sealed with resin. Combined with a delicious mix of glass beads in corresponding colours. This one is shorter.

Not sure they are completely finished. Maybe just a little something here or there, for some added interest.
Hope they were worth waiting for.

more sneaky peak teasers

Working on several pieces at once. A couple more teasers...

more resin work in progress

Okay, now I am sure this is an addiction. It has to be. I'm making more of them. These will not be the last.

resin focals on metal

resin focals - a different approach

Does anyone know if there is a Resins Anonymous?

New earrings

I've finished some earrings with my new components. Combined with Czech glass beads and copper spacers.

Arabesque earrings

Arabesque earrings

I'm calling this pair Spring Leaves.

Spring Leaves

Spring Leaves

These have been paired up with freshwater pearls and glass lentil beads.

more of them

I have made a couple more. You know. Those pieces of metal, covered with some paper, which has been covered with inks and markers and paint; and again, covered with resin. I think I am addicted.
So, if anyone has seen enough of my new addiction - time to go visit someone else. For those who still want to see, look below:

honey bee focal, in the sunlight

This is on brass, with a sweet little honey bee. The reverse is brass - sorry, forgot to take a picture. It has a texture created by hammering and it reminds me of a honeycomb, which is why I decided not to cover it.

honey bee focal, in the shade

moth on sterling silver, in the shade

This one is on sterling silver. I need to stretch outside of my box in regards to colour. I don't use a lot of blue. But I really like the mood of this one.

moth on sterling silver, in the sunlight

I really like how the colours change in the sunlight.

Another resin focal

I worked on another piece with a resin focal yesterday - this time I turned it into a bracelet.


This is a pale grey mother of pearl resin focal, combined with freshwater pearls in pale grey, rhinestone rondelles, crackled rock crystal beads and copper.

Now I have to get ready for another weekend of Advent exhibition. I wonder if anyone is going to come? The newspaper printed last week's advertisement again, instead of the new one I sent; meaning the dates are wrong. Do you think there is a chance nobody will notice that detail???