Golden Topaz still continued .... ( again )

For this set of jewelry, I use a swarovski ruby flat briolet 15.4x14 mm for the pendant and a pair of faceted teardrop pendant 15x10 mm also in ruby color for the earrings. And they are wrapped with silver non tarnish artistic wire 22 ga and 28 ga.

Golden Topaz still continued ....

Base on the golden topaz, I tried to make another set with different color of swarovski crystal.

For the pendant I use a green olivine faceted teardrop pendant 24x12 mm and 20x10 mm for earrings. Both pendant and earring are wrap with gold artistic wire non tarnish 22 ga and 26 ga.

My first affair...

To be honest, my first affairs with wire wrapping was through http://www.wigjig.com. I stumbled into this website accidentally, then I bought the wigjig kit plus some tools and practice a lot.


This is a wonderful website for a beginners because it has a complete instructions with beautiful pictures. With this kit I can create beautiful jewelries, I was praised by my friends and families. I didn't know that I could make such jewelries before.






When I tried to sell my jewelry among friends, jewelries made with wigjig always sells well. This necklace was made using a pattern available on the website, as well as the earring design. I used swarovski pearl for this set.
This set is one of my best seller until now.
Since then on I fell in love with wire wrapping then wire sculpting.
I know, I still have a lot to learn. But now I know that my passion is to become a wire jewelry designer.

Wire Jewelry Artists Idols

Selama perjalanan aku belajar otodidak mengenai seni 'lilit kawat' ini, ada beberapa seniwati yang aku kagumi. Salah satunya adalah Eni Oken. Orang Brazil yang sekarang bermukim di Amerika ini, menurutku adalah salah satu ahli seni ' kawat lilit' yang jenius. Ini bisa dilihat dari hasil2 karyanya di situs pribadinya http://www.enioken.com/. Karena latar belakangnya yang ahli digital art, makanya situs pribadinya itu juga sangat cantik, enak dilihat. Dia juga punya banyak tutorial dengan bentuk2 cantik, yang juga bisa dibeli secara online.

Kalau Eni Oken hasil karyanya cenderung etnik elegan, lain lagi dengan Dianne Karg Baron yang hasil karyanya cenderung modern and minimalis. Karyanya dalam memadukan lilitan kawat dengan batu alam, mutiara maupun kristal benar2 memukau. Karyanya bisa dilihat di http://www.wrapturewirejewelry.on.ca/ . Dia juga punya beberapa tutorial, mulai dari level very easy, easy dan advance.






Beberapa hari yang lalu, aku coba buat QEW earrings yang merupakan free tutorial yang ada di situs ini. Gimana... cantik kan ?
Aku buat sedikit modifikasi dari tutorial aslinya, aku buat lingkarannya sedikit lebih besar
(3 cm) supaya aku bisa pakai red glass beads dan pink quartz beads yang lebih besar
juga (8 mm).