A VINTAGE TREASURE

Lately I have been fascinated with batik. So with that spirit, I made this brooch using big druzy mixed with swarovski to add more glamour and 'bling-bling'. I chose earth tone colors to give an 'old' and vintage look and definitely a prefect brooch to be worn with batik.
This brooch is indeed a vintage treasure....

Orange Delight Set

Cobalt Blue Obsidian

Weaving Copper

Druzy Bangle

In the beginning she was my teacher... as time went, these couple of months we became best friend. In MP community she is quite famous with her creative ideas. I envy her talent and her productivity. So when she asked me to me her a bangle, I felt so honoured...
Imagine...my teacher trusted me to make her a bangle using her own Druzy.
After I got the beads, a rush of adrenalin came through my body... I felt nervous as well as excited. I couldn't wait to finish it for her but at the same time I was afraid if I could't meet her expectation.
Because the beads were quite small, it was a bit hard to handle. I spent 12 hours and more than 10 metres of wire to make the bangle.
So, my dearest friend, I thank you for the opportunity you have given me....I had so much fun making it and I like the outcome.... I wish you will like it as much as I do

Sea Shell Necklace

After I finished the bangle, I couldn't wait to make the necklace. It just felt right to make a necklace to match the bangle. I needed about 8 hours to do these because the centre bead was made with sea shell pendant I made before.

Last Saturday a friend of mine saw the finished necklace and she exclaimed : "This is definitely a TO DIE FOR necklace...."

Here, let me show you....and I want you to tell me your honest opinion...

Sea Shell Bangle

This past week I got a creative block...I didn't feel like doing anything with wire.So, what did I do ? I went to book shop browsing in the hobby section, and I was lucky to find "The Crystal Bible" by Judy Hall. Then I got a chance to meet my friend Heri and she taught me how to make pipa. Still it didn't make my creative juices flowing... and I was getting desperate. My friend Heri, Rina and Annie already made several beautiful things and it made me more desperate. Yesterday, after browsing Eni Oken's Jewelry I stumbled upon the memory treasures bracelet. I suddenly felt like making those bracelet with my sea shell beads. I spent about 10 hours and more than 14 metres of wires.I hope this will keep my creative juices flowing....

Unfinished business

Last week end I have finished the white druzy pendant. I have chosen white fresh water pearl and yellow swarovski for the frame and was quite satisfied with the result. But I still thought that the pendant looked not quite done. It needed a necklace that enhanced the stone and to complete the look.

I was thinking of something delicate with small stones, not to out-shine the pendant.


Here, let me show you...

A special request

After she bought a bangle from me, she asked me to make a 'more casual' bracelet... something with fun color. The pink cuff was inspired by a tutorial by J. Marsha Michler with a little modification.

And the second bracelet was inspired by a tutorial 'cage pendant' in http://www.studioheath.com/

I hope she like them.

Bangle Collections

These days I'm obsessed to make bangles. When I started to make one, I couldn't wait to finish it... to me it was like watching a cocoon becoming a butterfly.

Sometimes the results were quite different that what I imagened before.To make these bangles gave me so much satisfaction.

Smokey Quartz Necklace

Lately I've been neglecting my blog because I have several project to finished, one of them is this necklace.

Using wire techniques and design inspired by Eni Oken, I spent a bit more than 11 hours wrapping and coiling to make this necklace but the result were well worth every hours.

Adjustable Filigree Ring

The idea for these rings came from "adjustable filigree gold ring", one of free jewelry making pattern from http://wire-sculpture.com/

I made it with more wires and add a 10 mm red swarovski pearl and a green 10 mm swarovski button on the other one. On the red one, I made the filigree around the bead and on the green one I made it more a-symmetrical. I wish I have a good lighting, because the color of the beads are more beautiful than the picture.

History of wire wrapping jewelry

Mungkin belum banyak orang Indonesia yang tahu mengenai wire wrapping jewelry. Aku juga ketemu wire wrapping secara tidak sengaja waktu browsing trus tertarik and jadi mau tahu lebih banyak dan akhirnya 'ketagihan'.



Menurut wikipedia, wire wrapping adalah salah satu tehnik pembuatan perhiasan yang tertua yaitu dengan menggunakan batu2an dan kawat, tanpa di patri atau dipanaskan.


Seni 'lilit kawat' ini sudah dikenal sejak jaman dahulu kala. Biasanya kawat di lilit melingkari batu2an hingga membentuk decorative shape yang menarik, itulah sebabnya seni ini dinamakan wire wrapping atau 'lilit kawat'.


Peralatan dasar yang digunakan cukup sederhana yaitu beberapa macan tang seperti tang flush cutter untuk memotong kawat, tang round nose plier yaitu yang kedua ujungnya melingkar untuk membuat lingkaran (loop) dan tang chain nose plier yaitu yang kedua ujungnya rata untuk memegang atau membengkokkan kawat. Selain itu jika sudah mahir dapat ditambahkan dengan yang lainnya.



Untuk kawat yang digunakan, aku biasanya menggunakan artistic wire dengan ukuran ketebalan yang berlainan sesuai dengan kebutuhan. Bisa juga memakai kawat perak atau emas yang harganya tentu saja lebih mahal.

Contoh diatas adalah salah satu karya pertamaku yang menggunakan kombinasi antara batu alam/natural stone (aku ngga tau namanya) dan kristal swarovski.

Mudah2an tulisan ini bisa menambah pengetahuan teman2 sekalian, kalau akhirnya bisa tertarik dan 'ketagihan' seperti aku malah lebih baik lagi ;)