Monday 5 July 2010

Oh the stress….

  I don’t know about you, but when I’m making something and it starts to go wrong, everything gets worse.  I mentally put myself into a place of failure and struggle to pull myself back out of it.  This is what happened to me a few days ago after trying to make this ring.  Oh the frustration!! I got there in the end, and as this is the first ring I’ve made, it’s not too bad, although it could be better. 

FantRing01

The stone is made from dichroic glass, with a snake of silver wrapped around it, finished with a tiny silver ball.

FantRingWrap

And here’s the band – the bane of my life!  There were moment where I wasn’t sure who was going to survive, me or it. Luckily we both did in the end.  Rings are definitely something I need to practice.FantRingBand

Ring number two, far less trouble than the last one.

FlowerRing01 I just love how delicate this one is with the flower balanced on top of the band and the way the leaves drape around it.

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I have some more silver jewellery to share with you, but I’ll leave that for another post. 

Thanks for stopping by!

7 comments:

Sarah xx said...

Oh wow!!! These are both amazing you very very talented lady!!
hugs
xx

Rachel said...

They are both so beautiful. I love the band on the first ring.

Unknown said...

Thanks for sharing. These are great. I must not get into jewellery making, I must not....

Angie said...

Wow ..those are amazing ... love them both ...admire the craftmanship xx

Jules said...

They are fabulous!

Rachael Elliott said...

Wow these are just stunning, I hadn't realised that you had made them originally I thought they were shop bought!! Love the flower one.

mandijane said...

They're both superb.....