This week I decided to try and work with more "natural" materials; stone, shell, pearls and the like. In do very much enjoy working with all types of materials but I noticed recently that I had fallen into a "polished gemstones and metal" rut. So I challenged myself to come out of it, and here are the results:
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| Earrings with shell and freshwater stick pearl dangles. I've had the shell dangles forever, and I'm so glad I finally got a chance to use them! |
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| Wire wrapped natural stone and fancy jasper arrowhead. The base arrowhead was a gift from my aunt, the fancy jasper one on top was purchased at Fire Mountain. |
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| Copper wire wrapped driftwood necklace. I'm really happy with how this turned out, and can't wait to start using more driftwood in my designs! |
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| Lake stone wire wrapped in steel on leather, with hand-wrapped steel beads. Making wire wrapped beads was super fun, and I'm sure I'll be incorporating more of those into my future designs. |
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| Shell and freshwater pearl dangle earrings. I love the iridescence of the black coin pearls! |
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| Matte-finished stone stick necklace, in rainbow of course! I'm falling in love with matte finishes on stones; it really does make them feel more raw and natural. |
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| Empty watch face turned into a pendant! I filled it up with this cool box of old animal teeth I had (don't ask...) and some text from an old book. Then I added some raw quartz point dangles. I'm sorry for the picture quality; for some reason this bad boy was really difficult to photograph! |
It was really nice to get back to working with elements that had a more natural feel. All in all I feel like the natural elements give the designs a softer feel, which is nice. Thanks for checking us out this week, and I'll catch you next time!
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