Blue patina rings-part 1

Blue gold  signature series - hexa
Copper, Brass and blue patina
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Blue patina colouring has truly become a passion with me, what began as an experiment to see whether I could even develop the actual colour has now become a signature series of my designs. Having created pendants, earrings, bracelets and cuffs I simply had to try out a blue patina ring. The only problem was to develop the blue patina, the metal has to be sealed in with the chemicals required inside an airtight plastic box, and everything inside gets the patina! Huge problem if you only want certain areas to be covered in the patina and the rest a gleaming shining gold! 

Solution? patina only the ring top and rivet it to the nice shiny brass shank ! :) Although riveting seemed like a great idea the problem was I could not reach into the tiny space of a ring shank with my hammer so I had to use one of my repousse tools ( so glad my old college professor was not around, not sure if that is correct tool etiquette :P) Anyhow here is the first ring, I will post the rest of the designs in patina rings -part 2 :)

A hearty twist on a traditional design.

Heart series 2
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Copper

      One more in the heart series, this time I wanted to go ahead and create something completely out of my usual pattern of either ear wire or stud earrings. So this time I decided to do a take on traditional stud earrings, that come with attached gold anchors. My mother used to have these seven stoned studded traditional earrings with a thin gold chain that went all the way from the front of the ear to the back, and was then secured along with the stud with a little butterfly catch. 

          With that in mind I created these extra long earrings, that actually do have a butterfly catch at the back, and to balance the length of the earrings , I gave them copper chains at the back. These chains in addition to holding the earrings in place also give them a very elegant look. Perfect for an evening out and also perfect for formal parties, :D 

The tree of hearts

While I have never attempted to try creating heart jewellery, this time I wanted to give it a try. Unfortunately I had a few design orders that required me to truly stretch my brain cells, and so  I could not complete the heart designs in time for Valentines Day  But hey I figured ‘Love’ does not need a special day , does it? Love can be expressed any day at any moment, so here is my expression of love 

Go ahead and drop a line if you want to buy any of these. I will be updating the shop section soon with these designs but meanwhile do show some love 

The tree of hearts
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Copper and Brass

The first in this series is ‘The tree of hearts’ earrings, The base of the copper wire tree is a single plump heart ( I do love plump hearts even if they aren't red! ) and the tree is topped by a tiny heart, almost like a fruit. Cutting out the tiny hearts was a bit of a work, but then they looked so cute and perfect I actually added them to a few more designs.  These earrings are meant for pierced ears and are just 2.5 inches long.