– Someone gave me some old necklaces a while back that I hadn’t used for anything else. Most of the beads were damaged but they had some nice bead caps and small metal spacers that I could reuse so I took them apart. As would be expected from used jewelry, these small metal items were …
Noções básicas sobre metais – Basic notions about metals
Os metais preciosos, como o ouro e a prata, em estado puro são demasiado moles para fazer jóias porque deformam facilmente. Para tornar estes metais mais resistentes é necessário ligá-los com outros metais. Prata A prata é tipicamente ligada com cobre. A prata de lei tem então 925 milésimas de prata fina e 75 milésimas …
Conversão de expessura de arame – AWG para mm – Converting wire gauge from AWG to mm
O arame ou fio pode ser adquirido em diversas grossuras, com finalidades diferentes. Aqui ficam algumas das mais comuns. O arame fino – 0,2 a 0,4mm – é utilizado para tricot, crochet, e o de 0,4mm já é usado por vezes para fazer rede viking. Também serve para cobrir arame mais grosso, enrolando (coiling) e …
– New studio
– I moved recently to a larger flat and that means I now have a room all to myself where I was able to finally set up a proper work room for my jewelry, computer, sewing machine, etc. It has one really long table on one side (actually 3 tables side by side) and the …
– Wire wrapped rings
– Still in wire-wrapping mode. I’ve been making rings now. I usually try to make adjustable rings whenever I can but this time I went for a closed ring band because i wanted to try wrapping it in half-round wire. It makes all the difference because apart from giving the ring a more finished look …
– Wire wrapped turquoise bracelet
– I’ve spent some weeks making a new line of my less expensive glass and silver plated wire jewellery for the stores that carry my stuff, but then I received an order of really yummy natural stones and so I couldn’t resist making a few sterling silver pieces as well. Yesterday I finished a wire-wrapped …
– Peridot hoop earrings
– I love hoop earrings. They are not always in style but I don’t really care – I make them anyway and wait until they come back into fashion 🙂 I finally gathered the right combination of beads, in the right shades of blue, green and gold, to make the hoop earrings I’ve been planning …
– Inàcio da colecção de invernoInàcio da colecção de inverno
– Tenho andado ocupada a fazer a colecção de bijutaria de inverno para estar tudo pronto no final de Setembro, quando chegar a altura de distribuir peças pelas lojas. Na segunda feira de manhã fui a Lisboa entregar os anéis que andei a fazer a semana passada à loja da Rua da Rosa porque já …
– Bending wire
– I’ve been working on designs for new rings. My coil rings continue to be popular and I can make them much faster now and without as much pain (calluses are your friends indeed) but I get fed up with doing the same thing all the time. I love just bending wire randomly and seeing …
– Aneis de arameAneis de arame
– Por muito que goste de fazer peças mais complexas como colares e pulseiras, os anéis são as peças mais populares e as lojas estão constantemente a pedir-me para levar mais. No entanto, fazer modelos de anel novos não é fácil e por vezes isso implica passar uns dias a fazer rabiscos no papel e …
– The hunt for a jewellery price calculator
– I’ve always calculated the cost and pricing for my jewelry with pen and paper, by writing down all the components and lengths of wire used, figuring out the material cost and the amount of time it takes me to make a piece and then use some some common sense to get to the final …
– Chain maille bracelet and wire rings
– I’ve decided to try coloured wire to make some coil rings. The color surface is a bit fragile but the colours are so beautiful and shiny that’s it’s a really tempting material to use. I used colourful wood beads as a focal point for the rings and the contrast between the materials – rough …