Layered flower pendant

This pendant is handmade from layers of aluminium and recycled plastic with a centre bead. The cord is made from silver thread.

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New pieces

I have spent the weekend (or at least part of it, did spend some time playing in the snow) making some new pieces of jewellery. I have spent quite of bit of time sketching and drawing out ideas and thinking about making, but not actually getting round to it. But this weekend I made some time and sat down and started making. I did a bit of experimenting and trying out the ideas that I had drawn down.

I am very happy with one of the pieces, which seems to have come out better than I was expecting (nice when that happens). That's this one below.

I started this pendant by curving the wire into the shape I wanted, I then hammered it flat. I also hand cut the flower and heart charms. I then attached all of this to the wire with a few beads. This one was a bit of an experiment, so quite glad it worked out. Have a few more like this planned 2!

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The next piece I created was this butterfly cut pendant. I cut out the shape and bent it so that it became 3D. This pendant is made from aluminium which was drilled, cut, filled and sanded to finish.

I then went on to make some more flowers. I made this flower pendant from two hand cut aluminium flowers and put a pearl bead at the centre.

Last, but not least, I made this larger pendant from aluminium, it has a layer of recycled plastic and then another aluminium flower with a bead centre. This is larger and so make a bit more of a statement, but is still subtle in colour.

That sums up my bit of work from this wkend.

If you would like any of this jewellery or something custom made contact me at: surfjewels@hotmail.co.uk

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Painted flowers

I have been making lots of jewellery from aluminium and think its a great material to work in, but was gettin a little bored with the lack of colour, so I decided to experiment with aluminium and acrylic paints.

I cut flower shapes from the metal, sanded and drilled them.

I then mixed the colours I wanted and painted them.

Handmade pendants

Heres a couple of pendants I have been working on today.

If you like anything you see you can send me an e-mail and I can make an item to order or make items in different colours or shapes just ask away... surfjewels@hotmail.co.uk

For more jewellery, info and an idea of prices visit my site at: http://surfjewels.000space.com/

Customising Jewellery

I make all sorts of jewellery and anything on my site or anything that I've made can be customised.

I can change how elements are combined, change colours or shapes, the possibilities are endless....

So if you have a wedding and want something for you or your bridemaids you are welcome to ask about what is possible or discuss what sort of thing you'd like.

If you have a particular outfit to wear and want something just right then we can make something that works together.

Below is an idea of just one pendant and how it can be changed, so if you have seen something you like, but want it slightly different or in a different colour then let me know.

handmade jewellery
I can also make things to your own designs or ideas, so if you want something specific let me know and we can work on it together.

Playing at polyvore

I recently discovered polyvore where you can create collages to make beautiful images. So I have done a lot of playing with images from around the web and with my jewellery and here is one of the images i created:

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Making butterfly necklace

This post shows how I make my pieces of jewellery. I have shown the process of making a butterfly necklace which is a new item on my website

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First of all I design my item on paper and write down the materials I will be using and sketch out the rough shape and design.I then drew out my final shapes on tracing paper in the size and shape I wanted them, I then traced these onto the aluminium I used for the charms.

I then cut out the shapes from the metal with a piercing saw and this is what I was left with.

I then got some wire and bent it into the shape to hang from the butterfly.

I then used a drill to put holes where I wanted them.I then threaded the wire through the bottom hole and bent to shape and then decided roughly where to put the flower charm.

I then decided on what beads I wanted to use I then threaded them onto some cotton thread


I attached the flower charm to the end of the seed beads and to the butterfly and then strung the pendant onto organic hemp cord that I plaited by hand.

Jewellery

Below are some of the pieces of jewellery I have made.

Three layer flower pendant
This item has been hand cut from recycled metals and plastics and then strung on organic hemp.

Shaped flower pendant, strung on organic hemp with a clear bead at the centre.
Daisy pendant
Hand cut flower pendant.

This item was made using a drill and a piercing saw to cut it out and to also cut the shapes into it.

Charm necklace.

I made this item using a mixture of seed beads and three charms that I cut by hand from recycled metal. I attached them all together with organic hemp.

All of these items are avaliable from my website at

http://surfjewels.onlinewebshop.net/