Day 31

Some tiny earrings for today's piece, made from sterling silver.

Day 30

Day 30!! Wow!
30 days, 30 pieces, it feels good! Although some days have been very hard, when I've just got home from work and I know that I'm probably going to be up until 2.00am in the morning making a piece...again, I have wondered 'why the hell am I doing this?

 But it's definitely worth it, I have created more in the past month than I think I managed in 6 months last year,  it's a great idea for anyone who lacks the self discipline to work for themselves every night like I do.

And for today's wearable piece, I've made a bangle. I really like this design and I haven't stopped wearing it since I made it!! I think this may turn into a new theme....

Day 29

I made these leaves out of silver clay a while ago,  I've made them into a pendant for today's wearable piece, and found out that giving them a brushed finish gives a much better result than polishing them, which is what I've always done in the past.

Day 28

I've had to leave the experimenting with plastic for a while, as I need to spend some time making jewellery to sell.

Here are some new Rosemary Wreath earrings,  made by hand piercing the design from sterling silver sheet.

Day 27

A new ring design. I tried a slightly different setting for this ring, and added some colour to the plastic gem.

Day 26

I made necklace for day 26.  Freshwater pearls and a hand drawn florish on plastic held in a silver setting.

Day 25

I'm continuing the theme with today's earrings.
In treating the plastic as though its a found fragment of something much older and more valuable and setting it as a 'gem', I think I'm getting over the hurdle of viewing plastic as a worthless throw away material, which is what I've been battling with whilst making these pieces. I love what I can do with the plastic, but hate what it stands for.  I've always used  more natural and what I view as honest materials in the past like silver and textiles, but I think this plastic might be winning me over!

Day 24

I've only had time to make some little stud earrings today, but I'm really pleased with how they turned out. I made them by drawing onto shrinking plastic (again) and setting in an oxidised silver claw. They match the original ring I made using this technique, and may well pop up in my etsy shop very soon.

Day 23

Surprise!!! A ring , not made out of plastic! This ring was made using hand dyed lace and sterling silver. Its a lot easier to wear than it looks as the lace spans your hand and gives the ring volume but isn't heavy or 'clumpy'.

Day 22

More Plastic!! I'm thinking I might be getting a little predictable now, but here is today's offering, a necklace not for the fainthearted.