Adventures in Semi-Successful Jewellery Making

[bogwitch]

I seem to have missed all the friending fun as in the last couple of weeks I have been incredibly busy with preparations for a friend at work's wedding. Thankfully, that is now over and I can make a post too

Comments

[kazzy_cee]

Those are so cool. I really like the bracelet and the bat is HUGE!!

[bogwitch]

It's 9" (23cm)!!!!

I got carried away!!

[quinara]

They are lovely! The bat is quite large... You could do a similar design with lace strengthened somehow instead of the clay and that would be more wearable?

I saw this posted to Twitter today - http://91magazine.co.uk/blog/2016/3/5/91-loves-weaving - and now I want to do something in amongst, I dunno, actually putting up the shelves I've had since Christmas. I might be hiring a drill at some weekend. This one is just too lovely... Though it must have taken an age and a half. And cost a bomb in wool.

[bogwitch]

Its a rubber stamp pressed into the clay. If I made it smaller, it could probably fit the whole design. It's hard to get a good, deep impression without the clay going squidge though. I will probably had a another go after the raven. Maybe it'll be about 10cm this time!

A drill might be a good investment, I have one that's good enough and it was about £20. At that price, why hire it?

Weaving looks hard to master, time consuming and difficult to dust. Good luck, I'm not touching that one! (they are pretty though)

[quinara]

I meant as a replacement for the wings - though I now realise the whole thing is clay; I was fooled into thinking the chainy bits were really chains!!! The bronzey colour is very realistic in the flash.

I thought about this, and they had some deals at Homebase last weekend at least, but they said they would only go 2cm max or something into masonry, which might be a lie, but the walls here are half concrete or something and I've had real trouble with my dad's drill on several holes when I did some other stuff - I didn't want to end up in the situation where I had basically half a hole and a drill I couldn't take back...

Considering I'd like to do a big one, I think it would be another case of my needing patience I don't have. These things are made for people who like fiddling with fiddly things (*looks up*)... Sigh. But I want one that's all clashy and pudgy and fluffy!

[bogwitch]

Bronze? Its purple, green and blue! The only bronzey things are my nails. A lace bat though might be rather nice, it would need to be wire I think.

Okay, fair enough. I only have flimsy walls.

I think the rag rug technique fills a lot of space with less effort, but I am probably wrong.

[shapinglight]

I like your bat necklace very much. If we all meet up at Writercon this year, I hope to see you wearing it.

[bogwitch]

Maybe a smaller version. I think it is a bit too fragile and that's which an extra layer of clay added to help stiffen it. I do really like it though.

[hobbituk]

Oh, I love looking at your crafty endeavours! I really like that bat. It is big though...

[bogwitch]

It was so big, I had to get more clay and had to go round two neighbouring towns to get Sculpey!

[petzipellepingo]

The next thought was Barbara Steele in Black Sunday

Oooh, shiny!

I love that bat.

[bogwitch]

She is pretty cool.