I'm Back! AND show and tell!

Beadbimbo · 2003-07-27T23:58:35+00:00

Hey Y'all! I've been gone for the past two weeks. I spent one week at theHolland School in Young Harris, Ga., taking Wire II. It was great. Then,the next week, DD was at Performing Arts Camp, so hubby and I snuck off tothe beach (Tybee Island, Ga.) for a few days. It was our first trip alonein 9 1/2 years! The weather wasn't great, but it was just wonderful beingat the ocean. We took our bikes, and between rain showers, rode all overthe island.More stories to come later, but I wanted to share some of the stuff I did inmy class with you all.Here's a cabochon bracelet with Rain Forest Jasper. It's my favoritebracelet now because I bought the stone from a man who was making cabochons.He and his wife were there with their grandaughter, who was Emma's age, andthey became good buddies. They were really sweet people and we enjoyedtalking to them all week. The wife, Betsy, was taking Silver II, and madethis really neat dragon pin.Here's the same style bracelet that I made in class:This was a dichro pendant I did, and we learned how to do this kind ofpendant. Silver is harder to work with than gold, so it was really hardturning the wire up from the bottom:This was a double cabochon pendant. It was our very first project:These were some fairly easy earrings that our teacher taught us when shedecided to be nicer to us. I really like these a lot:This was my daughter's malachite pendant from her class. This very sweetman thatwas there made cabochons for all the kids in the kids class. Later on, hemade them each an arrowhead-shaped cabochon for them to wire wrap, and theWire I teacher spent part of an afternoon showing them how to wire. DDwanted me to wrap this for her, and it had a little hole in it, so I ran awire from the back, through the hole, and put the pearl on it.This was the hardest thing we learned, the dreaded PRONGS. I really likethe two outer pendants though. Our teacher called them "baskets". I thinkthey're just so pretty and feminine...

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Kandice Seeber 22 years ago

Welcome back, Jerri! Everything looks wonderful..... :) I am glad you had fun!

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Beadbimbo 22 years ago

Thanks Deirdre,

It was such a great way to spend the week! I hope to go next year and take Wire I again. I'd probably like to take it from 2 or three different teachers.

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MoonFancy 22 years ago

OMG, Jerri, your work is *gorgeous*!

I loved every single thing you showed, especially the pendants with the dreaded prongs. Those are absolutely beautiful! -- Beckie

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Deirdre S. 22 years ago

That would be a great way to anchor all the basics, and get several perspectives at the same time. Good idea.

Deirdre

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Carol in SLC 22 years ago

my class with you all.<

WOW, Jerri! Great stuff - and it sounds like this was a very worthwhile experience!

Carol in SLC My eBay auctions:

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Kalera Stratton 22 years ago

This is my favorite, but all your work is gorgeous!

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Beadbimbo 22 years ago

Awwwwwww. Thanks Beckie!

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Beadbimbo 22 years ago

Thanks Kalera,

I like that one alot too. Now I want more cubes to make some more!!!!

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