White Peacock Creations

Last Updated on Monday, 15 August 2011 08:43 Written by Shannon Byrd Monday, 4 July 2011 07:30

We started doing business in Jan 2011.  I am a jewelry designer. All of my pieces are “One of a kind”.  I love the warmth of natural rocks. The more jewelry I make the better I like working with wire wrap and gemstones.  View my creations at www.whitepeacockcreations.com.

We can create unique pieces to match something you already have or a new outfit.  I use a lot of gemstones like malachite, lapis, tigereye, etc.  I like to mix the medias so that we get lots of variation in color and depth.

Myriad Design

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 July 2011 07:25 Written by MyriadDesign Sunday, 3 July 2011 07:25

I am new to Handmade Artists Shop and the Forum blog.   So I though I would give all of  you  a short blog to start off by, providing my links to where I sell and what forums I belong to:

Handmade Artists’ Shop:  http://handmadeartistsshop.com/shop/MyriadDesign

Etsy:http://www.etsy.com/people/Myriaddesignjewelry?ref=si_pr

Blogspot: http://myriaddesignblog.blogspot.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Myriad_Design-Artisan-Crafted-Jewelry-and-more/211888015504463

Artisan Jewelry Designers: http://artisanjewelrydesigners.ning.com/profile/LindaEkblad

Twitter: http://twitter.com/myriad_design

Check these sites out to find out a little more about me, what I sell and my interests.  I am glad to be a part of another Artists’ forum.

Myriad Design Jewelry

Making a Ring

Last Updated on Tuesday, 28 June 2011 06:36 Written by John Atwell Rasmussen Tuesday, 28 June 2011 06:36

Several people have asked over time to see what I start with and then what has been produced.  While Debbie and I were in Helen, we went gem mining.  One of the rough stones we found was a piece of amazonite (feldspar).  I decided to make a cabochon (18×13 mm oval) that would fit a cabochon head that I already had in stock (purchased from Tripps).

In this thumbnail (click to see larger image) are the amazonite rough stone, the purchased head to mount the stone after making the ring and cutting the stone and a section of 8 gauge half round half hard Sterling Silver wire.  These items are made into a ring size 7.  I took the wire, wrapped it around a ring mandrel and sawed the wire to be size 7, then marked the width of the head and opened the wire to match that size and ground the wire ends to match the angle of the head.  Meanwhile, yesterday, I went to our gem society workshop and cut the cabochon.  Combining everything meant soldering the wire to the head, pickling this and then polishing the ring without the stone in it.  I do this by hand (no tumbler in my shop).  Then the amazonite cabochon was mounted in the head and the ring is completed.

That is the story of how I make a ring.

John