Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Cebu Slice

This necklace is made with Swarvoski crystals, cebu beauty shell nuggets and a slice as a focal point.  Wirework is in Sterling silver.


Coiled Carnelian

This bracelet and earring set is made with copper wire and Carnelian donuts.

Purple Squares

Bracelet and Earring set, made with glass squares, pearls, and silver plated beading wire.

Black and Red

Black and Red, contains glass, coral and onyx.

"Autumn Leaves"

This set contains lampwork beads, sponge coral, pearls, and coco wood.


"Raku Blue"


This set features lampwork beads made with raku frit.  I love the variety of colors produced by the glass, and the smoky background behind the colors.


"Vintage Flower"

This set is made with vintage flower button beads, pearls, and lampwork beads.



"Coiled Ocean"

This necklace features wirework on its ocean jasper pendant, created with copper.  The necklace also includes mahogany seeds, fossil coral, pearls, and glass.

Collage Necklaces

I have recently begun making beads from polymer clay.  The beads shown below with images on them are created with an image transfer technique.
"Sweet Blue Sky"

"Need Some Heart"



Beaded Bead

This is another example of a beaded bead.

Mint Sherbert

This set includes lampwork beads, and my new handmade "beaded beads", which are created by weaving seed beads around a core bead of painted wood.