in the beginningit all began by accident. and fun. and by having fun with accidents happening... some while ago, quite a long while ago actually, and in full exploration mode i spent hours with a bandsaw and a bunch of copper, brass, silver pipes and tubes of all sizes and ...cut away! 'slices' of various sizes began piling up on my bench, some immediately finding their composition and combinations in the interimthen last year i found a box tucked away in my studio and almost forgotten, and pulled out six 2" x 2" thin square slices in brass, almost as out of thin air....  big square slice earrings in the making and these came out: the square slices! the big squaresstill in playing mode, i quickly put together six pairs of big thin square brass slice earrings, with a simple sterling silver ear wire and put them out to the world, without much thinking (did i mention that i was just playing?) and to my surprise, or maybe i was just caught off guard, these babies just flew off my earrings rack almost in no time and i found myself wondering... should i make some more? people really liked them, why not? but the experimental original 'slices' were gone and i had to start from scratch, slice them afresh from a pipe i could not find in my stash and with a band saw i no longer had... in the interim 2 (or, re-thinking the squares..)so, in the meantime, and given what i had and did not have handy, i decided to start from scratch. that is, make the 'slices' from scratch. yes, i have tools, luckily i have tools and with hands and tools, i can make things. it might take some time, but i can make things... and...here we go:  making Square Slice Earrings from scratch! helping handthen someone gave me a gift....speed up the process a bit, you say? and now, as i catch up to speed and can let my playing expand a bit further, just playing still... the circles are inso for now my little steps have taken me to add another style to the collection, and the circles are now rising, in 2 sizes and color finishes  Circle Slice Earrings grouping in black and yellow brass the slice collectionand so now, to top it all off, i am happy to introduce (yes, right at the bottom) a new page just for the slices collection right off my website, that is just around the corner... check it out!
it has been quite a busy ride this year in my studio, and time to design and put out new work has been challenged by restrictive factors. nonetheless, i am itching to release some of the new pieces I have been working on and here below i am giving you a hint of the process for the new circle earrings.  these earrings are some of the fresh addition for the new slices collection i have launched earlier this year and sparked by the enormous success of the first big square slice earrings i have been churning out non-stop since january.
both the circles and the square are currently available in 2 different sizes and colors, a black brass and a yellow brass finish..
they are simply super light and super fun to wear! |
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I make simple, colorful and bold jewelry for a contemporary ageless and fun style. Have been doing this for quite sometime...pretty sure this is what I want to do when I grow up! Here I jot down thoughts and notes and pictures of work in the making, both in my mind, on paper and on the bench. for bench updates and exclusive previews... archives
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