New Art Clay Silver Ear Studs in Shop!

 Which pair is your favorite?

Well, I think I have accidentally deleted the first script that have I typed just now for this post...sometimes words just do not come so easily...especially for me.  Again, I have created some new pairs of metal clay pieces ( the studs are already listed in my etsy shop) and I am very happy that I can use this medium again...urh...of course the price is as costly as before or should I said even more costly...( not a toy to play with -_-""  ...)  However though expensive, this flexible medium really opens up rooms for creativity and I finally get my brain working at least for the creativity sake.  Truly, I really really enjoy using art clay silver to make my jewellery. Hopefully I can get some ideas out of  my mind and continue to list new creations at least once a month. 

Good news for those curious ones who personally want to experience to create a one of a kind necklace or earrings yet do not want to sign up for some sorts of serious hard core jewellery lessons that are really costly too.  I am thinking of organizing a short term lesson, really short like 1 or 2 classes, a time to try something different.  I will probably get the lesson outline done by August and at least conduct this lesson once by this year.  

Petite Ear Studs

Cute little studs handcrafted using art clay silver, the posts are .925SF...though the steamboat stove is still my main source of firing the silver pieces, getting a torch is still my goal for this year.  The torch allows me to solder the studs behind the animal shapes and also a step nearer to silversmithing.  The process that I am doing now is really troublesome but it does save some cost... Guess there are always pros and cons...
Recently I bought a new packet of art clay silver and the price is...erm....expensive of course.  As the price of the gold is dropping....I am wondering if the price of the art clay is going down too...  I am hoping to upload a simple art clay silver tutorial however I wonder too if how many people will really read the post...haha...

Whimsical spring.....

 

"Spring is here.............??"

 

 

Seriously, it is so hard to experience 'Spring' in Singapore....the hot and humid climate down here is killing me....Fortunately,  the process of making these lovely jewelry filled me with sweetness and moment of tranquility....

'Pin Interest'...

'Pin Interest' 

 

 

Blissful spring is here and I have created these lovely bobby pins hair accessories recently.  They will be listed in my JoyPeckJoy shop soon...... 

Wild rose

I am quick to make another ring and this is a gift for my sister.  I named it 'Wild Rose' I love the pure and raw beauty of this ring...SWEET!!

First Ring..........

Now is already Oct and time flies as we will be heading 2012 in about 3 months time......Finally I have some time and I made my first set of couple rings today after a long session of painting, painting and painting...  The result turns out to be quite satisfying^^  Unfortunately I am running out of art clay silver and I would properly stop making silver pieces as the price of a pkt of metal clay is way way too expensive for me!! Well, let's see if the price of silver drops.....................

Also this is an announcement for my Etsy shop, ***MY LAST ORDER FOR THE DEC SEASON IS ON 20TH NOV. ***

Festive season is coming and yes that means we want to prevent any late delivery of orders. Please be assured that I am keenly to help you to avoid the heart aching and unpleasant transit jam that normally occurs from late Nov to Dec. Isn't it better to receive your orders early than late^^?? I have ever heard cases when customers only received their orders at the end of Dec or even on Jan...sad ya, so please please place your order early as I am also running out of art clay silver. Hence I wont be able to handle many 'made to order' custom orders.

 

Concrete Jewellery

These are the rest of the concrete pieces I have finished recently.  Some of them will be for sale in my etsy shop.

Sweet and cute "Cherry Blossom"  filled with pink tinted concrete.  I had a hard time making this but isn't the piece itself beautiful?? 

This piece is called "Primary House" as I have used the primary colours for the concrete.  I will be using this for the Aspiring Metalsmiths March Challenge.  This is the very first time that I am joining the challenge.  A bit nervious...haha... 

This is my favorite piece!!  "Sunshine after rain"  Though I do not really like the strong and humid weather in singapore, it is still quite nice to have the warm sensation blushing over my skin...  I feel alive!!! 

Concrete Jewellery

Opps!!  I have not been updating my blog for nearly a month!!  It is always good to have new to show and I am glad to finish one of my concrete jewellery.  I have finally get the touch of matching the correct amount of cement and other additives.  This is the one that is successful^^  YEH!!  How is it?  Do you like my version of "Cloudy Day"?  Also I have some new metal clay pieces of the seasons of spring and you can find them in my Etsy shop.

Bridal Orders

Just a fast and run post^^  I have 2 bridal orders this month and this set of dainty freshwater pearl necklaces is one of them^^

NEW NEW NEW Experiments!!

Hi guys,

Wow, I was very busy as I had some orders for last week.  Since this is a new year, I do have some goals in mind and one of them is to get 100 sales witnin this year.  I still have 97 to go...haha... I have spent some time to dream but not forgetting to make some new stuff.  I have created these new works^^  Just a quick show...

I'm trying to include some scenery to my metal clay works.  Basically, the concept is to bring in meaningful story to each of the OOAK pendant I have made.  Making it more interesting with details like these tiny birds is a challenge too...haha...  This pendant entitled 'A Peaceful Afternoon'  is available in my shop now. 

I finaly bought some stones and learnt to set them on my metal clay pendant.  This is the very first try and I think that the outcome is sweet and elegant.  The stone is  AAA purple faceted round amethyst cabochon.

 

I'm trying to introduce 3D space into my work.  This is the first try too...

 

A Slow stroll....

A new pendant which I have created this week.  Another one is a bird pendant that was hand carved by me^^

Makeover!!

A makeover of what?  Me?  No, it my necklace^^  Well I have been so called slaking due to many reasons.  Importantly is that, the shop which I always get my art clay silver was sadly closed down.  However, I managed to find another jewellery shop that sells Precious Metal Clay (PMC) and that means that I have to totally clean up my tools if I am getting PMC.  Art clay silver and PMC contain different types of binders that cannot be mixed together but they can be used as an 'add on' the fired fine silver pieces.  I have been spending some time 'repairing' and 'upgrading' the old pieces.  The results were out today and I am so excited to show them to you.  Also I have made some matching earrings for the flower necklaces.  They will be out in my Etsy shop soon^^

BEFORE

AFTER

Sorry for the pictures as it was raining when I was taking the shots.  I really do not like the silver to look so "blue"...I'll retake the pictures again.  Anyway what do you think?  I have added some textures to the surfaces and also the middle part.  The result is so so so much better^^

This was a repaired piece of a seperated oval base and 3 petite flowers.  Basically, I just joined them together.  The result is great!! 

Another piece that was so called 'upgraded'^^ Simple and sweet!



Bloomize

I always have the habit to search Google for sites related to my blog or jewellery.  This is my great find for this evening and I am really happy that my metal clay jewellery is well recognized by the others.  I am so glad to introduce Clara, the creator of bloomize   She is web designer/developer and avid photographer who blogs about lifestyle relate articles.  I am honored to be featured by here.  Please check up her beauitful blog^^

New pendants!!

New works of mine.  I love the sunflower pendant, it is even nicer when seeing the real one.  Very sweet and delicate looking.  However, some parts of the harp need to be repaired, so it is not available in my shop.  But I am still excited to show you the harp pendant^^

Joy

I'm Joy!! Haha...I'm not photogenic so it takes me really long to post a picture of myself.

Vintage Style necklace

Playing with art clay silver can be fun but the oxidizing process works wonders too.  This a vintage lacy style pendant which I have crafted recently.  In order to make the pendant more 'old' and vintage, I have oxidized it only for about 10 seconds.   Beautiful and unique isn't it???

Flower, flower, flower...

These are some of my new works.  I love them as I love flower!  They are just so sweet though in simple and plain designs.  Some are available in my etsy shop now.