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I am so fortunate to be interviewed and featured by Esmeralda who is a jewelry maker, nature lover, vegetarian and scientist by profession.  Please see her nature inspired jewelry in her Etsy shop and check up her blog too^^ 

Aspiring Metalsmiths: My Early Stage of Jewelry Crafting...

This is the 2nd time that I participated in the Aspiring Metalsmiths Blogroll.  This Jananury blogroll is about the first piece of jewelry I made.  If you remember, I only started crafting metal clay jewelry last September, so my early jewelry were mostly made of swarovski crystals, jades, brass, charms and other gems stones.  I'll divide the process into different stages. 

Stage 1) Chinese Orients

My very first works are more to the eastern orient style when I made earrings using jades, cinnebars, cloisonne. 

Stage 2)  Sweet Romantism

I normally lost interest of a style very fast especially when I only make jewelry for a few months.  I just love those sweet sweet pink elements, polymer clay flowers, butterfly charms and swarovski crystals...

Stage 3) Swarovski Fanatic

I love colours and the best advantage about swarovski products is that there is a wide range of colours.  Just like the colours that are available for paintings, so I really loved using those colourful crystals.

Stage 4) Gemstones and precious metals

I got into a classy mood that I thought that better quality materials like sterling silver and precious gem stones should be able to help me to reach another higher end market. 

Stage 5)  Flexible metal clay

Of course I still have many more other experiments such as painted pendants, combinations of pearl and etc but I will skip all those if not this blog is going to be very long.  This is my very first metal clay pendant^^  I still love it until now...haha...I at times feel that 'Wow this is a fast growth'.  I will continue with this medium for the time being as there are many techniques I really want to learn.  I'm going to start combining cement into my works, so stay tune ya^^ 

Please check up the interesting blogs of my other talented teammates to find out their early jewelry!!

autumnbradley - http://www.autumnbradley.blogspot.com/

Brandy - http://thefrogspond.wordpress.com

Clarity www.thesquarepegnation.blogspot.com

Claire http://brightstar109.blogspot.com/

Esmeralda - http://jewelry-by-silverblueberry.blogspot.com/

Gayle - http://www.thisartistsjourney.blogspot.com/
 
Gloria - http://gloria-hemlockhollow.blogspot.com/
 

Jessica - www.abellablue.com/blog

Pennee- http://allwiredupjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Stacy http://formandfunktionaccessories.blogspot.com/

Sylvia - http://www.sylviaanderson.blogspot.com/

ENJOY!!!!!

My comfortable working space

Remember I promised to blog about my working space yet I am too lazy to do that.  Then my team, the Aspiring Metalsmiths that I joined recently came up with the idea of blogging each of our workspace.  I have taken some photographs just now and I really hope that you would not be disappointed to see it...Haha...I am in the middle of fixing the metal clay work, the broken harp that some already knew about it.  Hence my workspace is a little bit in the untidy mode, so I would like to apologize first.  

I am fixing the strings of the broken harp.  I mostly just throw everything into the black container.  Fast and easy...Haha...  See my magnifying glass??  I used it for small and delicate work^^

Music I always enjoy!! Glenn Gould and Karajan^^

Another side of my desk.  Filled with tools.  I am not so organized as I only started making metal clay jewelery for 5 months.  Probably it is time for me to get some racks to hang my tools and pliers.

Just a close up... One of my cats, named Zhu Rou.  Meaning 'Pork'.  My BF came up with the name...  Zhu always like to hang around my working space.

An unfinished painting and untouched for 2 years.  Hope to finish it during this Dec break when my students are away for holiday. 

I do not use torch to fire my clay.  As I am using art clay silver, I can fire the metal clay pieces using this stove.  Asian like me love to use it to eat 'steamboat'.  Normally the stove will be on the middle of the table.  The pot will be filled with chicken broth and we will just dump all the ingredients we like to eat inside and chat while waiting for them to be cooked...A Chinese culture^^  My mom would probably be looking for it...

Please check up the workspace of my other talented teammates. Definitely OOAK interesting workspaces!!

All Wired Up Jewelry Designs - http://allwiredupjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Brandy, The Frogs Pond - http://thefrogspond.wordpress.com/

Carole Axium - http://www.caroleaxiumdesigns.com/journal/

Clarity, Scrollwork Designs - http://www.thesquarepegnation.blogspot.com/

Esmeralda, SilverBlueberry - http://jewelry-by-silverblueberry.blogspot.com/

Golden Water Creations - http://www.goldenwatercreations.blogspot.com/

Gloria of Hemlock Hollow - http://gloria-hemlockhollow.blogspot.com/

Jessica Lopour - http://www.abellablue.com/blog

Julie A. Mauerer of jamauerer - http://jamauerer.blogspot.com/

Nancy Creations - http://nancysjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Purpleshiny - http://purpleshiny.blogspot.com/

Stacy (Form and Funktion) - http://formandfunktionaccessories.blogspot.com/

Steph Stargell Designs - http://stephstargell.com/

Sylvia Anderson - http://sylviaanderson.blogspot.com/

SandyToesJewelry - http://sandytoesjewelry.blogspot.com