Miren

This little owl is named after a friend who is full of fire and passion for life. It has a big heart just like her. The eyes are wrapped with tiny red coral beads. The body has red crystal and red faceted glass beads. Everything is made by hand by me. Even the rose ball headpins were made with my torch.

Earrings

I've been having lots of fun making jewelry for the upcoming Blue Dome Festival in May. Here are a few pieces I finished. Pink swarovski crystal earrings. These are made from copper wire and vintage flower caps. Wrapped spirals with hematite beads. Fun loopy agate earrings Glass nugget earrings

Citrine cross

I stumbled upon this chunky silver cross and wrapped some citrine nuggets on it with copper wire. I love the look of silver and copper together. I'm real fond of this new bail I designed. It is great for interchangeable pendants. I call it the elephant bail. I make them in different sizes depending on the pendant and chain size.

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Have a day full of love and TLC whether it's with yourself or someone else. :)

"Speak From The Heart"

"Speak from the heart" is a unique necklace hand made with copper wire. A wild and beautiful pair of lips are incorporated into the pendant which gives it a romantic "gothic feel" All the findings, including the chain are handmade from copper wire. Attention was given to details as you can see by the rose colored head pins. It is accented with vintage beads and tiny red coral beads. An acrylic briolette dangles from the focal piece. It measures approximately 18 inches in length. It would make a great Valentine's gift.

Antoinette

This is a stylized heart shaped collar necklace made from copper wire. It is embellished with dots of red glass beads that encase a heart. The heart holds a natural quartz crystal and an amethyst nugget.A beautiful vintage red bead dangles beneath the collar. It measures approximately 19 inches. It would make a lovely Valentine's gift for someone special. Black oxidized steel wire is loosely woven around the top.

Vintage meets Steampunk

This pendant is another example of recycling broken jewelry and trinkets. After making a shell of sorts from copper sheet, I filled it with old and new treasures. There are old rhinestone buttons, a chess clock gear, a segment from a vintage choker and a crystal from a chandelier. I made a weaved bail and a couple of twisted copper beads to add to the black leather. All the findings are hand made from copper wire and then antiqued with a rich patina.  There is no solder or glue. It is a cold connection piece. It measures approximately 18 inches in length.

Charletta

 I am very fond of this piece. I began with a organic shape and added netting so that it looks like a web. It is coiled, and wire wrapped with copper wire. A friend gave me the wonderful blue angelite and green stone briolletes. I also added a moonstone brio, as well.  I designed a flower and attached it to my webbed frame. It is a bold, weighty pendant so I used black leather to hang it from. Despite it's weight, it is very comfortable to wear. Finally, it was given a warm patina finish. It measures approximately 17 inches.

Mechanical Heart

This necklace has a lot of texture and depth. I used a variety of techniques to give the viewer lots to look at. What started out as a filigree heart made from mixed metals turned out to be a glamorous collar neck piece that takes you back in time. The heart center piece is wire wrapped with copper and oxidized stainless steel wire.  Swirls, spirals, coils and shapes were combined to give the heart a life of it's own. Shaped and hammered segments were wrapped and laced with copper wire and tiny seed beads. The dangle is made from dyed coral beads and moonstone briolettes. Red coral beads wrap it around your neck. It is very comfortable to wear. It falls deep on the chest and measures approximately 18-20 inches in length.

"Cliodna"

(Irish, Scottish) [KLEE-nah] Goddess of beauty and the otherworld. A Tuatha sea and Otherworld Goddess who often took the form of a sea bird and, as such, symbolized the Celtic afterlife. As the ruler of the waves, she was believed to be embodied in every ninth one which broke on shore. This wave was believed to break higher and stronger than the others.

The beads in this watery deep necklace are Mother of pearl beads resembling the colors of the ocean. I shaped segments in copper and used coiling, netting and wrapping techniques. It measures approximately 18-20 inches in length.

Before patina

After patina

Butterfly wing earrings

These earrings are simple but enchanting. I made them with copper wire and crystals. A few more touches and they are done.

Hello Tulsa

Greetings fellow bloggers and followers. I hope this post finds you all happy and blessed. It's been a long time since i've posted. It has been a challenging summer to say the least. As some of you know, we made a big move in the month of May. We ventured from California to Oklahoma. The little town where both me and my honey grew up seemed almost "tapped out" in the job dept. As artists we needed to continue to grow and follow our dreams. The job market is flourishing in Tulsa. My honey found an amazing job in the visual effects industry. There are so many opportunities for me as a jewelry designer/artist as well. We just settled in a lovely charming home. I can't wait to get back to creating and exploring the city. I look forward to staying in touch with you all as soon as I am connected properly. In the mean time, I will keep designing until i can share my new work with you.

Many blessings to you all,

Terry

Cleopatra's sister

When I finished this piece a customer told me I should call it Cleopatra. When I informed her I had already made another necklace and given it that name we decided to name this one Cleopatra's sister. I made this bold collar from brass and copper wire. It is adorned with an agate disc and then surrounded with Hematite beads. The focal piece is a natural quartz crystal from a small town in California. I laced it in copper wire. Purple agate beads connected it all together.

Annabelinda

ANNABELINDA: English compound name composed of Latin Anna "favor; grace," and German Belina, "beautiful serpent," hence "gracious beautiful serpent." 

A friend of mine told me this stone looked like a dragon egg so I decided to name it after an ancient dragon name. The stone is called Labradorite and is among my favorite stones. This one comes from Madagascar and has an amazing blue flash. It looks like you're wearing a piece of the ocean. It is sits in a simple copper wrapping that lets it's beauty shine through. It is captured in a heart at the top.  It measures over 2 inches length and will surely turn heads when it rests around your neck. It will hang from a leather cord. 

Happy Friday 13th

Wishing you all a magical Friday the 13th. :)

Dragon scale necklace

One of my friends instantly saw dragon scales when he saw my necklace. So, I decided to give it that title. This necklace is crocheted with Mastex cord and pretty blue and green faceted glass beads. The hook and eye clasp is hand made from copper wire. It measures approximately 17 inches in length.

Angelite ring

Another variation of the copper spiral ring. 14 Ga wire was hand shaped and hammered and a patina was added to create a rich bronze color. Finished ring was coated with a lacquer spray. 

All moved to Oklahoma

Phase one of my long move is finished. We finally moved form California to Oklahoma. Boy did we have challenges along the way. One day I plan to share pictures  Everything is still packed away because we are temporarily staying with me son and his family. I am getting acquainted with my grand kids. Two I have never met and one I haven't seen in 5 years. They sure are adorable.  . I can't wait to get back to my work bench and creating again.

faceless lady brooch

Here is another faceless lady in my brooch collection. She has a vintage look with a beautiful antique orange and iridescent  crystal beads.

Copper ring with sea jasper

I've been wanting to make a ring for a long time. This ring is very bold and makes a cool thumb ring. The center of the spiral has a dyed sea jasper bead.added.