Blue Beauties

Here are my beauties:

They are made from my handmade beads and beautiful oxidized copper.

 

 

The beads are older, at first I didn't like them too much. But that was because I didn't find a proper match for them. Now I think they look nice in combination with the blue oxidized copper and the small beads.

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Fold Forming Copper

Well... this is my first try at fold forming.

First take a look at the end product:

This is not the most amazing fold forming ever... but, taking into consideration this is my first try, and that I don't have any special tools, and that I started from this as raw material...

I don't think this is bad at all!

Do you happen to know that the raw material is?

Well.... I don't have copper sheets and don't know where to get them from. So I have to use what I have at hand. And that is a piece from the computer cooler!

Don't worry, it was not from my computer, I mean not from the one that is in use!!!

The bad thing is that I am very limited in what shapes I can make, due to the shape of the copper sheets...

But for the moment this is all that I've got, and I have to work with it or not work at all.

And one other thing - my intention was to make some leaves. But as you see... anything but leaves!

After the first folding and unfolding, when it was obvious I was not making leaves, I decided to fold again and this is what I got:

I like them! What do you think?
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DIY - Bleach dyed T-shirt

OMG! I've been dying to make this post! Because I am so happy. I've made myself a gorgeous, super cool T-shirt! Just take a look:

 

 

I just can't wait to put it on! But now it's too hot, so I'm waiting for cooler days...
Until then, two more pictures. Here is the front:

And this one is the back:

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Hammered Copper Earrings

These are my hammered copper earrings.
Needless to say, I like them a lot. Right now they are my favorites.


I took some copper wire, hammered it, drilled the holes and then attached the ear wires. This time I didn't forget to fire the wire to give it a patina! They looked so naked and, I don't know how, had the idea to use these two textured beads I had made and painted earlier. A great idea and an excellent match!

The beads are not identical, and this is what I like about them the most.
Hope some of you like them, too!


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Meet IGOR!

You saw it before, but let me show you now the REAL Igor! The finished Igor.

I just love it!
It looks so real. I observed people's reaction when they firs saw it: everybody thought it was a real bird skull!
O how pleased I am! I started making this bead and was not satisfied with its outcome, and started all over again several times. Though, there are two mistakes. The first is a production mistake, or say a design one - the beak is a bit too long... And the second, I glued on the eye pin and forgot to give it a patina before. I don't like that shiny wire too much, but the good thing is that in time it will fade.
It's all handmade, of course: the bead, eye pin, bail, and clasp. And it hangs on a genuine leather cord. Black!

I'll tell you the story of its name some other time.


See ya!