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Beautiful Handmade Statement Necklaces and other Fabulousness from Neena Shilvock - Inspirations and Designs From the Week Gone by

Copper and Silver in Mixed Metal Jewellery

6/8/2017

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Hello good people, how are you this fine morning? I've had a lovely relaxed week, playing with sheet metal and hammers, soldering bits of sterling silver wire onto my fold formed copper components and playing with patinas. I decided to use all the copper sheet remnants that I would otherwise have thrown away and make as many little pieces as I could, practicing a bit of soldering along the way. I formed shapes and curlicues in silver wire and soldered them onto the copper. Filing, patinating and burnishing the shapes I created and then hanging the earrings took a lot of time but I was having fun and hardly noticed it.

​ I did shudder with horror though, when I looked at my hands - they are all pitted from cutting sheet metal, where sharp edges have poked holes into them - they have also been impregnated with copper dust from filing the edges smooth, and of course I forgot to wear gloves and picked the pieces out of the warm patina solution, turning the copper in the little cuts dark brown - now I've got a jewellers hands!! Unfortunately that doesn't go with the day job, so I spent ages soaking them and scrubbing out the brown bits - not so much fun, I can tell you!
Copper and silver earrings by Caprilicious Jewellery, mixed metal jewellery, foldforming, metalsmithing.
Copper and silver earrings by Caprilicious Jewellery, mixed metal jewellery, foldforming, metalsmithing.
Copper and silver earrings by Caprilicious Jewellery, mixed metal jewellery, foldforming, metalsmithing.
Copper and silver earrings by Caprilicious Jewellery, mixed metal jewellery, foldforming, metalsmithing.
Weebly leaves
Copper and silver earrings by Caprilicious Jewellery, mixed metal jewellery, foldforming, metalsmithing.
Copper and silver earrings by Caprilicious Jewellery, mixed metal jewellery, foldforming, metalsmithing.
Copper fold formed leaf pendant, aventurine in a silver bezel, leather necklace by Caprilicious Jewellery
Copper fold formed leaves, abalone by Caprilicious Jewellery
I particularly love the leaf earrings I made that I called my Weebly leaves - I patinated them with verdigris and stitched tiny glass ladybirds onto them. Cool, don't you think?
​Why Weebly leaves? - You'll have to read about my ongoing saga with Weebly to find out!

Fandango

I finally finished the pendant that I was making last week. Strung on a simple necklace of baroque pearls it is sumptuous and fun at the same time. I saw a picture of a woman in a dance called the Fandango, and I searched for the picture for you.  The artist has caught the flamboyance of the movement in the green skirts beautifully and I was attempting to recreate that energy in the necklace.
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Soutache and beadwork, beetle wing jewellery, dichroic glass cabochon by Caprilicious Jewellery
Soutache and beadwork, beetle wing jewellery, dichroic glass cabochon by Caprilicious Jewellery
Soutache and beadwork, beetle wing jewellery, dichroic glass cabochon by Caprilicious Jewellery
Soutache and beadwork, beetle wing jewellery, dichroic glass cabochon by Caprilicious Jewellery
I've finally found a way to capture the movement of a dance without taking a step - I'd rather have done the real thing though, but am now at least thirty years too late. 
That's me for this week, folks, I have to go in to work now, so I'll say goodbye now. Have a fabulous week and I'll catch you as usual next Friday, same time, same place.
Until then
xx

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13/8/2017 04:33:25 am

you have some very nice Jewelry. you are a very talented artist. outstanding work. did you ever think about your large jewelry making the same thing but half its size. i was just wondering. i do ask a lot of dumb questions. very nice work. thank you so much for your time. this old man loves working with jewelry and many other products. have a very nice day. did you ever find your cat. i sure hope you did. loner

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13/8/2017 05:05:52 am

Hi loner, thanks for writing in and appreciating my jewellery. No, we never did find Charlie the cat :( - it has been over a year now and we've kinda given up hope.
As for large jewellery - I do try, but I like large statement jewellery and make the kind of stuff that makes an entrance - it is meant for ladies who like to be noticed! I could try and make the pieces smaller, but then, my USP would be negated. I know not everyone likes large, but that's the niche market I cater to - ladies like me who wear very visible pieces of jewellery. After all, everyone else is making tiny, sweet pieces. What do you make? You say you like working with jewellery? Neena

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