GBR Swap item recieved

Well my Great Barrier Reef swap item that I received is a very pretty pendant of sterling, coral and pearls made by Lily. Have to get a bit of chain for it to go on. Here is a photo of it.




Thankyou Lily for the lovely pendant!!!

Thanks for having a look!!
Ciao for now!

2 Forum Swaps

Well I recently took part in two swaps on the Beading Forum. The first was the summer exchange where we had to make a non jewellery item. I made a bag charm for a handbag(obviously). Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic..D'oh!!!! Sterling chainmaille with swarovski and sterling dangles.

The second one which I have just sent today was for the metal/wire sections of the forum. We had a theme of Great Barrier reef and had to make a pendant. So I used some coral, aquamarines, apatite, opalite white and black pearls, sterling silver wire and goldfill wire. Here are some photos of it:













Thanks for having a look catch you soon!!!

Ciao for now!

Sydney Bead and Gem Show 2007

Well the Bead and Gem show hit Sydney again last week. Unfortunately once again I only got to spend a rushed 1 hour there, but I did manage to grab a few goodies before meeting up with some of the Beading Forum girls for dinner. So here they are:

Freshwater pearls


Sterling Silver clasp with Amethyst


HUGE SmokeyQuartz


And here are a couple of photos from dinner plus a little video. We had a great Greek dinner at Orexi Souvlaki on Charles in Parramatta.

Sharyn and Anne


Abbey, Yvonne Bianca and?
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Byzantine Variation

Following on from my last post, this is now the completed necklace using the byzantine triangle. The triangle form the front and the rest of the chain is regular Byzantine. I finished it off with some Iolite stones with some aquamarine rondels on top and bottom of each stone. I was able to get a beautiful Sterling clasp with an Iolite cab from Rebecca at The stranded Bead.






I have now seen another variation of byzantine that forms a cross that will be something to try oneday. I saw it on a wonderful site called www.artthouglorious.com/ You have to go and have a look at Chad and Audrey's fabulous work.
That is it for this update. Keep well and catch you soon!!

Ciao for now!

Practice

Well last week I spent quite some time looking for a tutorial for a Byzantine Triangle weave for chain maille. No luck. Today I managed to find a photo of the weave used in a chain, and thought that I may be able to just wing it. Well it worked and I am pleased to show a photo of it. Unfortunately it is slightly blurry for some reason.



So this week I cut some more rings and get cracking on a necklace incorporating these triangle segments.

Thanks for having a look and catch you later.

Ciao for now!!!

Beading Forum Swap

Over on the Australian Beading Forum we have just had our first Metal/Wire Working Swap. We had a theme of Spring and had to make a pendant for around $5.00.
I made the following pendant for Alison(Pumpkinflower).....


It is made of sterling silver, freshwater pearl and a citrine.

I received from my swap sender, the VERY talented Erin Johnson, the following gorgeous pendant....

Latest Pieces

Just some quick shots of a necklace I have been working on and a pair of earrings that only took me 10 minutes.

At the moment the necklace is a work in progress and the pendant part is temporarily hung on a Sterling Silver Chain. Turquoise and Coral:

Can be worn either side, so have not designated one as front and one as back.







And some turquoise drop earrings. Bit of serendipity with these, I had the cones already and they fitted the drops perfectly.




Thanks for having a look!!

Ciao for now!

Viktoria