Sunday, January 08, 2012

Folding Fans

These are a few of my favorite folding fans purchased from Daiso. I plan to hang them on a wall in my hallway.

This fan is made of silk and bamboo in green and gold.

fan (8)


Black Cotton and bamboo.

fan (5)

Paper and Bamboo with The Great Wave off Kanagawa.

fan

Wednesday, January 04, 2012

cha_cha_ring (1)

Via Flickr:

Cluster ring or what I like to call "Cha Cha," made from a tutorial from the Interweave website, by Margo Farrin O’Connor. I had to add extra loops due to my larger ring size. 16 gauge silver plated copper wire. I'm not found of the tool marks but I wanted to try and use the cheaper stuff before using Sterling.

cha_cha_ring (1) by blacklovelythang

I ran out of head pins and had to stop and make more.

The finished ring. I used Swarovski Pearls in Cream and AB Crystal butterfly and flowers.


And here we are the first ring of the new year!

I cast this piece years ago. It was done in a casting class, using cuttlefish bone. I'm just now doing something with it. It will be a p...