Green, Red and Black

I wanted to post these three pieces early today but got caught with work and rushed to catch the flight to Sibu this afternoon. This town is located at the bank of the mighty Rajang River, about 35 minutes flight from Kuching. And why am I here? As usual its work related - I am attending a seminar on peat swamp forest and oil palm plantation development....boring? Me too....hehehe Oh well, read on below as its more on wire jewelry :D It's almost midnight now and I am still at the hotel lobby as WIFI only available here :( 

These two bracelets and earrings were remade for one of my customers. Just simple wire wrapping involved. Love the green stones but not sure what stones though. Looks like agate but may be green aventurine. This red and black themed bracelet is definitely dyed coral and black onyx with a rose quartz as the focal. At least this is not boring at all :D Good night all. Logging off to go to bed.

Cubic Zirconia Prong Ring

Latest prong ring with cubic zirconia. This is an experimental piece with gold filled wire. Since I only have a size 24ga wire, it is a bit too thin for the prong. A thicker wire would hold the stone tighter. 

Wire Wrapped Cuff

This one took a long time to make. Mostly on coiling 28g wire around each of the 10 pieces of 20ga wire. The outcome is ok though, so I am not complaining :)

Back to Black Again

Well, I am redoing my blog again....why? because it doesn't load properly with IE. Not that I know why but I figure maybe I have been playing around to much with the html. Anyway, I tried accessing with IE a while ago and it loaded. However, it gave me a two column view. Argh!! It is suppose to be 3 columns......but I am not going to do anything about it anymore. At least I am quite sure its not me, its IE. 

It loads properly with FireFox and Google Chrome. Two out of 3 is fine with me. I will stick with this one for now. Just too much time to change the template each time. 

Back to the template, its back to black again but still maintaining the 3 columns. Pictures look clearer with a black background, don't you think so? Love the bottom columns though. Can do a lot with them. 

Got to get some sleep now....its almost 3.00 am. Lots to do tomorrow.

Will post some new photos of completed pretties tomorrow :) Too tired now. 

Seahorse Pendant cum Pin/Brooch

After the first wire wrapped seahorse pendant last two days, I received a request for a similar one but with additional use as a pin/brooch. 

So, here is the seahorse pendant cum pin/brooch completed this evening. 

Stones: Tourmaline, garnet, swarovski crystal and Japanese sead beads. 

Wire: 19g for the frame and 28g for wrapping.

Length: Approx. 10cm

Facing the Cobra - Braided Bracelet

The name came to my mind while I was editing the pictures of this braided wire bracelet. Didn't realize it really looks like a cobra head while I was braiding it. Took me two afternoon to finish this piece since this is my first time. The first try was a mistake - wire not long enough so I got a half bracelet LOL! Maybe I can turn it into a ring instead :) 

Once upon a time, I used to braid my hair this way....such a long time ago when I used to keep my hair long. Can't do that anymore as now I keep my hair very very short - no time to spend on hair anymore. Better spend them on wires and stones :)

Anyway, on my second attempt, success! thus Facing the Cobra! See it for yourself and enjoy. 

I used 22ga wire for the braid and 28ga for the weaving. Stones are Swarovski Crystals and rose quartz.  

This is a commissioned piece. If you are interested, you may email me or leave a comment here.