A Ring and a Pair of Earring

I completed three projects today. One was posted earlier and here's the other two - seahorse tail earrings and a simple pearl nest ring. This time around, I employ Soumak Weave for the seahorse tail earrings compared to the previous one where I used the figure "8" weave.

A Good Start for the Year - Angelic Earrings

Looks like it will be a Cherry start for year 2009. Here is my first piece for year 2009 - wire wrap angelic earrings - Cherry Quartz.

First Day of 2009

Hello 2009! I never done this before but this morning I just took out my camera to snap pictures of the first day of 2009 around the garden and pond :D. Have fun and I hope your first day of 2009 would be just as beautiful.

Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009

Year 2008 is coming to and end in about 30 minutes. Just want to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone for making 2008 a wonderful year with lots of sweet memories. Have a great beginning for next year, Happy New Year 2009! May your burdens be a little lighter, your pockets a little heavier, your smile a little wider and achievements a LOT higher this New Year. Here is my last piece of wire wrap jewelry for year 2008. Simple earrings to go with the pendant of previous post.

Samsara Mandala - A nod to Erin

There are many wire jewelry artists that I admire and one of them is Erin of EarringsbyErin. Erin create beautiful wire wrap jewelry based on New Zealand Maori art and carvings as well as its flora and fauna. I love her clean and symmetrical creations. Thank God she now shares her wire wrapping skill/technique by publishing tutorials as well. I recently purchased her Moana Hoop Earring Tutorial but yet to try it out. Sooooon...... New Year "to do list" :) A customer of mine is attracted to her Samsara Mandala pendant when I showed her Erin's creations. She requested that I create something similar. I didn't promise her but said will try as I have yet to try out her tutorial. This pendant looks simple but took the longest time for me - almost two days. The longest time was spent for measuring all the separate pieces that formed the pendant. Then the wire wrapping which need to be done carefully so that all the separate pieces are spaced out evenly and the shape stays. At closeup, the pendant looks like a starfish. This pendant measures 5.5cm in diameter and created with 20ga and 28ga wires. Thank you Erin for the inspirations.

Thank you for A Smooth Year

Every year, as the year comes to an end, mom-in-law will pay visit to the temples to say thank you for a smooth year and pray for the same for the following year. We did just that this morning. We visited three temples and here are pictures taken of Tua Pek Kong, one of the oldest temple/building and a popular tourist spot in Kuching. The Hilton is located just next door to the temple, facing the awesome Sarawak River - not visible here but its to the left of this picture.