A Little Copper Experiment with hammered teardrop elements

Today, I played around with some tiny copper elements—1.5 cm long, 1.5 mm diameter wire pieces. I hammered them on both sides at different angles, giving each a unique shape and texture. The pieces got little holes at their ends, letting me string them together on a wire ring alternating with deep Bordeaux glass beads …

My Jewelry Making Journey part 1 – Some Thoughts + Simple Flowers

As a relatively new creative endeavour to me, I decided to share my jewelry making journey starting today, at the exact moment I am now. Which is a bit of a fixation on making small simple flowers from wire. I love them – simple shapes, beautiful hammered elements for making earrings (currently) and bracelets (maybe …