Art and design by Boriana Giormova – funny, geeky, cute, creepy and weird drawings, handmade jewelry and crafts
This year I created snowflake necklaces for my youngest daughter’s Christmas school sale. Creating these shapes from wire was very pleasant. I even added some beads to them. My goal was to use only supplies which I already had. So I used two types of 20 gauge non-tarnishing silver-toned copper wire and acrylic beads for …
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I made these earrings recently. They are small and simple, shaped like tiny Celtic-style flowers. Used copper wire and 6 mm soft blue aquamarine stone. I followed this lovely tutorial to learn the flower shape, and it was a fun process. If you’d like to see more of my wire flower experiments, check out this …
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Sometimes, I make things just because they make me happy—no purpose, no function, just pure joy. This little wire sculpture is one of those things. It started with a simple idea: try to wire wrap a crystal with irregular shape. Then, I took a long quartz crystal (borrowed from my daughter’s stash!) and wrapped it …
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I made this ring for myself from 22 gauge (0.8 mm) copper wire—just 23 cm of it, wrapped around a small 4 mm black obsidian stone. It started as a simple piece of wire, but after shaping, polishing, and a bit of patience, it turned into something I really love. To deepen the character, I …
I crafted these earrings for my middle daughter who loves to play the guitar. Brass wire turned out to be a lot harder than the aluminum which I had trained on and the copper wire which I had also tried. Despite of that I managed to leave a lot of unwanted marks on the wire …
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As a parent, there’s nothing quite like the joy of creating something special for your child. I recently started to learn wire wrapping so, while practicing, I decided to craft a little piece of jewelry for my youngest daughter who adores cats. I thought 0.6mm copper wire would be great for her little fingers. Crafting …
Cute Strange Creatures 