I'm really sick right now, for the first time this year (and, come to think of it, for the first time in quite awhile before-hand.) I'm dosing up on vitamins, bracing for the work-week ahead, and cataloging some of my newer work.
Ink & Peat carries a collection of vintage jeweler's dies (dice?) and I've been treating myself to one whenever I can. My die (dice?) family is up to four now. Their's has dwindled a bit and I hope they manage to restock because these are hard little tools to find. It's sort of wonderful to be able to use really old jewelry-making tools to make new pieces of jewelry, even if my methods are a little different than the original owner's likely were. I wish I could see some of the jewelry these dies (dice? really I don't know) made in their first life, or the women who wore it or the individuals who made it, or all of the above!
Here are two of the projects I've made recently using my new-old tools. I'm especially keen on this silver daffodil necklace. In other news, I'm really, really excited to announce that me and my jewelry will be in attendance at a private Valentine's Day event Eden is throwing at Wieden + Kennedy for W+K staff. A couple more cool things are in the works but I really don't want to throw any jinxes out there so I'll keep the rest under wraps... for now.
Those earrings are gorgeous! I'm also really intrigued by the dies...dice...dyes...that you've found. I saw some recently at an estate sale here in San Francisco, and am regretting not picking them up (though I don't make jewelry; I just think they're beautiful). By the way, I can't recall how I stumbled upon your blog, but I've really enjoyed catching up on it thus far.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's my dream to stumble on more of these somewhere... I suppose it's one of those things that only happens if you're really lucky, though!
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