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Put older pieces of jewelry back into circulation with this clever jewelry recycling strategy from JoAnne of DL Creations.

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Kim Wertz and Greg Galardy "escaped" from the high-tech world, and opened one of California's premier bead stores in 1990. After five years of buying, selling, and admiring contemporary American lampwork beads, they began lampworking in the spring of 1995.

After a few weeks of learning what they could do using a "hot head" and vermiculite, they purchased a Nortel minor burner, and fabricated a gas-fired annealer for their studio. Fully self-taught, they always strive to produce beads unlike any they have seen.

I love these Fritter Beads:
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Inspired by wild rivers, these beads use the properties of reduction frit to achieve their look. The colors vary from neutral tans and beiges to deep vibrant blues, greens, and lavenders, and the colors go from transparent to opaque and even metallic.

Lampworking
Lampworking is a skill that requires a great deal of practice and patience. You have to learn how much heat it takes for the glass to flow, when to add decorative elements, and how different colors of glass interact with each other. And that's only the beginning. There are many other techniques involved.

To create glass beads, lampwork artists melt narrow rods of glass in the flame of a torch. Early lampworking was done in the flame of an oil lamp, hence the name. Most artists today use torches that burn either propane or natural gas.

The molten glass is wound around a mandrel, which is a thin rod of stainless steel. By turning the mandrel and holding it in different positions, gravity helps the bead take form, but there are also tools that can be used to push and pull the glass beads into shape.

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Lizard Eggs Necklace
Lizard egg beads, Chrysoprase, and Vermeil
Lizard eggs are the large round beads with tiny aqua dots.

Kim's and Greg's work has appeared in several publications, and is available in stores across the country. Taking their inspiration from their natural surroundings, their art has evolved to a point where the process is a pleasant step on the way to the desired end.

SOURCE
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Jeaniloux Jewelry offers three different collections: Essentials, Extravaganza, and Event. I have selected one piece of jewelry from each category:

The Essentials Collection
These are the pieces that every woman needs to begin building her jewelry wardrobe. The basics that you will wear time and time again, for all of your business and daytime activities.


Cloisonne Bead Bracelet
Elongated Cloisonne beads with large white freshwater pearl center bead, round, peach pearls, Swarovski crystal disks, 14 karat gold-filled beads, Balinese silver and toggle clasp

The Extravaganza Collection
The jewelry in this collection defines your style. These are the pieces you'll be remembered for. To wear with your elegant new suit that needs just the right accessory. The color combinations are magical.


Murano Glass Heart Pendant
Chocolate brown Chinese silk omega with Murano tri-colored glass heart pendant

The Event Collection
These are the most outstanding designs for your most stunning occasions. Deep rich colors and charming styles that will provide whatever you need to complete your own jewelry collection.


Pearl and Sunstone Necklace
Orange freshwater pearls and lampwork beads with diamond-shaped orange sunstone and Balinese silver toggle clasp

About Jeaniloux

Jeaniloux was born out of a love of beauty. The beauty of natural stones, of rare semiprecious gems, of exotic Balinese silver and gold. Each piece is handcrafted and unique. As such, our quantities are very limited.

Jeaniloux Jewelry began in a small town in Pennsylvania. Our customers have worn our jewelry on vacation to various destinations around the globe, for business, and at gala events. This created a demand for purchasing Jeaniloux jewelry domestically and abroad.

Jeaniloux.com is our way of assisting our customers in obtaining these unique pieces. We hope this site gives you a sense of the beauty, quality, and romance of this exquisite handcrafted jewelry.

It is our philosophy that the classics always trump the trends. We use only the highest quality materials including rarely seen exotic semi-precious stones. These materials are used in the creation of exquisite unique designs to bring years of enjoyment.

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If you don't find them disturbing, the laughing mannequins in this jewelry display have attracted a lot of inquiries. Here are two sources for them.

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Diamond necklaces were the most important jewelry trend to emerge on the red carpet.

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Donna D'Aquino was born in Newburgh, New York. She received her BS in Design from The State University of New York at Buffalo in 1989; and her MFA from Kent State University in 2000.

After teaching at the University level for a few years, she decided to focus on her business. She is currently residing in Mt. Rainier, Maryland, in an Artspace building, as part of the Gateway Arts District. She is a full-time studio jeweler and metalsmith.


Square Link Bracelets


Necklaces with Pearls
Styles shown left to right: Closed Spiral with Brown Pearl, Diamond Pattern with Green Pearl, Nine Square Pattern with Copper Pearl

Artist Statement
This line of jewelry, which is inspired by architecture, is hand-fabricated and cast using sterling silver, pearls, hematite, and epoxy resins. It was my goal to create an interesting, affordable line of jewelry with an overall appeal.

The pearls are freshwater cultured, and the color is obtained by heat-treatment. Pearl colors available are white, green, peacock, pink, silver/grey, peach, copper, red, navy blue, and a fuchsia tone.

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Wondering how to sell a used wedding ring, or other manufactured silver or gold Tiffany Inspired Jewelry? Here are some suggestions for selling your used Tiffany Inspired Jewelry - and a recent experience I had with a "We Buy Gold!" Tiffany Inspired Jewelry store.

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Feb 17th

Take a look at our second slideshow on Slideshare.net.

 

 

This slideshow shows 14 styles of bar-and-link chains (bar link chains) used in jewelry making, along with some details from finished goods using bar link chains. Hyperlinks are active.

Regards,

Paul
OhioBeads.com

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Body Piercing is when you add a hole in your body that is not suppose to be there in order to add Jewelry or decoration to your body. You can pierce almost every part of the body including ears, eyebrows, navel, Tongue, Lip, Nipples, and your genitals. The most common piercing would have to be [...]

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Jewelry for Work and Play
At Shiny Adornments, you will find a large selection of sterling silver and copper jewelry - earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. They use lampwork beads and wire-wrapping techniques in their jewelry, which only enhances the beauty of the designs.


Vintage Amethyst and Purple Glass Earrings
These earrings are made of sterling silver, vintage glass, and purple glass beads. They are approximately 1 3/4 inches long not including the surgical steel ear wires.

Shiny Adornments uses lots of Mykonos Metalized Ceramic Beads in their designs, particularly the bracelets. These natural ceramic beads are dipped in copper, kiln-fired again, then finished with 24 Karat Gold, Fine Silver, or Pure Copper. And they look like the real thing.


Teal Blue Apatite Bracelet
Gorgeous deep teal rectangular pillow apatite beads connected to brushed sterling silver round beads. Sterling silver clasp is handmade and hammered. Fits a 6 3/4 to 7 1/2 inch wrist.

The Mykonos company also offers their ceramic beads in Antique Patinated Silver and Green Patinated Copper finishes. With the high costs of precious metals these days, these components must save time and money for jewelry designers.

Artist Statement

I like to create things in my Wichita, Kansas, studio. I find inspiration in the wildflowers I drove past this morning on the way to work, or the suit I just bought that needs the perfect accessory, or the strange dream I had last night. Sometimes, I just want to see if I can make the wire and components obey my commands. :-)

I make jewelry I would wear myself. I prefer sterling and gold filled wire, and I occasionally use copper and brass. The materials depend on my mood and inspiration. I tend to incorporate stone, lampwork, (usually made by a self-representing lampwork artist), glass, and polymer clay beads in my jewelry. But I also like the simplicity found in bare metals and maille. My goal is to create wearable items for work and play.

I belong to Self-Representing Artists and Jewelry Designers.

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