Upcoming X'mas sale

Just back from a quick dash to a wedding in Melbourne and visited Cousins along the way. The wedding was wonderful and I managed to find some very nice dress(?! ) for the day, thank God for the "Country Road". I will post some photos later........

I've been tucked into my home studio and making lots of jewellery for the upcoming X'mas.

There will be a news letter out for the big X'mas sale in my Etsy shop this weekend .

Come and get into the swing of the festivities.

You can always visit me at the markets and select from a full range of my jewellery.

Eveleigh Artisans Market : 4th Dec 2011, Sunday

Kerribilli Art and Design Market: 11th Dec 2011, Sunday

Handmade Canberra upmarket: 17th Dec 2011 Saturday & 18th Dec 2011 Sunday

cheers

chimin

Handmade Canberra Market

Its already been 3 months passed since last Handmade Canberra Market, unbelievable!!!

We been moved back to our old new house since then and I am starting to get into the swing of things.

I have made some new designs as well as a few things with the pieces and bits from other project.

The stall will be down in the middle ( stall no.68 ), just behind my usual spot

I'll be attending the Saturday Market only and would love to catch up with you all

Come and check out what i've been up to.

Spirallllllllll..............

I've always love the simplicity of drawing and the traces of simple lines on paper.

The "Out Of The Blue Pendant" and the "Spiral Ring" combine my love of spiral and line......
The pendant is 20mm X 40mm.
They are quickly to become my new favourite.




Last Sunday's Eveleigh Artisans Market went really well for me. I have a lot of good chats to customers and locals.
And met some lovely people from Etsy. If you are around the area come and say hello.......

I will have a stall in the Kirribilli Art and Design Market again this Sunday, If you are around the area come and say hello.......

Butterfly.......

I have to admit i was off balance a bit lately. With the country flooding in the North and bush fire in the South we all feel the hit......

With a brand new Market coming up this Sunday, I sit myself down on the workbench and slowly get into creative mode again.



It's a bangle with hammered butterfly wings as a focal and a freeform organic shape that can be adjust slightly.
The 3mm thick square wire made it quite a substantial piece.

I also made a matching ring. The photo is taken just after the soldering and i love the rustic feel of it........



The new Eveleigh Artisan Market is just around the corner from where i live.
I am really looking forward to this Sunday!

Songlines Castle Ring

I love my Songlines Ring and wear it quite a lot. The only problem is that the ring band is slightly too wide for my finger. I decided to do something about it. I held it in my hand yesterday and they started to grow on me and evolved into something of its own.
Within minutes I started to cut out 3 strips of silver from the rims and soldered them onto the open side of the ring........and there you go, looks just like a castle.

Mr. Silvermonk said Castle Ring sounds a bit too Colonial.

I thought, Wow, from Songline to Castle, that sounds very much like the Australian ( natural/cultural) landscape........




Honestly, I just really like the sculptural feel of the newly reincarnated ring.

I feel blessed!!

Casper the friendly ghost.......

Well, I thought the Ring looks like ET, but Mr. Silvermonk said it looks like "Casper the friendly ghost". I like the fact that ghost and friendly go together, at least in this case!

I have been in a bit of La La Land and made a few unusual rings lately and this is one of them! They just came out of my hands and took me by surprise........

I will be in Kirribilli Market tomorrow, come and have a chat if you are around the area.

cheers and have a nice weekend!

Up lifting experience

I was contacted by Melissa from the Wesley Mission in Sydney to make some necklaces and badges. It was a very simple commision piece, simply just use their Dove Logo.

The Dove is such a simple and beautiful image. It was a really uplifting experience to make the Dove badges and the necklaces.

I used 1 mm thick sterling silver sheet to cut out the shape and the wing span of the Dove is about 25mm! I also made two different Dove necklaces just to have a different feel of the piece!

Years ago, I took Rod to Wesley Mission's Sunday service in the City for his father's day present and there you go. Who would think that i will have the chance to work with them years later......

Its all good!

Inner Peace Pendant

As you can see from the slide show, i can not wait to finish the Inner Peace Pendant!
It has three components: the chocolate brown Ebony wooden bead, the sterling silver ring stamped with peace on the inside and of course, the red coral beads!

I did not go to City, but instead i searched through my pieces and bits of sterling silver and found the missing piece, just what i needed.......

I remained very content and happy for the rest of the day!

For a change , i use a Spanish marble tile as the background for the photo shot.

Nice Surprise!

It was a very nice surprise when i opened our kitchen cupboard the other day and saw these beautiful images dancing on the wall! The images were from the light reflected off the new steel plates (a present).

There was another nice surprise that i kept for a little while now, Ok, Ok, it was only 2 weeks. I was approached by a Japanese web magazine called flashfilm and they wanted to interview me...........
They are based in Japan, but the website is in English. I was really impressed by their graphic interface as well as the content!

It took way longer for me to do the interview than to design my new Retro Ring........
My reply is very short, way too short and it's just me.
Its all good and i will post it here when it is out on the net.

My new Reto Ring

Pure Metal, Pure Joy

By now you should know that i love my spiral, i just can't stay away from spiral, It is such a timeless symbol!
It is fun to make and i can assure you that it is fun to wear too!
With a bit of patina and polish, it catches the light beautifully.




Oh My Goodness!

This pair of earrings has been recycled and soldered together from bits and pieces cut out from my other projects and it all came alive under the intense fire........
It is so unique and full of character.
I love this a lot, the texture and the organic feel of it.

That is what keeps me going back to my work bench day in and day out!




Purely inspired by the metal strip that i just got. I was going to get something narrower for something else but they running of the stock, so i said i will take that.....!

It can't wait to came out of my hands and made its presence.
I suppose the metal spoke very strongly, with a cool and industrial accents......

I need to warn you that i have another pair of spiral theme earrings sitting on my work bench waiting to be photographed.
I promise you it won't be boring.
i will post it here when its done.

.........to be continued.......

20-June



Here it is, i hope it all worth the waiting!

I have this little fine silver spiral charm from the Hill tribe ( Thailand) a while back.
They are small and densely pact.
I am happy with the way my chunky hammered curve ( oxidized sterling silver) complement them!

2008 Winter Collection 3

I am loving my winter collection at the moment.
The temperature is getting colder outside by the minute and i am hugging a cup of hot chocolate, and you just can't not get inspired by this chocolate brown ebony wooden ring.
So delicious.........

The Circles Of Love Earrings is neat and modern.
It's been wrapped around with a fine silver strip and the green Peridot in the middle just give you enough attention!

Etsy Front Page

Good things comes twice and I am thrilled to have appeared on the Etsy front page twice in the space of 3 days!!!
(wow that was a long sentence i just wrote! Need to breath.........)

What a beautiful, wonderful Treasury.
.......so delicious, thank you WonderfullySewKnit.
My Spiral heart Ebony Pendant sitting quite happily among all the wonderful goodies.
Go and check out all the beautiful handmade goodies before it expired (27 May,7:00 pm)

I missed out to see it on live on both occasions.
Thanks for Ginger and Misti let me know all about it.
The result of a frontage appreance was i got tons of views and hearts.

It all happened while i was dreaming......
Before i woke up, i dreamed that someone stole my backpack and gone with my wallet, and later in the dream, i found my wallet.....then i was in a zoo or something cleaning up the steps......
Who knows what it all means, but what would be cool if i can do all my listings and renews while i was dreaming!