Saint Patricks Day - SALE

For Saint Patrick’s Day, I am offering 25% discount for these two designs, simply check them out from my ArtFire store and I will refund you the discounted amount. :)
1. ZHU.Studs
2. Passiflora Vitiflora Studs
The offer ends this Sunday (22md March 2009).
Happy Green Day!
xoxo,
-Me-

The Details

Most of my designs/creations were really tiny – and yet I stress a lot on my creation’s “details”. I am not sure if you are able to tell the difference between these photos and what have been photographed before – I know I am very, very happy now with these pictures because, I, finally, am able to present you what valued most for my designs and creations - the “details”.

 

 

   PIPA Earrings

 

 

ZHU Studs

 

 

Passiflora Studs/ Post Earrings

 

 

Snowflakes’ Earrings

 

 

Friendship Band - Bracelet

 

 

Beaded Rosabella Pendant

 

 

The Square Post Earrings

 

Seriously, I hope you would love these pictures – and their details. :)

 

-Me-

Shu-Array Breathable | Ring

Design Background:
My very dear have very sensitive skins and the wedding ring caused rashes around his finger everytime he wears it, so he gave up wearing it after 1 month after our wedding ceremony. I am always curious if there will be some sort of "breathable" and extremely lightweight rings out there so people that have sensitive skins could at least wear their wedding ring.

Then I figured I may as well design one and create it. :)

So here it is, and this is my first attempt composing a ring using this knotting design, please be gentle.

It can be considered as a variation from Passiflora Studs Earrings, in case you are interested, do check out the PASSIFLORA Studs/ Post Earrings Tutorial.

P/S: I didn't know it's a trend now to create knotted jewelry, but I was notified of this page this morning: "Jewelry Trend: Knotted Wire in Jewelry Design (Jewelry PR Division)" by Willis Chan, featuring PIPA Pendant with Purple Cat-Eyes. :)

Check it out if you are keen. (Thanks Willis!)

Passiflora Studs with Korus!!

Techniques:
1) Passiflora Studs
2) Koru motifs by Erin (EarringsbyErin)

So here it is, the variations of both Passiflora Studs as well as Erin's Koru motifs swirls! It's awesome, isn't it? Observe the Passiflora studs - I made them to have LHS and RHS of studs this time, though it's totally up to you if you want to make them totally identical or, to have LHS and RHS! Just change the direction when you create the studs that's all.

As for the Koru swirls, I am sure this won't be the only variation, I look forward seeing your version of it! :D

Have a good weekend all...

Passiflora Studs Plus Dangles, Complete Version

Technique: Passiflora Studs

I didn't know what to do with the dangles ready's studs.. til I created these. I am sure it would still nice if I leave them alone, but I thought let them be together is somewhat... seeing them completes each other...

Hope you like it.

Passiflora Studs plus dangles

So here's the studs that allows dangles - just that I still don't know what do I do with them. Perhaps you could help popping in some ideas? :)

Coiled Passiflora vitifolia Leaf, Studs, Post Earrings, Wire Jewelry, Wired Chinese Knot

Technique: Flora Studs Earrings Tutorial
All metals are Sterling Silver.
Weight: 1.15gram each, 2.3gram in total.
Focal's size: 1cm tall and 1cm at its widest measure.

Variation: Coiling

Sorry I took too long to present you this. It is a little tricky for the coiling portion, but I had fun creating it. Hope you like them! :)

Nancy's Passiflora with lemon chrysoprase

Nancy.W got the tutorial in the morning (U.S) time, which is my night, and then when I woke up the next morning, she shown this to me. :)

What could I've asked for more, Nancy, you're the most hardworking and willing to learn's artist, and adapt FAST!!!! You never cease to amaze me!

Passiflora Vitifolia Studs, go multiplying

So here's some pictures of the recent 2 commissioned pieces (thank you, my dear customers), I've put them together for your viewing pleasure. :)

Both pairs have very unique settings, if you are going to spot the differences, have fun! :)

TUTORIAL - STEP BY STEP WIRE JEWELRY - The Love Knot, PASSIFLORA Studs, Post Earrings

Tutorial-DCH006: The Love Knot, PASSIFLORA Studs, Post Earrings.
Level: Intermediate to Advance.

This item is also available at my Etsy store. You don't have to be a PayPal user, you may use Credit Card for payment.


This tutorial is for an intermediate to advance skill level, however the photos and directions in the tutorial are clear enough for a beginner to try on it.
Introduction:
This step-by-step guide was composed using 55(including coverpage) high-resolution pictures. In this document, it also listed out the tools and materials used to achieve this composition.

Delivery:
The PDF format document will be sent to the E-mail address set in your Etsy account within 24 hours or lesser upon payment received. File size: 1.8MB

Special Thanks to:
Johnathen Liew, the complete dummy in jewelry making, for proofread this tutorial. :)

Thong Liew, my dearest brother who contributed in making the tutorial cover perfect. :)

And many thanks to our dear fellowship that contributed in knowledge sharing of Chinese Knots out there.

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PLEASE DO NOT LEND TO OTHERS, SHARE AMONG FORUM, SHARE AMONG FRIENDS, COPY AND MASS PRODUCE THE EARRINGS OUT OF IT. And if you would be so kind, please give a credit to me if my tutorial inspired you or helped you in your jewelry making journey, it would be greatly appreciated!

Our fingers

LOL!

I feel a little sorry for myself whilst editing pictures for my new tutorial. My poor fingers!!! Life should have been easier, isn't it? I hope no ones complain! :P

Dear reader, if you make jewelry too, I'd bet you have fingers like mine too - no matter how you'd butter your hand with creams every 30 minutes. People get to see the end result too easily, but seldom would they get to see what's behind the scene and what they are really paying for.

I pray for wisdom and intelligence to not to miss and appreciate every single artist out there, for your hard work and passion, and most importantly, your creativeness.

DCH006 Passiflora Studs

I am currently working on the new tutorial, Passiflora Studs.

Again this is another Wired Chinese Knot made-into-success, it took me awhile to finally decide to write a tutorial for this technique - special thanks to you (you know who you are) for encouraging me and providing me endless supports all these while.

I've finally worked out the details and came up with a formula to make this pair of earrings. With the technique introduced, you may apply your own preference in creating your very own Passiflora Studs. The above picture itself is already showing two variations, you may try to spot the difference!

P/S The tutorial is under construction at the moment, I will announce it when it's passes it's Quality Assurance process and ready to be published.

Please check back for updates.