Motorized Drum Carder...

This post is for the Tuesday Spinning Group at Allyn Knit and Spin...here are a couple of photos of my FitzGyver'd Ashford drum carder...we have it mounted on an old television/vcr cart...

Enjoy!

Deb

Irish Oats

I've been playing in my fiber studio!

Irish Oats colorway ... felted hat and scarf.

Enjoy!

Marissa's Jewels....

For the Bride....

For the Bridesmaids...

For the Moms...

Enjoy!
Deb

Marissa's Jewels Continued....

Coming back to jewelry making after a two year sabbatical has been an experience!  Everything takes twice as long as I think it should...I promise I'll be the most organized jewelry artist on the planet before this is done...since I have to search and find everything I need and I'm labeling all my drawers and boxes as I go along...I spent an hour this  morning looking for my 3mm bezel cups!!  I bet they heard me snarling all the way to Seattle...

I've almost finished Marissa's pendant and earrings...a little more sanding to go and a couple of bezel cups to add...I hope to fire them tomorrow and then on to the enameling....

Enjoy!

Deb

Earthly Joys and Natural Wonders....

I am still finding myself drawn to fiber art...and combining it in with my jewelry to make a statement...

 Enjoy!

Deb

Thowing Some Wool Around...

My First Wet Felted Scarf ...merino and mohair...

"Harvest Dance"

Enjoy!

Deb

For Marissa...

This is going to be a bit unusual...this post is for my niece, Marissa.  I'm making the jewelry for her wedding as my gift to her and she wanted to see what I planning.  And some of my online friends might enjoy seeing the pieces, too....

Marissa, I'm thinking of doing variations of leaf motifs for all of the jewelry.  For the moms I have a design that has become one of my signature pieces, a stylized leaf shape.

For Will's mom, wearing black and gold, a piece similar to the one in the center below...gold and silver with a sunstone.  It would be on a vermiel mini omega chain.

For your mom, the same design set with holley blue chalcedony.

For the bridesmaids, an enameled ginkgo leaf...like this one but without the purple...all the enamel in shades of green...

And for you, a sprig of leaves with enameled leaves...

 Open work like the one above...on a strand of green amethysts instead of the garnet...and with enameling and stones set like the piece below...

Let me know what you think...

Deb