Time to go to work!

With the holiday season fast approaching, it is time for this lazy artist to go to work creating some unique jewels. I plan on designing some larger, deep colored and bold pieces for fall and winter fashion. The new fasion trends call for bold! Most importantly it calls for unique which is my trademark. Each one of my designs are one of a kind and they are signed and dated on the back. Since each piece of jewelry is made by hand, no two are ever alike. New Fall and winter jewels will appear in my Etsy shop after the Labor Day weekend is over. I invite you to visit often to see the new Jewelry accessories as I list them.

Marbles

I came across this beautiful fractured marble at my local bead shop a couple of weeks ago. I found out that they are wonderful when strung onto memory wire because the memory wire makes them sit in the natural hollow of the neck.
I have put this blue one on silver plated memory wire with silver plated and glass beads. It will fit up to a 19 inch neck. You can see more of it in my Etsy store, where you will find some of my other new memory wire listings. Enjoy...

Steampunk Airship

Steampunk fascinates me! I was totally engrossed in the movies 'The league of Extraordinary Gentlemen' and 'Skycaptain and the World of Tomorrow'. If you have not seen these movies, they are worth watching. I find the whole 19th century, industrial revolution genre quite addicting. I have just discoverd a lot of Steampunk in the game Final Fantasy too. Very interesting.....anyway, here is a little sculpture that I created this weekend of a Steampunk Airship. All I can say is that I had a blast making it. It is for sale in my Etsy store if you would like to see more pictures or purchase it. It is a signed and dated one of a kind.

An Accidental Beauty

Sometimes when I mix my polymer clay colors, a very pretty accident happens as I run the clay through my pasta machine. While working on some of my wishboxes, I found myself with a bunch of leftover clay. I gathered it up and just randomly stuck it together. I decided to blend it and ran it through my pasta machine a few times and came up with a very unique, warm and bronzed looking color combination. I trimmed some rough edges and voila' a beauty appeared! I added a simple coiled bail made from gold wire and strung the pendant using some beads that I had laying around. I then made some simple beaded wire earrings that I formed from the same gold wire as the bail...here is the end product. It will be available in my Etsy store this weekend. You can go there by clicking on any of my jewelry pictures or my Etsy link tab.

My Polymer Clay News

A new experiment in polymer clay sculpting has turned out well for me. I started making little wish/keepsake boxes and included a gold tied scroll inside them (to write your wish on) and I am very happy with the way that they have turned out. The oval ones are a whole lot easier to make than the square ones though. The main cylinder is actually one piece simple while the square takes four seperate pieces to match, bake and then fit together. You can see them all in my Etsy store at www.ajoydesigns.etsy.com. There are some pictures here too. Hope you enjoy them. Each one is unique, signed and dated.

Buy Handmade

There are many talented and creative people in the world who make a living from their art and writing. I have a shop called ajoydesigns on a wonderful website, www.etsy.com. This website features artisans from all over the world. Praise to the creators of Etsy who have given us an affordable place to set up shop and sell our creations. On Etsy you can find just about anything that you are looking for, from the ordinary to the most exquisite and extreme in all price ranges.

Please go and visit my store at http://ajoydesigns.etsy.com and from there I urge you to explore the whole site. You will be delighted in what you find.