THEME CHALLENGE: Hearts and Flowers

**bob flemming** · 31-01-2010, 12:55 AM

Willow, that is beautiful!

The thing I love most about my jewellery class is how everyone is given the same remit, yet everyone comes up with something completely different.

**MuranoSilver** · 31-01-2010, 07:51 AM

Elli - love that bottom heart with the cut out. Is that a woven mesh behind or syringe work? It works really well with the texture on the top

nic x

**MuranoSilver** · 31-01-2010, 07:57 AM

I'm making some more of these today - OMG I think I've found the first of a new range!

Flower set montage on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
nic x

**lynnm** · 31-01-2010, 08:52 AM

Wow Love those Nic!!!

**elliboo** · 31-01-2010, 09:24 AM

Thanks Nic, the mesh is fine silver wire (I think it's 0.2 or 0.3mm), knitted on 0.8mm needles and sandwiched between 2 pieces of metal clay - my first attempt, so I'm pretty pleased - next time, I'll try a bigger cut out and hope the shrinkage won't warp the knitting too much.

I love the flowers, and especially the wrapped bail pendant - it almost looks like a flower tendril.

**MuranoSilver** · 31-01-2010, 09:31 AM

Wow you knitted the mesh - KUDOS to you (I've never tried knitting wire but would love to try viking weave).
If you did a bigger cut out, do you think it would work if you made a puffed heart shape out of fimo -
baked it and then used it as a former to push the mesh into a slightly 3D shape?
Copper mesh might be an interesting variant too....
Your design has a lot of possibilities - LOVE it

Thank you Lynn & Sharon for the flower comments

Sharon I was trying for some kind of tendril bail, but would still like it to look more "part" of the pendant.
Maybe I'll need to do the bail in Silver Clay too (though that would add more to the work)

nic x

**elliboo** · 31-01-2010, 10:45 AM

Hmm - maybe, the fab thing about knitting is that it gives. I might just try that tomorrow

(my first day of peace in about 2 weeks!)

**Sunnybank** · 01-02-2010, 12:27 PM

A little hammered heart!

I just polish the with micromesh so the white from the pickle is left in the hammer marks.

**amazingbabe** · 01-02-2010, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by MuranoSilver

I'm making some more of these today - OMG I think I've found the first of a new range!

Flower set montage on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
nic x

wow nic just love this new range fab

**willow** · 01-02-2010, 12:37 PM

Thankyou for your lovely comments, all the other items are fab. isn't it fascinating all the different ideas on the same theme.
I love those flowers with tendrils Nic.