March 2014 Themed Competition

[Summer]

Beautiful entries,
those little birds are fab :-)

[Sandra]

Oh such lovely entries already! What are the little birds made of if I may ask? Hopefully I'll be posting soon with an entry, as usual while working on mine today I had to learn a couple new lessons the hard way...

[mizgeorge]

Oh such lovely entries already! What are the little birds made of if I may ask? Hopefully I'll be posting soon with an entry, as usual while working on mine today I had to learn a couple new lessons the hard way...

They're lampworked glass Sandra

[Sandra]

Here is my entry for Spring, just in from the workshop! I am rubbish at photographing jewellery but here goes. It's difficult to tell on the pictures but the bail has a little leaf on the bottom. It is made of silver with copper butterflies and a little faceted jewel in a bezel on top. I learned a valuable new lesson while making this - never assume when soldering the bail that it won't heat up the entire piece in the process! I was almost finished and had to redo many things after that
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[Didi]

Fab entries, everyone. Love them all. I have the feeling this is going to be a good month
Didi

[caroleallen]

That's very pretty Sandra.

[Tabby66]

That is really lovely Sandra!!

[mizgeorge]

Very pretty Sandra - are all the silver pieces soldered on as well or was the base piece etched?

[Goldsmith]

Not an entry as I won recently but I couldn't resist showing something for Spring. I haven't been on here much recently as we are still recovering from the floods, we had 6 inches of flood water in most of our downstairs rooms.
Good luck to all entries.

James

[theresa]

I feel sorry for everyone who was flooded, not much you can do until the water has subsided. Fortunately, the recent dry spell will help a lot.
We escaped but lots of houses in the village had springs coming up through their floors and they are still pumping.
I love your piece, such beautiful craftsmanship. Do you have any pieces from when you first started out? I would love to see them.

All the best
Theresa