Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Work in Progress Wednesday - Quick and Dirty

Hi all. Hope your day was wonderful.  I have been working tirelessly since 8 this morning (it's 9:15pm now) and am quite ready for a break.  Not one to disappoint, I threw together a quick and dirty "work in progress Wednesday" blog post for your enjoyment.  Here's what I made today (this, while I simultaneously worked on 3 custom orders).


Finished bracelet
Bracelet in carnelian and sterling silver. 
The little embellishments in the corners are my own hand drawn Art Nouveau doodles.
You know how much I adore that Art Nouveau.


Step one, pierce
Step one, pierce with a jeweler's saw.


Solder on bezel wall
Soldering on the bezel wall.


Post-patina, pre-polish
Post-patina, pre-polish.



Setting the cabochons
Setting the stones.


Finished bracelet
Finished!



Feels great on the wrist. It jingles a little and has a nice weight to it.



Now to go spend time with my much neglected husband.  Have a great evening :)

(you can click on the pictures to make them bigger)

17 Comments:

Blogger Jhenah said...

I love this so much it hurts!!! You are amazing, woman!

October 14, 2009 9:36 PM  
Blogger purplesunset24 said...

Beautiful bracelet!!! :)

October 14, 2009 9:40 PM  
Blogger Happy Banyan said...

That is beautiful and looks great on!

October 14, 2009 9:40 PM  
Blogger Alicia Istanbul said...

Thanks, guys. Thanks, Jhenah! :)

October 14, 2009 9:42 PM  
Blogger AlyGatr said...

WOW!!!!! I'm practically speechless :) I used to have this keen bracelet back in the late 80's (or was it early 90's) that was from Spiegels...only it was in gold...or faux finish anyway and similar colored stones. Your bracelet reminds me of it...only WAY nicer.

October 14, 2009 9:45 PM  
Blogger liz r. said...

Magnificent!

October 14, 2009 10:37 PM  
Blogger RosyRevolver said...

I would totally eat that bracelet, it looks so good.

How do you cook 'em so fast, woman???

: )

October 14, 2009 11:00 PM  
Blogger Taya said...

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!!!

October 14, 2009 11:21 PM  
Blogger Julia B said...

Thank you so much for showing some of the process! I love things like that, and it's a beautiful bracelet :-)

October 14, 2009 11:57 PM  
Blogger TheFrogBag said...

Oh wow. I am in love with that bracelet!

October 15, 2009 2:40 AM  
Blogger lisaslovlies said...

That bracelet is stunning. Wow.

October 15, 2009 6:25 AM  
Blogger Blue Piranha said...

So nice to see you branching out! I love the bracelet and am in awe of your skills. Best of luck this weekend!

October 15, 2009 10:17 AM  
Blogger cabin + cub said...

lovely! always so neat to see the work in progress from start to finish!

October 15, 2009 11:46 AM  
Blogger nancy said...

i love it alicia it looks great on you

October 16, 2009 8:58 PM  
Blogger Alicia Istanbul said...

Thank you, thank you, thank you, everyone :)

October 18, 2009 9:29 AM  
Blogger Michelle Moyer said...

Thanks for sharing how you made the bracelet. Good stuff!

October 20, 2009 1:02 AM  
Blogger DannieGlam said...

that is a amazing bracelet!

October 20, 2009 9:57 PM  

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