RAW - Catching Up

So I had my head in the sand for most of the month of March, and completed all of my RAW52 rings during the very last week. 

Good news is, this is a personal challange, so no one is really watching you and thinking "gosh, that chick is so far behind!"

If you would like to find out more about the challange, follow this link http://metalriot.blogspot.com/

Here is a brief catch-up

Latin:  I shall not want

Latin:  Let not your heart be troubled

Latin:  I am always with you

My take on my favorite Arcade Fire song: Sprawl II

(go watch the best performance of it here!!!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab2DDmwYVQw )

And into infinity, ring



Pink Peruvian Opal Teardrop

Until next time

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xoxoxxx

RAW52 Week 7 - Lycanthropy

This ring marks Week 7 in the RAW52 2011 Challenge. The thought behind this project, is to make a ring every week for the year of 2011, and to document the progress with photos of each ring. There are so many talented artists that have joined into this group, and you can find out a bit more about by following this link.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/ringaweek/

I am

Hungry

Like

The Wolf.

Organic

Animalistic

Coppery

Rusticated

Oxidized

Hand Drawn

Etched

Howl

At

The Moon.



Made to order in your size, and can be found in The Shop today ;o)

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xoxoxxx

RAW52, Week 6

Ring A Week 2011, Week 6, complete.

"All Those Threes"

A gorgeous picasso jasper, set in oxidized sterling, with 4 sets of reoccurring 3's all over the ring.

Size 9 3/4

In The Shop tonight!

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xoxoxxx



RAW52, Week 3 and 5

So I realized that I never blogged about RAW52 week 3....

TaDa.

Recycled scraps from when I was first learning to solder.

Repurposed, Reborn, Relived.

RAW52, Week 5.

Etched brass, oxidized.

Experimenting with some very organic ideas and shapes.

This is officially phase 1.



I am absolutely loving this group and project.  It's a great way to keep me moving forward, even when my studio is so cold that I had to cut the tips of the fingers off of my gloves so that I can work without my hands turning in to icicles!!!

To find out more about RAW52, go HERE.

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xoxoxxx

RAW52 #4

This week, life escaped me, and left the bits and pieces of my metal love,

strewn about unfinished on my bench.

Without further ado, here below is my Ring a Week 2011 number 4.

A beautiful creamy feather, once owned by one of the fat ducks floating about contendly on the Concho River this weekend.  I'm not sure if they are aware of losing it, but unfortunately my antics of jumping about on the shore of the river yelling for the owner, accomplished nothing but some odd sqwaking in my general direction.  So I turned it into my ring for the week, since I realized while I was living my life this week I had run out of time to meet my personal deadline.

Here's to greater dreams of rings to be made this week, out of metal.

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xoxoxxx



RAW52 - Week 2

Week 2 out of 52 - DONE

Ring A Week 2011

Gorgeous translucent Rose Quartz

Set in a simple scalloped bezel...

Looks fantastic on a middle finger...

Nice wide band, feels marvelous on your hand...



Heavily oxidized and rusticated...

I left the oxidization beneath the stone so it would reveal the darkness through it.

A gorgous dark beauty, this lovely cocktail ring has been officially dubbed "The Dark Rose"

A perfect size 8

Available in The Shop at 3:00pm CST

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xoxoxxx

RAW52 - Week 1

So 52 rings, for the year of 2011.

I am part of a wonderful group of talented metalsmiths, all participating in the Ring A Week 2011 Challenge (RAW2011)!

Last year, many participated in a RING A DAY....wow.  I wanted to join in, but knew I could never make a complete piece of jewelry every day due to my schedule.  So this year when I heard about the RAW, I knew that this was actually feasable for me to accomplish.

I will be blogging about my progress, but you can find the official blog HERE

So without further ado, I present my RAW52, Week 1

I have brought back my popular Hammerhead Series

This one has a lovely Laguna Saginite

Oxidized and rusticated to perfection

Tumbled for brillance



In a glorious size 8

Available this evening for purchase in my Etsy Store!