Making sparkles!

Last week was a busy one, as I said before, so here's a wee peek at what I was up to. 

I've been doing a project on medal making using the lost wax casting process (which means you carve it out of wax, make a plaster mould of it, melt the wax out and pour the metal in), and this is my final piece (above). The text on it says 'When someone makes you suffer, it is because he suffers and his suffering is spilling over'. Which I really think is true by the way, think about it the next time someone hurts you. I really enjoyed the wax carving actually, although I really didn't expect to and I'm pleasantly surprised with the way my medal turned out. 

My hand in sheet for the end of the project, including some artists research which inspired the shape of the medal, by Heinz Maier. Worth a look!

Then, last week we had some intense stone setting workshops with Brigitte Bezold, and we were taught how to set round stones with a bezel. (SO MUCH FUN)

This is a quick photo of my ring and two other classmates rings too, at a party we went to last weekend, which I also want to post photos from later..

We were also taught how to set round stones within a tube, so almost like cheating at stone setting. Who knew you could cheat?

This is the more traditional form of stone setting, as a claw setting, but because it's used to set diamonds so often, it's also known as a diamond setting. I had so much fun actually making things for myself that I can wear, and I'm so excited for when people ask me 'Are you wearing anything you've made?' and I can say yes!

This is part of a new project I'm working on, which unfortunately I can't talk too much about as it's for a competition, but I'm so excited about it! I don't think I've ever worked on or created a project that's so me. It'll be up soon!

Much love..