Where Have I Been?

Where have I been?  Learning and making jewelry, of course. I am halfway through Deryn Mentock's Alchemy of Objects online class.  The fish necklace was a lot of fun to make and is a happy piece. The design idea was asymmetrical. I started with an enameled articulated fish from my stash. I used glass pearls, B'Sue Boutiques chain and connectors, with a small seahorse charm from Sis. 

This necklace is focusing on texture. It started with a strand of vintage green glass beads with several shapes. The small mosaic brooch has been waiting to be called up for a long while. I decided this was the perfect companion for the beads. My color scheme is green, blue and brass. I restrung the beads and connected them to the brooch with (gasp) glued on jump rings. Crazy, I know. 

It is lightweight and kinda sparkly. I like making beaded chains and using found objects as the focal. I guess my taste in found objects is expensive vintage. 

This is the latest necklace that I like, but I'm still fussing with. I made the focal from an inexpensive big box frame for microscope slides. I sandwiched a piece of embroidered cloth between 2 pieces of acrylic packaging, then started to bead the chain. The design theme is proportion; I decided to mix up size and placement of beads, add in some brass and bits. Well, maybe too much adding and not enough continuity. Hmmm...still working on this one.