1 post tagged “bronze”

The quartz in the pic is Harlequin Quartz. It is clear quarts with lepidocrocite and hematite phantoms. I've never seen anything like it.

Two weekends ago I stumbled on polished and faceted strands of it. Well, they may even be drilled Herkimer styled pieces, its so hard to tell. The clarity is phenomenal: perfect clear with what looks like blood and gunpowder splatter inside it...OMG it was gorgeous. $35 a strand, This pic is the closest thing I've found to it. Except these were dou

ble terminated and drilled for stringing. Each one between penny to dime in length...Wow...I have not had a stone or crystal affect me so powerfully as long as i can remember...i mean, initially, i read the tag wrong and thought it was $121 a strand AND WAS WILLING TO PAY IT! I mean literally, trying to figure out how to come up w/ the money...how crazy is that?

Immediately my mind went insane w/ very Gothic & Steamy designs...which I have always shied away from, which is funny to me, well, considering the people I know :) The more I think/fantasize about it I am going more neo-victorian, so it will likely go into some of my steampunk line...am VERY excited :)

Any who, I bought 2 strands of it this weekend and did a Mock up for the first piece I'm making last night in bronze. The quality isn't so hot. Keep in mind this is a mock up in bronze bc I was trying a new technique. There's no glue at all, just the wire, leather and  quartz.

I'll be redoing it in silver tonight. Tho the more I wear this, the more I think I like the rough, bronze look, so I will likely keep it around for my Ren-wear :)

I know the end wraps are rather sloppy, but this is a brand new, just out of my head technique and I was winging it :) So, be nice :P You can't tell but it is twisted square wire so it has a neat texture.