There's a fantastic Craft Cafe opened up in my town called Wendy's Workshop and last week I went along to an enamelling class. Here are my first ever attempts!
I quite like this leaf. The glass beads didn't melt as much as I would have liked but they do remind me of three little insect eggs waiting to hatch!
I wanted to make something really colourful and summery. This would have been perfect but for one of the beads that has gone a bit skew. I love the Heart feature!
This one was supposed to let the natural copper of the copper blank show through. I wanted the black and red to look like poppies.
This heart is my favourite. The enamel has pulled away from the edges a little but what the heck - I'll do better next time. I've attached this to a Claret Suede cord and used Vintaj Brass findings. I'm really pleased with the result.
I made another Wire Crochet Necklace with Red Candy Jade beads. I've got another session with Teri Howes lined up so hopefully I can produce more elaborate creations!
your enamel work is gorgeous! well don with the wire crochet too! x
ReplyDeleteWow they are really great, you should be proud especially for first attempts.
ReplyDeleteReally like the leaf one - looks like insect eggs to me too and the heart is fab.
Also your crocheted wire is beautiful, really liking that.
Love the enamel work, it's beautiful! And I really like the crochet wire, it looks so delicate ad lace like.
ReplyDelete~Michele from By Your Side
I love your enamel work - my kind of pieces too. The wire crochet is stunning - I can't even crochet with wool!!
ReplyDeleteHi Jo, these pendants are lovely, I particularly like the poppies pendant! Lovely colours, and its inspiring me to have a go at glass fusion which I've fancied trying for a while! Thank you for sharing these!
ReplyDeleteI want to let you know as well that I've tagged you! Please pop over to my blog to see what's going on, hope you join in! Enjoy, Jo x
Oh, the enamelled work is beautiful! I love the colours! Never done it myself but seeing these makes to want to even more!
ReplyDeleteLovely!!
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