Cold Connections

My friend Kathy came down from William Holland Lapidary School, and taught a fantastic, intense, 2-day seminar on Cold Connections at my shop. Everyone had a great time, and made some gorgeous creations.

I am just thrilled with Cold Connections - it is the process of connecting metal without heat - so no soldering. You rivet, grommet, lash, etc - and there are just endless creative possibilities.

I will show a couple of my projects here, and post more later - otherwise, this will be a HUGE post.

Kathy stayed at my house with me and Bailey, and everyone had such fun - we laughed so hard for 4 days straight. Plus poor, neglected (NOT!) Bailey got tons of attention and treats!

This is one pair of earrings I made - I combined copper with sterling - I am still absolutely crazy about mixing metals and textures!

This is one of my pendants - I combined sterling and copper again, and while it is hard to see, there are holes punched all along the bottom edge, where I am either going to beadweave some fringe, or hang some dangles via wrapped loops, or maybe a combination of both - haven't decided yet.

Plus, with the way my schedule has been, it may be weeks before I even get to work on this one again - but busy is good!

I have temporarily closed my Etsy and Artfire Shops, due to the unexpected and early death of my computer's motherboard. I hope to be up and running again in 7-10 days.