My hydrangea Workings leading up to design indaba

Hydranges Ring- moveable flowers

electroformed hydrangea Rings

I was not sure about these electroformed hydrangeas when I was making jewellery and trying to incorporate them into designs, but after usin 2 of them to make rings that fit together I am pleased with how they look on the hand. My first hesitations were beacuse I was not sure if the flowers would look too stiff or "formal in metal" but now I like the way the flowers look as if they have been captured.

More Hydrangea pieces for an order

So I have finished the order for Denmark and have learnt alot. From having to ship the order, to receiving a foreign currency into your account, to bubble wrapping and to communicating, there is alot of info to find out and is not as easy as it may seem, but once you have done it once it will be alot easier for the next time! I was really weary about shipping my jewellery just using the speed services at the normal SAPO but turns out they are actually organised and you can insure the items that you send. I guess this will make life easier for my etsy shop as I now have some information on shipping costs/postage procedures!

From first order that I sent to denmark to this order now I feel that my jewellery has improved a whole lot. For instance, my catches on the bracelets were made with more awarness on the safety element of the bracelet to insure that it does not come off once it is on the wrist. I used a wider range of sizes of hydrangeas which gave the bracelet more of a feel of flowers being around your wrist and and I used alot of small flowers which i find distinguish the shape of the stylized hydrangea better, but there needs to be a mix of sizes which is what I did.

Enamelled delicate flowers

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Another order from Denmark, Yay!

I have got another order from Denmark for my Hydrangea jewellery so the fun begins again. the shop needs the jewellery asap so I have started today! Here is my beginings I love the look of these hydrangeas when the paper burns away!

Fixing a pendent

I made this pendent last year and a sweet lady bought it but by mistake it broke so i fixed it for her! her name is also Michelle, funny that.

An order for little people silver charms

I had an order for some more little charms. They fit in quite well with the little silver people section I am doing in my B-tech.

Pretzels

I made a mould of pretzels and cast them with silver and poly uraphane.