Art for sale!!!

First....I just want to thank all of you who have asked me where you can buy my jewelry ! I finally have my own "store" - and we'll just have to see if it works or I trash the whole thing!

Click here:

Jen's Jewelry Art for sale

Published pieces may have a slightly higher price.

If you want specific measurement, just email me.

I will try to update as soon as an item is sold, but there may be times when a piece you want is already gone!

If you don't do paypal, I take checks and cash! If you have problems with the paypal buttons, just let me know.

And here's a slideshow just for fun!!!

Art Clay Silver- what is it?

My definition: It's wonderful!!!

The official definition: It looks like a moist lump of clay. It's made up of silver particles, organic binders and water. You can mold it and shape it into anything you want. Dry it. Fire it. The binder burns off and the end result is .999 pure silver.

It looks just like sterling silver, but it won't turn your skin green as there are no alloys in it. Sterling is 92.5% silver and 7.5% other matals. Art Clay Silver is 99.9% silver.

And then they came up with a paper type Art Clay Silver. You can diecut it. Emboss it. Metal Repousse it, Origami it.....I just love it!!! And that's what I'm teaching at the Metal Clay World Conference this summer.

Today, if you happened to skype me (an you know who you are) this is what you were greeted with!!!



LOLOL!!! When I work with mini punches and diecuts, I put on my overheads so I can see. I not only have 2 eyes....I think I have about 8 eyes with these on. But let me tell you, I can see the tiniest piece of lint and fuzz with them on!

I have been diecutting like a mad woman!  I cut the bigger pieces first, then punch the scraps.  I definitely need more punches.  The heart is the smallest that I have.  It's about 1/16" across.  Most of the larger ones are under 1" wide.  


All the left over paper gets tossed into my cup, mixed with water and ground into paste


That paste gets put into molds.....and I get even more silver to play with!

I'm going to teach you how to do all this in our pre-conference workshop.  I think you will be amazed.  I didn't even use 3 whole sheets of paper type and I got all this!  So just a little bit goes a real long way!!!

If you can't make it to the conference, I hope to have a video available in August!

Coin bezel Art - fine silver jewelry and more!

My friend, Cindy, came over and brought a bunch of coin bezels and said, "what can we do with these?" And she tossed out a handful of coin bezels on the table.



You know me, my brain just jumped into high gear! LOL! You unscrew the knob on top and pull open the bezel like this:



and insert a coin, screw the top back on, and it's an automatic pendant.



Kerry has traveled all over the world, so I ran upstairs to the desk and pulled out all the foreign coins we have. I found this one from Argentina that fit in the quarter bezel. I layered a piece of Art Clay Silver paper type (that I had already diecut and fired) in the center of the coin. Then covered it all with Glossy Accents and let it dry. Not bad, huh? Just another method of showcasing fine silver in a piece of jewelry!



There is a little depth to these bezels - enough to encase a quarter, so I thought......paper? For this next one, I simply cut out a circle from a Crafty Secrets sticker and placed it on a piece of poster board inside the circle. Then I added a fine silver heart on top. Hey! I think we are on to something!



So, Cindy and I started thinking up names and of course, Coin Bezel Art - CBAs came to mind and just stuck! She's off preparing a website to showcase our new line of jewelry and will be selling the bezels. So if you want bezels, just click here to email her!

For the next one, I decided to go full blown mini collage. Just cut up tiny little pieces. Now, that's my baby photo printed on vellum with a postcard behind it, a little cherub to the left, the word "Remember" on top. and 3 pieces of Art Clay Silver paper type (punched and fired) over on the left. So that I will "remember that angels have watched over me my entire life!"



Of course, you don't have to put fine silver in yours - you can do anything you want! And you could just punch a circle of clear acrylic to put over the top (hey! I forgot, Lucy's little store has inkjet and laser sheets for just $.50 each!)

And Cindy's already working on a Coin Bezel Art website! That girl is FAST!!!

Coin Bezel Art! I think we should have a CBA swap! Anyone want to trade art? I also want to get the bezels in dime or nickel size and make a bracelet - oh dear! I just need more play time! Hmm....Kerry, can we just skip lunch today? LOLOL!!!