Tutorials by K S Jewellery Designs

Tutorials by K S Jewellery Designs
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Wednesday 27 November 2013

Obsession with flowers

For five years as a wirework jewellery maker, I endeavoured to find lots of different ways to include flowers into my designs.  This obsession has carried through to my metalwork jewellery.

http://ksjewellerydesigns.co.uk/ourshop/prod_2984843-Peridot-Sterling-Silver-Flower-Stud-Earrings-Rustic-Flowers.html
Peridot Sterling Silver Rustic Flower Stud Earrings

My flower designs are invariably simplistic and certainly not anatomically correct, however, the shapes and curves within flowers call out to me.  A few years ago my garden was blooming with lots of different flowers I had grown from seed now I make them instead!

http://ksjewellerydesigns.co.uk/ourshop/
A collection of my recent flower jewellery with flowers hand sawn from sterling silver sheet

Thursday 7 November 2013

Free Tutorial - Hammered Hearts

I've been having an up and down week in the world of K S Jewellery Designs... long story! However, here's something good just for you... you can get my new wirework tutorial for FREE!

I have just finished writing a new mini wirework tutorial entitled 'Hammered Hearts' following a request from a customer for instructions on my design. I have put it up for sale in my website shop for £2.00... HOWEVER... for a limited time only (until 15th November 2013) I will e-mail it FREE to anyone who contacts me via my website www.ksjewellerydesigns.co.uk (using the 'contact me' link).
 
http://ksjewellerydesigns.co.uk/ourshop/prod_2951006-HAMMERED-HEARTS-Wirework-Jewellery-Tutorial-emailed-PDF-download.html
 

Saturday 2 November 2013

Texture and shade

My house has been smelling of rotten eggs recently! My kids keep moaning at me!  I have been exploring texture and shade in my jewellery pieces by adding embellishments to silver sheet or hammering it with different implements and I have found the best way to show off these textures is by oxidising.  Normally I'm a lover of bright and shiny silver but for some reason I'm being drawn to the dark side!

http://ksjewellerydesigns.co.uk/ourshop/prod_2941829-Sterling-Silver-Embellished-Flower-Triangle-Earrings.html
Sterling Silver Embellished Flower Triangle Earrings

http://ksjewellerydesigns.co.uk/ourshop/prod_2941069-Sterling-Silver-Little-Leaf-Earrings.html
Sterling Silver Little Leaves Earrings

Both pairs of earrings are listed in my website shop, my Etsy shop and my Folksy shop.