Just A Little Something I'm Working On..

I like to polish the inside of the bezels before soldering onto backing., originally uploaded by Nicole Solo.

Click to view a whole set of photos of a work currently in progress.

Photo-Blog; My Studio

Today is a photo-blog day for me, featuring my studio. Click on any of the photos to visit them on my Flickr page and read notes/comments.

Bench - Oct 9th

Bench - Oct 9th, originally uploaded by Nicole Solo.

Wowzas, I am a slob.

Spent the last few days recovering from a stupid repetitve-motion injury.. And playing with my dapping set!! Whee that thing is fun! I made earrings and more earrings and a couple pendants, and some charms.. Been sawing out all sorts of little shapes and playing with copper and brass. Now I just need to figure out what the next *must-have* thing is gonna be! Bees, perhaps?? In any case, new listings to come soon!!

Studio Shot Tuesday - August 28th

Bench - August 28th, originally uploaded by Nicole Solo.

I've been making tons of rings again! I've finally got my bench set up - though I obvously lack in organisation. I'm going to have my handy-dad make me a custom pliers stand and maybe more. Plus I got replacements for my stolen equipment! *Phew*!

Bench, Aug 21

Bench, Aug 21, originally uploaded by Nicole Solo.

I've been in a funk the last few days, all I can think about is my upcoming visit to the Tri-Cities (even though my favourite part about visiting my family is when we get back home to Portland, lol). I feel bad about neglecting my poor bench but haven't set up my flexshaft or any equipment yet to really take advantage of it. I DID however get a little kick with a custom ring order, so I made some rings, and dabbled with a bit of leftover wire I wanted to form into cool earrings. Didn't quite turn out like I planned, but hey, I'm creating here!

Studio Shot Tuesday!

I joined in to show everyone a photo of my studio, as it is today, Tuesday! You can see my soldering station, littered with projects in the works and random tools, and my new jeweler's bench! (though it looks a little empty as I haven't put all of my equipment on it yet)

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New Springy Ring

I finally made the springy ring I've been thinking about for weeks. It was a bit of a battle to get both the inside ring and the coil to be even, and without a noticable joint from the soldering, but I made one! I will keep working on these because I want to get a system down, so I can offer them in specific sizes. A cool thing about it though, is the coil is actually springy enough to accomodate a size 7 thru 8 1/2 finger!

AND

I bought a real jeweler's bench! And ordered a really nice leather chair to spoil myself when I'm working at it. The bench will be delivered on Wednesday and I'm very excited. And with the money left in my bench budget I can afford to replace the flush cutters I mucked up the other day by accident! *whoops*