Wintermint Copper and Czech Glass Earrings

With winter mint green seed beads and Czech Aurora Borealis  stars like the Northern Lights, the copper earrings are a beautiful prelude to Spring in the midst of winter.

 I was delighted to get into my stash of Czech mixed beads that I'd purchased for the green drusy quartz.

Using Margot Potter's tutorial, "The Art of Making Earrings," I created the copper earrings for my GemFairy Jewel School review of her dvd tutorial. Potter's Dvd has excellent designs that teach the techniques a beginner needs to build design experience, while bringing inspiration to the experienced jewelry artist.

The earwires are handcrafted with copper wire, a technique Potter teaches in the Dvd, and the shades of winter green are soft and calming in the "lace" beads and starry night charms. One of my favorite designs ever, I wear these lovely, cool earrings often!

 Namaste, 
TJ 


 

Toltec Jewels is an author by day and jewelry artist by night. Her literary work is housed by the San Fransisco MOMA in a permanent collection of mixed media art and is published internationally in popular magazines, literary quarterlies, and university publications. A gemstone collector and jewelry lover, her store offers gemstone beads and she is happiest when creating handcrafted jewelry with her entire family. She has won a number of awards for both her literary and jewelry art.

She is also the creator of Jewel School Friends, a community of expert and emerging jewelry artisans taking inspiration from each other, Jewel School, and jewelry art culture by featuring jewelry designers and bead artists and supporting entrepreneurship for independent artisans. Join her at Jewel School Friends on Facebook for tutorials, community events, challenges, and fundraisers.