Hi Alysen…the original focal was a round copper piece with an acid-etched desert landscape (including a prickly pear cactus) & sawn mountain ridge as a background. We do quite bit of etched copper work, but sometimes, in my effort to hand-draw finer details, it just ends up icky! Like I said in the original post, every time I looked at it, it made me wince a little. 🙂 I don’t know what I’ll do with it, too much work to just scrap….although, now that I say that, maybe I do have an idea; hammer it flat (it’s slightly domed) & redesign the other side…hmmm….

Interesting. I used to make pieces to give as gifts, but I began to feel that they weren’t appreciated, so I stopped. Now, I, too, only give jewelry as gifts if someone has admired the specific piece. I feel better this way, as I like the idea that my work is going to go someone who appreciates. it.