Comments on: Patience & Determination: The Gemstone Garland Choker https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Sun, 13 Sep 2015 01:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Sherry Hooker https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19085 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 23:59:31 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19085 Lady Mockingbird,
Sorry it was of no help. I wasn’t even thinking about wrapped loops… duh. You do such amazing work, was hoping to lighten the load.

]]> By: Lady Mockingbird https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19082 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 20:10:03 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19082 Sherry,
You are so kind to direct me to that tool link. I’ve actually seen it before, but it won’t work for what I’m doing as it clips of the tail of the loop and because I must use such thin gauge wire with these gemstones an open loop like that one will pull open just by the weight of the gemstone swinging around. I do closed wrapped loops where the tail gets wrapped around the straight part of the headpin just below the loop itself to secure each one. That’s why it takes so long to get each one done.
Again thanks for the info, though. I’m always on the look out for tools that will make a job easier.

]]> By: Sherry Hooker https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19081 Wed, 03 Jul 2013 19:10:23 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19081 Lady Mockingbird, I love all the pieces you share with us. And this is no exception. It is so beautiful. I found a tool you might be interested in that would speed up making the loops for your dangles;
youtu.be/Qj_G_ahC0pM
I hope it is something that would allow you to make more of these.

]]> By: Lady Mockingbird https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19059 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 18:44:41 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19059 Ohh, such wonderful replies to this one. My appreciation goes out to each of you. And I’ll answer the questions, too.

1. Now that I’ve got the piece finished and I feel that it looks so good, I’ve nearly forgotten the pains of making it. So, yes, I’ll probably do more gemstone garland pieces. Maybe I’ll keep it to one per year, or only do them on commission, but the results are so pretty and slinky. The feel of this around one’s neck is delightful.

2. Oh I’m selling it. I cannot afford to keep it. Not if I want to buy more gemstones.

Lady M

]]> By: Renee https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19053 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 17:57:07 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19053 Beautiful doesn’t even begin to describe this choker! It was well worth the time you spent on it.

]]> By: Sandra Litva Moran https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19048 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:02:44 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19048 Absolutely beautiful! 🙂

]]> By: Bev Carlson https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19041 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:48:05 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19041 The results are simply beautiful! The story is very familiar. Plans/circumstances all change.

]]> By: Nancy Bailey https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19035 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:15:26 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19035 Your work is beautiful and what patience! They are very elegant and love the colors you have chosen.

]]> By: Colleen https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19034 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:08:20 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19034 One word…WOW!! What a beautiful necklace & bracelet. Glad you stuck with it. Now….are you keeping it or selling it? Lol if I did that, it would definitely be MY keeper.

Congrats on a beautiful job!

]]> By: Tamara https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-19032 Tue, 02 Jul 2013 11:55:19 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-19032 Wow, that is incredible patience, and lovely pieces! Can you imagine if you had decided to do a longer necklace instead of a choker? 🙂

]]> By: Olga https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/patience-and-determination/#comment-18962 Sat, 29 Jun 2013 14:13:12 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=27162#comment-18962 It’s beautiful! I’m glad you stuck along with it 🙂

Would you ever tackle a similarly time consuming project again?

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