Comments on: Rena’s Lessons In Practice! https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/renas-lessons-in-practice/ free jewelry tutorials, plus a friendly community sharing creative ideas for making and selling jewelry. Mon, 16 Oct 2017 01:57:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.15 By: Mary Wong https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/renas-lessons-in-practice/#comment-52703 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:29:18 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=32680#comment-52703 They are not perfect but visually close. I’m pretty sure the technique I used was no doubt from one of your lessons. I taped the 2 pieces of wire together at various points. Then mark on both wires with a sharpie where the bends are. Oh, here’s another thing I got from you — I bought a ring mandrel prompted by your ring tutorials to create consistency in the curves. The smaller half was curved around ring size 7, the larger was ring size 9. Then something I actually thought of myself — no, wait! I think the idea for it came from your book about making an image using the printer copy feature. I made a copy of my first prototype and then used that as a template to gauge the shape. Well, Rena. Your ideas have permeated my conscious and subconscious! 😀

]]> By: Rena Klingenberg https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/renas-lessons-in-practice/#comment-52702 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:45:36 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=32680#comment-52702 Thank you, Lynda! That means a lot coming from you – with your diverse jewelry skills and all the coursework you’ve done! 🙂

]]> By: Rena Klingenberg https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/renas-lessons-in-practice/#comment-52701 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:44:47 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=32680#comment-52701 Mary, Thank you so much for sending in this post. I love seeing what you’ve been making with what you learned from my wire class!

And what impresses me the most about your heart earrings is how symmetrical they are to each other! To me that’s always a bit tricky to accomplish with wire earrings, but you’ve done a beautiful job of matching them. I also really like your design for these asymmetrical hearts – very nicely done.

What a treat to see the great wirework you’re doing! 🙂

]]> By: Mary Wong https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/renas-lessons-in-practice/#comment-52700 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 22:33:07 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=32680#comment-52700 I always find them useful! Big and small nuggets each time.

]]> By: Lynda https://jewelrymakingjournal.com/renas-lessons-in-practice/#comment-52664 Fri, 28 Mar 2014 18:33:52 +0000 http://jewelrymakingjournal.com/?p=32680#comment-52664 Very sweet jewelry! Rena’s wire work tutes are just the best, aren’t they?

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