Thursday, December 8, 2011

A Wedding Gift for Kathy and Wynne

Completed!

Two Matching Pendants for Kathy & Wynne

To read how we came up with this custom design...click here: A Wedding Gift for Kathy & Wynne


New Fusion Ocean Cuff


While waiting on a new mandrel to come in for Diane's Starfish Cuff I finished up a new Fusion Cuff...It will have the fan coral fused into the cuff with the starfish dots. This cuff will be only 7/8" wide, Medium to Large Cuff which is rare for me to do...I usually start at 2" I'm hoping to do a three-tone finish of 18k gold plated finish on the fan coral and Sterling Silver Dots with a Black Rhodium Finish or just a very dark antiquing.

The piece will take on the Fusion design once completed...dots and all too!

Monday, December 5, 2011

Ghost Orchid Pendant


Ghost Orchid Pendant



14k Solid Gold Ghost Orchid Pendant
is now available on our Etsy Shop

A Necklace just for me....and you.

Gratuated Bamboo Necklace

I made this necklace for me as well as for you. It lays flat, has 
nice weight plus it's just great everyday jewelry.

Each Necklace is made to fit you exactly, 
just specify your 
size.

Sandra wearing my necklace as well as 
my favorite Curved Bamboo Earrings.


Available on our Etsy Shop

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Our very own model...

My daughter-in-law, Sandra Simms has graciously accepted my request to
model some of my jewelry so that you can see how they look on a person,
with a dress etc. Sandra is about 5'6", slim and beautiful blue eyes.

Here she is wearing a Fan Coral Necklace from my
Ocean Reef Collection. It's Sterling Silver, Solid 14k gold and three
small accent diamonds.

Here is a perfect example of what I wanted to accomplish having
Sandra wear my jewelry. This Starfish cuff fits a medium wrist which Sandra has.

...another perfect example, Sandra wears a size 7 ring and
although she doesn't have short fingers, she doesn't have
extra long either.

I have 43 photographs showing different pieces and I have left every photo in full size format so that you can see the detail of the jewelry. Check out our "Model Jewelry" Page to see additional model shots.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Starfish and Fan Coral Cuff - Updated


Just finished the sculpting on the Starfish & Fan Coral Cuff.
The starfish is going to be 18k gold (heavy plated) and the 
Fan Coral is going to be Sterling Silver.

This piece can be pre-ordered from our Etsy Shop.



Starfish and Fan Coral Cuff

Wow, talk about still being in the rough on this one, three days of work
and it still looks like this. Oh well, my family has given it a two thumbs up so
in a couple of day (Monday or Tuesday) I'll follow up on some new updated photos.


Width: 1 3/4"

Got my Dots on

One side done, now the other...

Time consuming but worth it.


Working on the other half.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

New One-of-a-Kind December Special

New
One-of-a-Kind
pieces

I will be introducing several new pieces in our Kudzu & Bamboo line that are one-of-a-kind pieces. I have sculpted (between jobs) so far 2 new kudzu rings which will match the small kudzu cuff design and these two bamboo pieces shown, Wide Bamboo Ring plus the Bamboo Necklace. (still working on the necklace)

These will be sculpted, cast, polished and sold. If you are interested in one of these pieces...please e-mail me asap at dawnvertrees@gmail.com for availability and pricing.

The options for materials will be Sterling Silver, 18k plated, or solid 14k/18k gold, your choice if chosen before they are cast.

Look for additional pieces I'll be sculpting over the next 3 days.

I will make an Ocean Reef piece as a one-of-a-kind on request, again, just e-mail me.

Thanks again,
Dawn




These are just great everyday Bamboo Rings.
Rings are available in my Etsy Shop

Two new Bamboo Bands, very simple but has all the
detail that a bamboo ring should have. The one on the left is more contemporay
whereas the one on the right is your traditional bamboo wrap.




Completed! These turned out adorable, I must take some time to make more of these.
Rings will be available Dec. 2 on our Etsy Site.


If you like my small kudzu cuff...these cute little rings are the matching pieces,
especially the one on the left. The Kudzu band on the right is a little chunkier...but
they both look as if you went out into the woods and wrapped a twig around your finger.
These will be two tone, twig in Sterling Silver and the leaves in 14 gold or 18k gold plated.



OK...this is just cool. Definitely will be making a complete set.

OK, my thinking sort of took a detour somewhere else in my brain but once I put this on (in wax),
it was way too cool. If you like long rings like I do...this is it. This one will have to be
cast and re-photographed asap...because it's just too cool. Katie??? Are you seeing this one?

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Back in my studio...happy happy happy!

My Studio
As soon as I get in, I turn my music on (103.7 Country),
turn on the waxer, and head to my computer...life is good when I get to sculpt.


Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Bamboo Dream Cuff

I'm going to call this my Dream Cuff because in one
split second while asleep, I saw this design flash by.
So while at our show in Gainesville, FL the next morning, I quickly sketched it out.

I threw it out there while talking to some of my customers and got a thumbs up
on the concept. So, this is where I'm at, if I can design this without being a weapon on
your arm, then it's a go...more later.