New Fan Coral Earrings

Sea Fan Coral Earrings

Fan Coral Earrings

These are going to make awesome Fan Coral Earrings! They will have a left and right earring with ear wires. The Fan Coral piece is 1.5" tall and 5/8" wide cast in solid Sterling Silver and then polished. 

Sarah's Orchid Cuff - Step by Step Completed

Orchid Wax Cuff Completed...if she likes it.

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Had a little change...

...We changed out the sesquipedales (on each side of the cuff) for the Aerangis articulata. It took some work but I totally understands her reasoning but glad we kept the main orchid, the sobennikoffia.

I can't really show off her beautiful photographs but look up the Aerangis articulata and you can see where I'm going with this.

Everything a little sharp right now...nothing has been attached, sort of laying on my frame at this point.

Making progress, all of the orchids will have a polished finish but I still have a lot of fine tuning before that can happen.

Sculpting three of these little orchids to put on 

the other side of cuff.

Working on the side of the cuff today.

I have added Orchid leaves, couple of buds and another smaller orchid to one side.
The other side is going to have a cluster of smaller orchids.

Once the whole concept is completed, I'll take all of the pieces off and fine tune every piece and add  the final detail to everything.

Fiddled with the design a bit, took the orchid off and now I'm re-sculpting it to look like a angraecoid orchid based on the photos Sarah has sent me. It has to be perfect and that's tough because I'm taking a very three dimensional flower and having to flatten it out yet have all the characteristics. I did make a little change in the design but that's why I quickly made the orchid and wanted to see it on the cuff. Great thing about wax...it allows you to melt, scrape, & cut until it's exactly like you want it.

Well so far, this was what I saw in my head...now I have to add the leaves, more buds plus add several smaller orchids to the right and left side of the center flower.

I have a lot more work to do...only about 20% completed so I'll keep you posted on the progress.

Well its time to start sculpting on Sarah's Cuff. I spent yesterday feeding my mind on orchid pictures, 

looking at stems, buds and flowers...

...so now its time to make the base of the cuff which I've decided to make based on the curly stems. I know those have a different name but "stem" is working for me at the moment. Once I make a base, I can start sculpting the orchid components...one petal at a time.

Etsy Wholesale - Accepted!

Etsy Wholesale

Awesome news today, Etsy purchased Tumblr to create a Wholesale Marketplace for small businesses like mine to be seen by wholesale buyers. I put my application in and I was accepted! 

Etsy is still in the Beta mode, gathering up artisan who want to go wholesale and fit their profile, so it will be exciting to see the unveiling of this new Wholesale Website from Etsy! I will keep you updated on the new site!

Fan Coral Necklace with Starfish

Fan Coral and Starfish Necklace

Dawn Vertrees Starfish Earrings

New Starfish Earrings

I love these Starfish Earrings, they are about an inch wide (tip to tip) 

and hang from one tentacle 

which make these elegant beachwear jewelry!

Available in Post & Ear Wires

Cheeca Lodge Signature Gift Shop - Exclusive Seahorse Collection

Cheeca Lodge

Cheeca Lodge Signature Gift Shop in Islamorada, Fl not only carries my Nautical Collection, but we have developed a line of Seahorses for Cheeca!

Meet ChiChi

Available at the Cheeca Lodge & Spa

This photo of Cheeca Lodge & Spa is courtesy of TripAdvisor

Verace Showcases my Nautical Collection

Verace

St. John, US Virgin Islands

I just received some really great pictures from one of the owners (Julie) at Verace in St. John US Virgin Island. They mainly carry my Nautical Collection but look how beautiful their store is...I'm going to have to add a pillow to my chair just so that I can sit a little taller in my chair.

I can't wait to do that Trunk Show!

  

Ghost Orchid Bronze Sculpture

Ghost Orchid 

Bronze Sculpture

The Ghost Orchid aka: Dendrophylax lindenii

The Ghost Orchid intrigues me the most. Books & Blogs have been developed, several novels have been written about it and a Movie, Adaptation with Nicolas Cage & Meryl Streep was based on the book, The Orchid Thief...there is just a lot going on with this particular orchid.

It is perhaps the most revered orchid in the United States, if not the world and It is one of the rarest orchids found only in South Florida, Cuba, and Haiti, most likely existing on other nearby Caribbean islands in addition and I am proud to say, I had the pleasure of seeing this leafless orchid in person!

A great blog for additional information on the Ghost Orchid: http://www.ghostorchid.info/

I sculpted this bronze sculpture in wax, exactly like my jewelry I make and then we cast in piece in Bronze. I added a high polish finish to the front of the flower and a stain finish to the back.

To purchase this piece, go to:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/120468242/ghost-orchid-bronze-sculpture

Ships in 2-3 weeks

Material: High polished solid bronze

Total Height: 9" 

Flower/Spur (stem) Height: 7"

                                    Base: 2" Tall x 4" Wide Square Black Marble Base 

                                       

Tropical Key West Pendant for Helen

This one is for Helen...

Key West Tropical Collection

This is also what you call a balancing act!

Only 13/4" high this pendant features (6) Heart Shaped Philodendron leaves (1) Philodendron Leaf (1) Palm Leaf (1) Banana Leaf (1) Hibiscus Flower (1) Boulder Opal surrounded by Bamboo

This piece will be cast in 14k Yellow Gold & Sterling Silver...WHEW!

...and matching Earring, of course

Almost finished, these will be cast in SS & 14k Yellow Gold 

to match the pendant.

Scooter, my Treefrog Pendant

My little Scooter is getting a makeover...

Meet Scooter!

I've had the pleasure of sculpting some adorable tree frogs in the past years and needless to say, to pick just one to expand the line on was a difficult decision.  

Scooter is approximately 2" tall but will be reduced to 1 1/8" tall and around 3/4" tall to expand the collection to include a smaller pendant, left & right ear wire earrings as well as an adorable charms for your charm bracelet.

The New Scooter Collection will also be available in 14k Gold & 14k Gold Plated

Available by Feb. 1, 2013

For more information, please contact me at dawnvertrees@gmail.com