Playful Hearts - Enduring Love

I mixed hearts & infinity symbols in this piece… Sterling Silver with a center heart of torch-fired enamel on Copper.

The chain used continues the motif since it is an infinity chain (alternating ovals & infinity shapes) and has two little silver hearts inserted, one on each side of the main pendant.  The earrings are simple little silver hearts.

The top of the central pendant is made from a piece of rectangular wire, this is both decorative and structural.

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Playful Hearts - Encircled by Love

Another piece using hearts of torch-fired enamel on Copper, this time in pink… I call this piece "Encircled by Love" because it makes me think of a hug, or of being surrounded by loved ones…

The circle is made from a medium-weight piece of 1/2 Round wire (you're seeing it from the side), with the curved edge to the outside.  The chain is an infinity or figure-8 style…  Everything except the hearts is Sterling Silver.

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Playful Hearts - A Picture of Love

Simple, clean lines, but cheerful & sweet… this is a piece that is certain to please… I call this "A Picture of Love"….

Hearts of torch-fired enamel on copper, the rest is Sterling Silver. The frame for the pendant was made with flat (rectangular) sterling silver wire, the chain is a dapped-bar style.

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Hearts is Parts….

I've been busy today in the studio… no completed pieces today, but some prep work done…

I made these torch fired enamel hearts… and I'm loving the colors!!  The picture above shows the pendant pieces (before being cleaned up)...

This picture shows two of the pendant pieces after being cleaned up, and now they have matching earring pieces (also made & cleaned today)…  I have some ideas I've been playing with that I want to do with these pieces, at this point these are just "parts"… I'll put up pictures of the completed sets when they're available.

That's much better...

I'd been a bit unhappy with a piece I made a couple weeks ago… it was one of my Whimsical Hearts pieces, the one with the skull bead… it just wasn't working for me… so today I reworked it, and I like this much better.

This now has three smaller hearts hanging down… no skull… Large heart is torch-fire enameled copper with a coating on the back to keep it from staining skin/clothes, the rest is sterling silver.

Whimsical Hearts...

I spent most of the day in the studio yesterday, with some reasonable results (I'm still a novice)…

The first thing I did was repair a few pieces of jewelry for my local Ten Thousand Villages store, I volunteer there & they knew I could solder silver… it's nice to have a practical use for my new skills!

Then I started playing around with some ideas for hearts… after all Valentines Day is approaching fast!!

I have a pancake dies that I can use to cut hearts of two different sizes (the dies were custom made from my hand-cut pieces), I can use these same shapes to make leaves as well (I love dual-purpose)…

So I cut out some Copper hearts, torch-fired some enamel onto them, and created these pieces:

Torch-Fired Enamel on Copper, Sterling Silver jump rings & oval link chain.

Torch-Fired Enamel on Copper, Sterling Silver connectors & ear wires.

Torch-Fired Enamel on Copper, carved Magnesite skull bead,
Sterling Silver wire & figure-8 chain

Torch-Fired Enamel on Copper, Sterling Silver connectors & ear wires,
Sterling Silver figure-8 chain.

It had been quite a while (almost a year) since I'd done any work with Enamel, and I've not done much previously, so it was good to practice this skill - lots of "hiccups" along the way but I'm pleased with the results!!

These pieces make me smile, I hope they make you smile too!!

I really need to make myself read my Camera's User Guide… the photos just don't do the pieces justice!

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Update!!  I was reading my Camera's User Guide ('bout time!!)… and with a little effort got the following pics..

Pink Hearts set #1

Pink Hearts set #2

Hoping I can get better with the pictures over time!!