Cherry Blossoms and Pearls

So here are some finished pictures of a few items I gave you a sneak peek of. The mother-of-pearl is hand engraved by me. I then set them, like stones, in fine silver bezels.
Trying to take pictures of mother-of-pearl can be difficult--as you can see the lighting makes a huge difference. Of course, mother-of-pearl looks best when worn-- I love how it's constantly changing colors!
This one has a double strand of tiny white freshwater pearls-- it's really beautiful! I really like the bail that I made on this one!
I have to again thank my aunt Haruko for the wonderful book about cherry blossom designs through out Japanese art history! As you can see--it was very inspiring! Thank you!

New Cherry Blossom Necklaces (finally)!

Just finished these little mini medallions. They're very sweet and easy to wear. The medallions are hand cast sterling silver-- made from my cherry blossom designs!
I've posted these 2 before-- These are all available for sale now! You can see them at the Shop People Gallery in SE Portland.

New cherry blossom ideas!

I've been playing around with this new engraving idea!
My aunt in Japan sent me a book on Japanese cherry blossom designs and it was very inspiring! You would be impressed to see all the different design variations of the cherry blossom there are in Japanese art history.
Now I'm working on bezels to set them in. I'm also on the hunt for some small stringing pearls-- I have a few new pendants that I think would look great on a dainty strand of pearls!

Busy, busy, busy

Here are a few pictures of 2 Roman Setting pendants that I'm currently working on.
I haven't decided yet-- but I might set them with some fabulous grey moonstones. One pendant has a repousse bail (left) and the other has a more contemporary bail. I love them both.

I think I might make a loop-in -loop chain for one and the other I might do a tiny strand of pearls to wear it on.

I'm still deciding on if I'm going to go to NYC this summer of not. The current economic situation made it much more difficult to plan for a big trip. Luckily, my teacher was very understanding and will schedule me in later in the year. I'm really looking forward to seeing NYC some time other than the hottest months of the year! More to come on this decision!