Productive weekend

Well hello there! Long time no see!
It's bee a tad busy here the past couple of weeks. Much to do these days,  however, things have slowed down a bit now and life is getting back to a more steady rhythm.
I had such a great time this weekend in my studio, full of creative ideas. The muse was working non stop. Actually I could just keep on going, but since I have spend the majority of my two days off behind the bench I neglected those ever so fun chores around the house. It's a dreary fall day here in Sandefjord and while waiting for the tumbler to finish I decided to make a apple cake, well two in fact! Yummy moist apple cake with sugar glaze....oh can't wait for dessert...vanilla ice cream and warm apple cake...
I really shouldn't indulge, but cakes are few and far in between here in our household. I just love baking.

I just wanted to post some of my latest pieces here:

Druzy agate set in  sterling silver. Handmade embellishments grace the baseplate. Lightly oxidized to bring out the details.

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Gorgeous Indonesian agate set in sterling silver. Handmade embellishments.

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Sterling silver necklace with bezel set lapis and three turquoise cabochons. Handmade from start to finish without the use of commercially made parts.

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Sterling silver necklace with bezel set lapis and three turquoise cabochons. Handmade from start to finish without the use of commercially made parts.

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Gorgeous tiger eye cabochon set in a scalloped sterling silver bezel. Features two handmade leafs that show off the chain.

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Birch leaf pendant necklace. Handcrafted from scratch. Features picture jasper beads and Swarovski crystal pearls as well as two handmade leafs.

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A deep green agate druzy is the focal point of this necklace. Handmade embellishments grace the baseplate and make this pendant pop!

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Blue Jean baby! A nice thick kyanite cabochon set in a simple sterling silver bezel. The band is stamped with a small ringlets design.

Will be available in the shop tomorrow. Size 8.

I ordered tons of picasso jasper cabochons that hopefully will get here this coming week. I am planning on making tons of earrings with those. Ahhhh can't wait.

How is your weekend going? What have you been up to?

Thanks for reading!

Lots of love,

-Sabine-

Ruby Heart

Been making a few of these hearts in the last few months for custom orders. This one in my opinion is the prettiest yet to date. It features a bezel set 8x7mm pink ruby that I set inside a pure silver flower.

The heart is shaped as I am melting the silver. A very tedious process. One has to work very quickly without melting everything out of shape. I like the rustic look without the patina. This one I sanded smooth, yet is still has some lovely intentional dents to keep it a unique, yet rustic look. A brightly polished finish really makes this heart stand out. 

I made another, smaller one with a red garnet. Pictures of that one will have to wait perhaps until tomorrow. I am having bread dough on the go again and I am not sure if I will have enough daylight to take more pictures. 

Hope you all had a happy sunday! I sure did!

xx - Sabine

Happy friday everyone!
Today I managed to spend some time in my studio and these two beauties are what I have to show for ( for now ).
Two different pieces. Most of the time I have to have some sort of vision or sketch something out meticulously before I start working on a piece, but the idea for these two came about while I was staring out the my window in front of my bench. A clear vision and I had to act upon it right away. Ideas often come to my mind at odd places and most of the time I don't bother drawing them down thinking I would remember. Hah! Not so! I have to write down everything now. My mind is on overload these days and my ability to concentrate on one thing isn't the greatest.
Before I bore you more with my ramblings, here are the two additions:
One sun/moon necklace with hand sawed scalloped edge. Lightly oxidized and brushed to a nice and smooth satin finish.
The other  one is a amber necklace, three layers of hand sawed pieces. Also oxidized, but this one has been polished to a bright and shiny finish.
Both will be available in my Etsy shop sometime this evening!

Thanks for reading!

xo - Sabine

Some more earrings

Hand forged earrings with bezel set labradorite:



Hand forged hoops embellished with small flowers.

New items

It just goes to show that inspirations can often come from very odd things. For example, this ring was inspired by a recent blog posting I read ( yes, Vita, your blog posting...yum! :-) about jelly beans... ( by the way, one of my favorite little indulgences ).

This ring is very rustic and comes with a nice Turquoise bezel set Cabochon and a molten organic band.
As most of you can tell I love organic pieces in combination with some precious stones and metals. Well, I had the circle shapes made quite a while back and just needed to figure out how to implement it into a design. This one comes with two hand cut and stamped leaves, a lovely Amethyst bezel set Cabochon and a forged 14 carat gold filled clasp. It's a very romantic kind of necklace.

Well, and here we have a handcrafted Lotus pendant necklace with a gorgeous Lapis bezel set Cabochon, oxidized sterling chain and a 14 carat gold filled clasp.

All these pieces will be in my shop tomorrow or perhaps tonight if I have the time to list them!