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Fall 2009 Collection!

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It took me six months, but I've rounded out my second Angie Star collection at last. This line was inspired by a deep desire to return to the oceanside in 2009 which sadly, remains unfulfilled. I tried to incorporate a sense of changing seasons with these pieces as I began the collection in summer and finished at the beginning of autumn.

Please excuse the poor photography as that is not and has never been my strong point.

Carved shell, wire wrapped green amethyst and iolite earrings, $56.

Wire wrapped pearls, iolite and green amethyst, $58.

Two pairs of delicate wire wrapped pearls in pretty round chain, both $58.

Hand formed silver "drops," hammered and patina'd a bit with some gray pearls, $58.

Mother of pearl and wire wrapped steel quartz, $56.

Delicate pearl chandelier earrings, $58.

Blue coral and wire wrapped citrine earrings, $56.

Diox gold bracelet with gold and blue pearls and message, "Have faith, tides change," $68.

Brown leather necklace with wire wrapped citrine, iolite, pearls and precious metal clay (PMC) shell charm, $58.

Silver chain with multicolored pearls, wire wrapped citrine, a mini-seashell and PMC shell charm, $72.

Wire wrapped PMC sharkstooth charm on patina'd silver chain with delicate pearls, $88.

Wire wrapped PMC sharkstooth charm on goldfill chain with blue pearls and wire wrapped iolite, $88.

Wire wrapped PMC sharkstooth charm on goldfill chain with wire wrapped steel quartz and pastel pearls, $88.

Opera length silver chain with blue pearls, $78.

Blue leather necklace with pearl, wire wrapped iolite, aquamarine and PMC shell charm, $58.

Patina'd silver chain with pearl, wire wrapped aquamarine and PMC shell pendant, $68.

Goldfill bib necklace with blue, green & brown baled pearls, $80.

Blue leather necklace with 2 types of gold chain woven together between coin pearls, $62.

About the collection:
Stones used include mother of pearl, miniature seashells, carved shells, coral, pearls, green amethyst, steel quartz, citrine and iolite. In addition, several of the pieces contain PMC (precious metal clay) components. To learn more about exactly what PMC is and how it works, please click this link. Several of these PMC charms are replicas made using molds of actual sharks teeth and coral. The teeth hold some sentimental value for me; I found the originals while beach combing on vacation as a child. The coral is molded from a piece of farmed coral (thus not obtained as part of the coral farming which strips the ocean of wild coral .)

Fall 2009 Collection!

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... And here are a few pieces which I made for the collection but couldn't help from keeping for myself.

Silver chain, wire wrapped pearl and steel quartz and coral charm made from precious metal clay. What is precious metal clay?

Coral, pearl & chain earrings which I admit are a little psycho but are currently my favorite thing to wear.

One (or two, technically) of the first pieces I made for the collection: goldfill chain, pink mother of pearl and delicate little pearls. If I had been able to find more of these pink shell pieces I would have duplicated another pair to sell, because I couldn't bring myself to give away this pair.

New Work!

2009-08-02T12:40:00.000-07:00

Sterling silver wrapped copper with crystals, pearls and garnet.

Stacking rings with rose quartz and citrine.

Stacking rings with PMC bean.

Turquoise and Diox Gold Cuff

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Commisioned Latin Necklace

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My poetry professor saw my line from this past spring and asked me to make her a similar necklace with the phrase "Ora et Labora" which translates to "Pride and Work."

Simple sterling with patina and pearls on goldfill bails.

Wire-wrap pearl bridal earrings

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Pearls, crystal and sterling. I didn't realize until today that this photo is blurry; I'll try to upload another one soon.

Sexy Bride Necklace

2009-06-02T10:56:00.001-07:00

Rutilated quartz, pearls and goldfill wire and chain.

April 18th

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Snowy day at Pearl. Worked on a "sexy" bridal necklace... it should be done by next week... photos then.

April 7th, 2009

2009-04-08T11:45:00.001-07:00

Finished a mother-of-the-bride special order pearl necklace and priced my PMC pearl earrings!
Shells, flowers and pearls from $46-$56!
At Pearl.

PMC earrings & Rose Quartz Ring

2009-03-07T15:39:00.001-08:00

Here they are, my first ring with a stone setting! (sterling silver and rose quartz, $84.)

PMC sterling stud earrings! $38-42.

Saturday, February 21st

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Worked on my first ring with stone setting. The ring broke a few weeks ago along the line I soldered while I was texturizing it, and I re-soldered but it became especially thin where the repair occurred.
Lindsey had the idea to solder a flat circle over the thin part and solder a ring setting on top of that, and it worked!

Wednesday, February 18th

2009-02-18T12:50:00.000-08:00

Spent the afternoon sodering posts for PMC stud earrings...
dropped in pickle pot and brushed back extra soder with rubber head on drill. Then brushed back again and patinad! Photos next week...

First Collection!

2009-02-02T14:22:00.000-08:00

I just finished my first collection for Angie Star. It features 13 pieces made of oxidized silver, copper, gold, rose quartz, pearls and knotted silk cord. I stamped several pieces with words taken from a Latin poem which goes a little like this:

"Ama me fideliter! Fidem meam noto. De corde totaliter, et ex mente total. Sum presentaliter, absens in remota."

This translates to:
"Love me faithfully! See how I am faithful. With all my heart, and all my soul. I am with you, though I am far away."

Just in time for Valentine's Day.

$84

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$68

First design pieces

2009-01-17T13:25:00.000-08:00

Here are the first three things I designed all by myself for Angie Star. The texture in the hammered brass reminded me of water reflections on a creek bed so I used a watery blue bead and pearls to give the earrings a beachy, watery feel.

This blog is very bare bones at the moment but my first consignment collection is set to debut February 2nd!

Mini-line of gold and waxed linen

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Angie and I worked on this mini-line sometime before X-mas. Unfortunately, I did an awful job taking photos, but for documentation's sake, here they are.

Firsties!

2009-01-12T12:54:00.000-08:00

These are the first pieces I made on the first day of my apprenticeship at Angie Star Jewelry. They are meant to coordinate with the Protect this Woman line. Excuse the poor photograph quality.

Citrine knotted on silk cord.

3 strand bracelet with coral, jasper, pearl, sea glass and shell.