Searching for my lost creativity...

I’ve lost my inspiration…

No, seriously!

Which is why Creative Artista has been very quiet lately – I’m sorry!

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve stopped going to my jewellery course (don’t worry, I might pick it up in the autumn again) or if it’s because we’ve done so much stuff around the house – painting and decorating, and redoing 2 bathrooms completely.

I want to paint, but everytime I think about it I become really lazy and I just can’t be bothered putting out all the stuff I need and then tidying up after myself. Poor excuses, I know!

Hopefully my creative spirit will come back to me really soon. I do miss being the creative one.

I came across this image somewhere on the internet, and I felt quite inspired by that. The hair is absolutely epic, and I would love to paint something similar. 

Another handmade silver ring - with a black glass pebble

What can you make out of a black glass pebble, a small silver plate and a piece of silver wire?

This is what I worked on in my jewellery making course earlier this year. I am sorry for being so slow to actually upload it on my blog.

Before I started bending the wire I decided to make it half round in the middle, and flat on the sides. I didn’t want any visible soldering, so therefore I chose to make the bits that are holding the pebble in place and the actual ring bit into one piece. Easier said than done!

Bending the wire into the exact shape of the pebble took me several tries. Here is a picture of the ring in progress.

As you can see the wire is all over the place and it’s not at all shaped as the pebble yet. In this picture I’ve simply laid the pebble on top of my finger to give you an idea of what it might look like when it’s ready.

Once I had managed to bend the wire into the right shape I soldered on the small silver plate on the back, so that I had something to glue the pebble on to.

This is my finished result.