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Sparkflight's Amazing Wire Jewelry and Sculptures Posted: 21 Feb 2012 04:00 AM PST Many of us love wire work so it's an absolute treat when we come across incredibly inspirational wire artisans like Ruth Jensen who is the designer behind Sparkflight on Etsy. Ruth, who is from Minnesota, is a self taught artist who loves working with wire. She is able to make not only spectacular jewelry designs but also much larger wire sculptures.  Her ability to craft wire into 3D forms is so astonishing that I just had to include some of my non-jewelry favorites from her extensive portfolio from her studio site as well as her Etsy store. Fantasy Fox Pendant Necklace She says, "I make each sculpture one twist at a time, without patterns or molds, using bazillions of pieces of straight wire. I "see" the shape I want, and make the wires come together in that shape, like putting a puzzle together. (I love puzzles.)" Little Blue Bird Necklace Copper Showstopper Crystal Flower Box Her wire sculptures are worthy of any art gallery and I would not be surprised to see Ruth's work being exhibited somewhere, sometime! Her animal and people installations are just delightful! Her mouse sculpture looks like he is trying to explain he was that close to being caught by a cat!  Her life size sculpture of a man and his coffee must have taken her a long, long time to make! Ruth guarantees this man of steel copper is low maintenance. Her Great Horned Owl sculpture is 2 feet high! Ms Gossip and Coffeeman Hat tip to Sarah from Saturday Sequins for this find! Other Amazing Wire Artisans : Iconic Wire Work Jewelry by Cleopatra Kerckhof InfiniteGlam's Fabulous Gemstone Wire Jewelry Amazing Wire Wrapped Beaded Masks ______________________________ Original Post by THE BEADING GEM Jewelry Making Tips - Jewelry Business Tips

Winner of Orrtec's $35 Riveted Earring Kit Giveaway Posted: 20 Feb 2012 03:38 PM PST I'm impressed!  So many of you were not just drawn to Melinda's gorgeous designs and awesome tutorial, but were keen to learn something new.  Needless to say, there were a great many entries to last week's wonderful riveted earring kit giveaway. There were many entries but there can only be one winner.  After numbering all the entries, I hopped over to random.org which generated the winning number. It belonged to Linda of Beads Forever!  Congratulations! ______________________________ Original Post by THE BEADING GEM Jewelry Making Tips - Jewelry Business Tips

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