In the spirit of taking our jewellery/nature fusion one step farther, Tito has designed these beautiful bezels using copper and small pieces of bark and driftwood. Can’t wait to add flowers and resin and see the overall composition!
Actually, I’ve been up to a great deal more than this – I’m building out an e-commerce site that will allow folks to purchase patterns, books and jewelry from us, without having to bother with Etsy, but it’s not ready for release just yet :)…
Tito and I have been extremely busy people lately, but we finally have our first confirmed art show! We will be at the Frogpond Farms Organic Winery on June 20th and 21st, participating in their annual ‘Art in the Vineyard’ show. There will be great…
Tito has been doing a lot of copper work lately, and to my great delight he has gotten into making bezels. His work is (I know, I’m biased) absolutely gorgeous and totally steam punk. He creates each bezel purely from scratch, hammering and shaping and…
The last of the Brickworks pieces is a familiar site, but one I never get tired of. This is my signature ‘I ♥ Autumn’ design, using white birch back and deep red sumach leaves. The piece is contained in a copper bezel, antiqued by hand.…
I got back from Italy with epic jet lag. Luckily Tito was on a weird work schedule too, so we were both awake at 5 am the next morning and we decided to suit up and take the cameras to the brickworks, see if we…
Creating that antique look with copper is super simple – on my first try I got really nice results. You will need: A copper piece Household ammonia Fishing line (or, as in this case, plastic beading string) A jar (about a pint should do, this…
