Wire Wrapping Techniques

The students were introduced to the technique of wire wrapping. This technique is used when you wish to design a “cage” for your pendant. The wire is wrapped around the pendant to create a cage holding the pendant securely. Wire wrapping introduces the design element of Line. When watching this Wire...

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Dichroics Firing!

The images below show the works firing in the kiln. The temperature has to get up to 1,500 degrees before the firing can be brought back down. Last Friday, we showed a wonderful DVD, “Fused Glass Jewelry with Vicki Payne & Jayne Persico” that explains many aspects of making fused jewelry. It...

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Dichroics before firing

Students are continuing to work on creating their pendants out of dichroic glass. Below are designs ready for the kiln. They will be fired today. I will post the same images after they have been fired to show you the difference. The students make their designs by sandwiching the various...

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Dichroic Demo

Today Ms. Burns introduced the third project—Dichroic glass pendant necklace. The students will be creating two final pendant necklaces using dichroic glass as the emphasis point in the piece. One of their two must also include a linear wire element surrounding the dichroic glass element. During the entire class students listened to...

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June’s Finished Shrines

June decided to enshrine “Chocolate Hills” in the Philippines. June is originally from the Philippines and this place is dear to her heart. She chose to design one necklace and reproduce it twice—one for herself and one for the shop. She did a great job mixing the color palette and...

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Final Analysis for the Shrine Project

Students handed-in their Shrine projects today. Most had them completed, but if they did not then they were allowed to stay after class or school and finish them up. Ms. Burns also had them fill out a final reflective analysis sheet. This reflective analysis will help them analyze their design...

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Adding a color element for continuity

Victoria and I have been discussing how to integrate color into her Project 2. She designed a color palette of red, white and blue for her Project 1 and feels strongly about this palette. Until this discussion, she was having difficulty figuring out how to integrate color. Her bracelet concept...

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Adding symbols and pictures

Taylor wants to design two bracelets around a dog concept. Both will include symbols and words, but her personal bracelet will include a portrait of her and her dog. These decisions are examples of how she critically solved her marketing issue. Placing resin over the images for protection

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