Sunday, July 15, 2012

So excited!



I have not been this excited about something I've made for a long time. These are two of the bowls I completed at MISSA last week. I love them, LOVE LOVE LOVE them! They took quite a bit of work, who knew rounding out a bowl was "so much work". Cryse (instructor) and the students kept laughing at me as I'd often pause and say "boy this is a LOT of work!" I may need a t shirt that says that! 

Figuring out how to rivet on the lily pads so the glass flowers didn't break was a real challenge, but I think I have it figured out now and am really happy with them. I have two more bowls ready for fish and lily pads but my goal this time is to raise up the lily pads!

5 comments:

Jeanne/J3Jewelry said...

This is awesome stuff Nicole. I love it too!!

Libellula Jewelry™ said...

Your bowls are really pretty! Good job on the rivets. I know it's delicate work setting those rivets without breaking the glass. I made some earrings with riveted carnelian slices and I was a bundle of nerves each time I tapped a rivet!

Kari Carrigan said...

These are so cool Nicole! I can't wait to see what else you do with them. I love the shirt idea! LOL!

Cheryl K Roe said...

They look worth the effort to me. Very pretty patina.

Mary said...

Beautiful!!