beading

Carlo gave me a his box with a lot of beads the he doesn't need I’m so happy because I'm going to use them so make some jewellery over the holidays. 

little travaller

It was really fun when the ladies from little traveller come too show us how to make our own little traveller. I love my little Zuki and I’m very excited about the project .

sand casting

After showing the first how to sand cast I tried to sand cast the belt buckle once again finally it came out perfectly. I was very happy about how thing were going so i thought while I was on this momentum I should keep casting more of them. It was so disappointing that none of the buckles I tried casting after that came out right. I really don’t know what to say about these belts buckle any more.

sand casting

The first years had to do pieces for Rosey and I had to show them how to sand cast those pieces.  It was a bit scary because my own cast were not coming out very well so I didn't want to teach them something that I have no idea how to do. Although I had to show them how to ram the sand twice because I didn't do it right the first time , the cast come out perfect and I felt good about. However I do feel like the first years were not interested what I was showing them but it was great getting questions from the other half of the class.

casting

Casting the belt buckle for work space is getting very frustrating for me. Sand casting this is becoming a nightmare and none of the cast are coming out right. I’m feeling really lost doing this especially because right now the person I’m making this for is very impatient and doesn't understand the process I go through. It’s hard to explain to him that sand casting is new for me and that it is not guaranteed that it will come out perfect the first time. 

assembling my piece

I didn't have much time to make this piece but I really wanted to exhibit at least one big piece. There was no time to try out a lot off thing and use one that works so I just tried assembling everything using wire and just putting things together without really thinking long and hard about it. I finished the neck piece and it looked presentable but later on during the year I want to redo it in a way that I can be happy about. 

designing

When I had enough beads to work with attaching them together was even more challenging because I didn't want to just bead them on each other. I wanted to use wire to assemble the piece.

beads

Since I have been working with beads for sometime when I ran out of ideas with my leaves it was obvious thing to do. I bought different shades of green glass beads to make a beaded neck piece. I also bought big plastic beads to bead over them.

copper leaves

For Palmeits I thought about making copper leaves and then patanating them and then maybe making a neck piece using lots of leaves. I also enamelled a few leaves with hopes that I will make a piece with patenated and enamelled leaves. The exhibition was getting closer and all I had was leaves that are not really exiting. I tried to come up with ways to make the piece but every time I came up with something it felt like my I was repeating myself and was making the very same thing I was in third year and beginning of the year  and plus I was running out of time.

outing

Going to the palmeits nature reserve was great and we all loved the experienced we had. I enjoy seeing all the different types of plants and trees and to just walk around everything was amazing.

hoop earrings

When I was finished with the hoops the big challenge was how to add on the shepherds hook or stud. The idea I had was to add pexpect on the earring but there had to have a link between the hoop and the stud. It was suggested that I make a plate that will go over the hoop then the hoop or stud would be attached on it.

hoop earrings

Still trying to make big beaded hoop earring with kwanyuswa colours. I tried a few ways to make the earrings but I had a hard time finding the suitable Technic for this project. It was suggested that I use telephone wire because it’s easy to work with plus there are many colours to choose from. I stringed the beads on the wire in different colours than slightly twisted the wire in a circle.