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Shiny Things!

Hello again!

by Joy Masters on November 6, 2011

I have been busy working both my jewelry jobs (ok, brother? I’ve been busy. love you!).

So, New stuff!

I am trying something new: dainty. Also: simple. I was thinking about one of my favorite American composers, Aaron Copland and his piece called Appalachian Springs which uses the theme from an old Shaker hymn called Simple Gifts by Joseph Brackett. You’ve heard it. Just listen to it and you will go, “Oooh, right. That tune.”

Ok, so it a was complicated way of getting to the concept of simple. The idea, for me anyway, is that although something may seem and look and feel simple, the history behind it is often pretty complex.

I needed to make a bunch of big, somewhat complicated stuff, in order to get to these, which I am calling my Copland Collection.

Chrome Dioside:

Lemon Quartz and Labradorite:

And my beloved pyrite:

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And a couple more druzys

by Joy Masters on July 20, 2011

I told you I was a little crazy over them. I blame Long Island! Long story…

Anyway, here are some little adorable blue guys and an orange, all in oxidized sterling:

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A City Summer

July 11, 2011

Summer in the city. The smells, the sights, the sounds. *sigh* All of this really means, stinky garbage, stinky, sweaty and very. slow. walking. tourists, stinky, angry commuters and lots of yelling from all parties. Even the garbage. So, going with the hot theme, here is a hot red coral necklace with dalmatian jasper, one [...]

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Ode to Druzy, part 2

July 7, 2011

As promised, more sparkly druzy pieces. (Depending on which time/space continuum you follow, this post may not appear to be posted during the “tomorrow” promised in the previous post. However, in my personal time/space continuum, it is. ) All are set in sterling silver by my small, man-ish hands and oxidized to show off the [...]

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Ode to a Druzy, part 1

June 27, 2011

Oh, Druzy. I used to think you were ugly. Now I see the sparkle and it makes me happy. e.e. cummings, I am not. But, man. I have fallen a bit in love with druzies as of late. They really ARE sparkly! You need to see them in person. Here are two recent pieces. Aqua [...]

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Technically, it is still Autumn.

December 12, 2010

Until December 21. So, I am actually early, in a sense, with my Colors of Fall Design for Artbeads. One of the inspirations that we could use was Pantone’s Color Report – Fall 2010. I chose lagoon, chocolate truffle and golden glow as a jumping off point. It’s called Autumn Sunset. Of course it is [...]

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Summer, Summer, Summertime!

July 8, 2010

The livin’ isn’t so easy here in NYC. (You are very misleading, Mr. Gershwin.) Holy Heat Batman! Still, the wonderful folks at artbeads.com have been generous enough to let us create something summery for the season. It was my true intent to have this posted by the Solstice, a-hem, June 21, but I was busy [...]

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Charity and Retail (This Saturday!)

June 15, 2010

Like I said, it is good to give.  I like giving. Think of Karma, what you send out is what you get back and also just the plain old good feeling you get  from giving when you don’t have to. Plus, I get to make shiny things and send them out into the world. Be [...]

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Even Mo’ Metal

June 11, 2010

I have been beboppin’ around the Western Hemisphere as of late. I know, “Oh, woe is me”. But don’t cry for me Argentina, I made it through! (of course, it was actually very lovely) March was Ft. Lauderdale to see my bubby (I really called my older brother that when I was little, still do sometimes), May was [...]

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More Metal!

May 18, 2010

This ring started life as a bracelet. And then I learned you CAN over heat silver. Oopsie. After the initial horror at ruining 3 weeks of hard work*, it was kind of cool to see the silver suddenly** melt, drip, hit my leg and fall to the floor. Luckily, I was wearing a sturdy apron so I did [...]

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