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Monday, April 14, 2014

Blue Waters

Believe it or not, we are *still* dealing with snow, and you know it... I miss Summer so badly!!

Today, I've decided to venture for the first time on Polyvore, and oh my! 
I found so many beautiful things to inspire me,
and these are the earrings I made for my Carefree Beach Chic outfit:

Blue Waters Brazilian Blue Apatite Sterling Silver Hoops by Nathalie Lesage
I think these would go really well with the outfit I just created:


Wire wrapping is something I've been doing for a number of years (on and off), and which I really enjoy. It speaks to the bohemian woman living in my soul :)

These flirty 1" hoops are made with beautiful natural (untreated) Brazilian Apatite gemstones
and loads of hair fine .925 Sterling Silver wire wrapped on a pair
of my cold-forged Sterling Silver hoops.

http://www.nathalielesagejewelry.com/collections/handcrafted-earrings/products/blue-waters-brazilian-apatite-sterling-silver-hoops


I was lucky enough to have the super talented Eni Oken as my mentor a few years ago,
and I've learned a lot from her over time. It takes a lot of patience and time to do fine wrapping.

Since we're on the road and currently living in a place where "good" water is at a premium (we're on a campground with bad pipe water at this time), doing soldered jewelry - which requires a good amount of water for quenching, pickling, rinsing, tumbling, etc - is just not something I can do much of because we have to buy all the water we use for daily living. I have to be very frugal with it.

Therefore, I'm back to doing more wire wrapped jewelry designs instead :)

You can purchase these earrings HERE on my new website.

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day!

Nathalie Lesage
Metalsmith, Jewelry Artist

8 comments:

  1. Beautiful! I bet they look fabulous when worn as well.

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  2. Beautiful earrings Nath! That blue in those Apatite stones is amazing!

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  3. Thanks everybody :) Yes, Donna, that blue is just dreamy... we don't see this quality/clarity in Apatite gemstones too often, that's for sure.

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  4. I really admire your wire wrapping! That takes a lot of skill and patience! The bright silver really sets off the blue in those stones. Beautiful!

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  5. Beautiful wirework and those blues are amazing!

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  6. Your wire work is exceptional! These are stunning, makes me long for summer too!

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  7. Thanks everybody :) I have a thing for hair fine wire and teeny tiny jump rings (macromaille).

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