Swarovski and cats

EDIT: Cats can be found on ETSY :3

In theory I do have a lot of time lately, but it's all consumed by creating stuff and not writing about it on the internets. Impatient fingers :) It's high time to brag about something!

I developed the kitty pattern myself. With each next it's turning out better and better and now I have new idea for the earrings. Basically, it's rivoli bezeling plus ears and tails. And this is how they turn out:

And here with earrings:

Swarovski rivolis are in sizes 8, 14, 12 i 8 mm, and in colours Silver Night (big kitty's body) and Black Diamond (rest). Wrapped in Toho Round beads in sizes 15 and 11, and colors: Transparent Rainbow Crystal, Silver-lined Frosted Crystal and SLF Black Diamond. All parts made of silver, plus silver necklace about 40 cm in length.


I also made a set for my friend in pinks and whites (raspberry ice cream!), with dot-earrings in place of kitties:

Here with earrings:

And beautiful Swarovski cuts...

Rivoli in sizes 18, 14 and 8 mm, and color Fuchsia. Toho Round beads in 11 and 15, and colors Inside Color Crystal/Snow lined and Gold-lustered Raspberry. Also - silver :)

I'm now planning to do something in blues...

New dragons and new banner

After a long, long break (I moved to a new apartment) I'm back to intensive beading. I spent last week in my bed, which resulted in new dragonlings. Here they go:

Godly Swarovski in Crystal colour:

Swarovski crystal (18 mm in diameter) was wrapped with Toho Round beads in sizes
15/0, 11/0 i 8/0, and colours Transparent Rainbow Crystal and Silver-lined Crystal. Eyes were made with Swarovski Round Crystal AB 4 mm. Clasp is made with silver.

It shines beautifully (Swarovski, duh :D), unfortunately, photos don't show it well...

Available on Etsy.

Dragon no 2, hero of the new banner:

Wrapped on violet agate bead (14 mm in diameter) with Toho Round beads in sizes 15/0, 11/0 i 8/0, colours Permanent Finish Galvanised Aluminium and Inside Colour Aqua/Opaque Purple lined. I also used Spike Beads in Silver/Jet colour, and glass beads for the eyes. Clasp made with silver.

It has shorter snout than rest of the dragons, so it was instantly named a Violet Gekko-Dragon.

This cuteness is now available on Etsy.

Last but not least - red dragon that has visited this blog already, now with gold-plated clasp!

Also on Etsy :)

Blues

I have just finished an order for my cousin, who is going to a wedding party in a light green dress. I cannot wait to see photos :)
Ropes are simple, but they come together so prettily! Check this tree versions:

I think I like third the most.
And some close-ups on clasps...
Bracelet:

Necklace:

Crocheted ropes made with Toho Round in 11/0 size and colours: Transparent Frosted Medium Aquamarine, TF Cobalt and Ancient Matte Snowcloud (I simply adore that name :D).
Clasps silver-coated (bracelet) and in silver colour (necklace).
Now it's time to go back to dragonmaking :3

"Szuflada" challenge - Monochromatic Symmetry

Somehow I was so sure I have time until Sunday and what a surprise - today is the deadline!
But it's still before midnight, so I think I'll fit :)

This piece is participating in Szuflada's challenge, Monochromatic Symmetry:

The necklace has been created a while ago, when I was listening to archive radio programme about archaeology on internet channel of Polish Radio Trojka. And even though the final creation has nothing to do with Ancient Egypt, it will forever remind me about queen Nefertiti's scandals :D

The cameo has been resting in my chest for a while now, I finally came to use it.
And a close-up too:

It has been wrapped in Toho Round beads in colours: Opaque Frosted White, Ceylon Innocent Pink and Inside Colour Rainbow Crystal/Salmon lined, in sizes 11/0 and 15/0, as well as Toho Magatama 3mm in Ceylon Innocent Pink colour. All metal parts made of sterling silver.

More dragons!

I won't lie, dragons take a lot of my time lately :) Each one comes out differently, even though I'm using the same tutorial... to be found here. Today I have three to show :)

First - baby dragon that caught my friend's attention. Really small.

It's less than 5cm long and I wrapped it on round bead, 10mm in diameter, made of crocodile jasper. Pendant clasp and ring made of sterling silver. I used:
Toho Round 11/0 and 15/0 in colours: Metallic Moss, PF Galvanised Aluminium, SL Frosted Olivine, IC Luster Black Diamond/O. Yellow lined (eyes);
and Preciosa Rocaille in colour looking like Metallic Moss. Size about 8/0.


Ice frozen dragon:

More than 7 cm in length, wrapped on white opal, 16 mm in diameter. Toho beads in sizes: 15/0, 11/0 i 8/0 and colours: Transparent Frosted Crystal, T. Crystal, SL Aquamarine, SL Frosted Aquamarine. Dagger Beads 5x8 mm, in Crystal colour. Eyes made with random glass beads. Pendant clasp and ring made of sterling silver.
Can be found on my Etsy.

Last but not least - unfinished red dragon:

Unfinished, because I have trouble with finding pendant clasp made with gold-plated silver... ;)
Toho Round seed beads in sizes: 15/0, 11/0, 8/0 and colours: PF Galvanised Starlight, SL Siam Ruby, T. Frosted Ruby. Round bead made with mountain jade, 16 mm in diameter. The dragon is about 7 cm long.
It will be available for sale once I get that pendant clasp :)

Project dragon

I was planning to check out THIS TUTORIAL a while ago, but something kept getting in the way - not enough bead sizes, wrong colours, work (work all the time), but I finally managed to do it. Making the dragon took me about 4 episodes of "Person of Interest"... and the tutorial is really simple :D

Dragon babe was planned as a necklace:

...but it can also work as a figurine, since the tail is easily manipulated:

A few more photos from various angles. Cute face:

Side:

Fine ass :P

 

And my wedding ring for size comparison:

I used Toho Round seed beads in sizes 15/0, 11/0 i 8/0, in colours: PF Galvanised Aluminium, SL Olivine, SL Frosted Olivine and Inside-Color Luster Black Diamond/Opaque Yellow lined (yeah, such a long name :P). The basic stone is coloured agate, and eyes were made with random glass beads. Whole dragon is stringed on fishing wire, metal element is in silver colour.

I'm planning to do more dragons in more colours, so... :D

Snow rose

Winter is but a memory, but I only recently had time to wrap cabochon I bought some three months back. I'm a lazy bum (basically) and I had to restock more Toho colours.
I keep on lacking in them :P

It turned out a bit experimental, since I beaded a rose for a first time (based on THIS amazing pattern. I love biser :D) and then I decided to string beads for the necklace in a quite chaotic way. But I do like the effect.
A few close-ups:

I used Toho Round seed beads in 11/0 and 15/0 sizes and in Silver Lined Milky Montana Blue and Inside Color Crystal/Snow lined colours. Metal elements in silver colour.
Necklace is almost 21 inches in length, the pendant is 2 inches long and 1,5 inches in diameter.

Available on Etsy.

Pyrkon madness

As a geek, I couldn't resist going to the biggest Polish fantasy convention (even more so because I live in Poznań). For those not familiar with the subject - a convention is a sort of weird thing, were people with interests in fantasy come, cosplay, discuss stuff, shout, smile and have a lot of fun. It's my fourth Pyrkon, so I decided to dress up as well:

One of the four doesn't fit :D
Btw femShep is just amazing (so are the boys, but still... :3).

I got the dress in a second-hand store, did a few small changes, tightened it a little and... beaded my jewellery:
Vendor's hall in the background and very little Garrus on first plane, mrrr...


Whole set took me some two weeks - but since I was only beading in my scarce free time, I think whole time I spent on it was much shorter.
Whole set contains exactly 17 Swarovski rivoli beads in Siam F colour and 8, 12, 14 mm sizes, as well as one navette crystal in Red Magma colour.

Additionally, a whole bunch of Toho beads in Silver Silver Lined Siam Ruby and Permanent Finish Galvanised Starlight colours, in sizes 11/0 and 15/0. All metal elements are covered in gold.
Beading took me some time, since whole necklace is generally a crazy freeform (especially the way rivoli's are connected). But I'm quite pleased with the effect :)

I have a cosplay plan for next year too... this time a bit more detailed. And steampunk - because it's my latest artistic love. Details soon!