C'est fini!

EMCS 3 finished charms 004
Originally uploaded by sarawestermark

I am finally finished with my charms! I am pleased with how they turned out and I think they will work well with the other charms in the works for the etsymetal charm swap bracelet 3. Here's a list of my fellow team members etsy stores and when they send me pictures I'm going to post them on my blog. Let's make this the best Etsymetal Charm Swap ever!
1. howlindoggie
2. TreAnelli
3. tuizui
4. duckduckgoose
5. nyhedy
6. stamp
7. aubergine228
8. experimetal
9. budgie
10. ashhilton
11. rubygirl
12. ninagibsondesigns
13. sarawestermark
14. ashleyjewelry
15. maggiejs
16. deliathomson
17. ninadinoff
18. IstanbulDesigns
19. KathrynRiechert
20.eRosas

Etsymetal Charm Swap 3

CS3 in progress 007
Originally uploaded by sarawestermark

I am very excited to be the curator of the Etsymetal Team's Charm Swap 3. There are about 80 members in etsymetal team and the first 20 to sign up to volunteer to make 22 charms (2 for sale in the etsymetal store to benefit etsymetal) are now making charms. We are 2 weeks away from our deadline and I can really see many of the ideas begin to form. I have been so impressed with the designs and ideas that my team have been working on. I will put together a bracelet from the EM3 Charm Swap and it will be for sale in the etsymetal store. I will also have the second set of charms listed for individual sale in the etsymetal store. This way you too can collect and take part in our excitement of our collaborative effort.

These are my charms in progress. They are made out of recycled copper and sterling silver barbells. I love to roll metal with my favorite leaf texture and then form in different ways. Another one of my loves is to use sterling silver barbells in my work. The charms still aren't done. I'll do some final clean up filing, polishing and add a jump ring to these little leafs.

I'll try to blog about each member as they finish their charms.

Branch necklace

I love to make these copper leaves! I have had this necklace in my brain for a while and I finally had time to fabricate it. I just listed it today on etsy, in time for holiday shopping.

LEAF gets an update

Well lately I've had so much fun with my rolling mill and dried leaves that it has changed how I'm doing my copper leaves. My first version had a punch in the middle with the forged edges of the leaf. I used a high polish to make this leaf really shine.
Now, I cut the leaf shapes, roll them through the mill and then score them down the middle. Of course that is all the easy part! Then there is plenty of filing the edges and then sanding.

All the sanding has made my carpel tunnel begin to act up. So now I'm wearing some wrist guards. I suppose that I should quit typing too!

See my before and after pictures