Four pair of bronze clay and copper clay earrings. Gold filled wires.
Necklace donated to Friends of Acadia auction.
Fine silver PMC hollow “rock” earrings
Copper clay.
Reversible PMC bead earrings
Copper clay with glass, freshwater pearls, and 3mm gold filled beads.
Fine silver PMC, freshwater pearls, sterling round beads.
Islesford beach rocks with “stone” beads of fine silver PMC, bronze metal clay and copper metal clay.
Islesford beach stones, fine silver PMC rock beads, sterling silver. 17″
The 17 ” necklace below is completely reversible. Designed to hang with only one side of the hand crafted beads showing at a time. Each bead half was made separately from PMC. The stones were set from below the surface and secured with PMC sheet. Raised texture on side one is from a silicone mold of hot glue lines. Raised texture on side two is from a stencil cut from a notebook cover and punched with paper punches. The bead halves were then joined together and fired in the kiln. Once fired, I applied gold to the raised surface on the side with the sunstones, using the keum-boo technique. The opposite side is oxidized with liver of sulfur, and the raised dots are polished. The necklace also includes freshwater pearls and sterling silver beads. This necklace was a finalist in the PMC category of the 2009 Saul Bell Design Competition. It will be donated to the auction at the fund raising dinner for the Ubuntu Education Fund in New York on April 28.
Side one: Fine silver PMC+, Oregon Sunstones from the Ponderosa Mine, 22K gold keum-b00.
Side two: Fine silver PMC+ oxidized and polished.
Adjustable length necklace. Fine silver PMC beads; hollow-formed using silicone molds of beach rocks. Tumbled blue glass.
Necklace donated to 2009 MPBN Auction.
Earrings. Fine silver PMC with 22K gold.
16″ necklace of flat fine silver PMC beads and sterling silver chain. Magnetic clasp.
Bead detail.
Fine silver rock beads, real rocks with freshwater pearls, fine silver cedar print beads.
Things on strings! Fine silver beads and pendants,
paper collage under epoxy resin, silk ribbons and sterling silver chain.
Earrings of fine silver and glass beads.
Earrings. Fine silver, 22 karat gold.
Reversible pendant, finer silver, silk cord.
Handmade fine silver beads, Islesford beach pebbles, sterling silver.
12 responses so far ↓
holly // October 13, 2008 at 4:31 pm |
wowee! this looks great! so professional! will you keep adding to the gallery as you finish work?
holly // October 13, 2008 at 4:36 pm |
also, now you have to get yourself on the creative arts link on the islesford site…
p.s. marian’s pottery is lovely!
katrina // October 14, 2008 at 11:17 pm |
looks lovely barb!
have fun with it….
holly // November 3, 2008 at 12:29 am |
your new additions are beautiful!
xoxo
Meg Q // November 16, 2008 at 11:18 pm |
So nice to get a look at what you’ve been working on! It all looks beautiful. Fritz also showed me your Saul Bell design, it’s fantastic, congratulations!
sember lockwood // March 31, 2009 at 1:54 am |
Amazing! Loved the cedar wrapped beads. The pressure is on to continue the great work!
rachelle // June 23, 2009 at 2:37 am |
I like your work. It is unique and professional. Do you teach any classes?
fernald244 // June 24, 2009 at 4:33 am |
Hi Rachelle,
I don’t teach any classes right now. But I’m not ruling it out for “some day…” Thanks for your nice comment.
Deanne Wilkinson // July 18, 2009 at 12:55 pm |
What a beautiful gallery – I’m just starting out with PMC and have enjoyed looking at your wonderful pieces. Thanks for the inspiration!
fernald244 // July 19, 2009 at 1:45 am |
Thanks Deanna! I think you will love PMC. I really do. I just got back from the Art Clay conference, and those people love that form of metal clay. I think the two kinds are comparable. The techniques translate to either form. I prefer PMC, but that may be because its the silver clay I started with. Good luck!
Karen Sebesta // October 10, 2009 at 9:24 pm |
Barbara,
Your work is absolutely stunning! Can you give me any type of price list or general idea of what you charge for your necklaces, earrings and bracelets. I really love what you do!
Best regards,
Karen
Marie Love // October 12, 2009 at 5:24 am |
Hi! Wow, so fantastic to see what can be done with the humble beach stone. I had collected some beauties and had to move,so I tossed them. I so regret it!!!