Comments on: More riveting…. http://jeanetteblix.com/more-riveting/ wire and metal jewelry design Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:46:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lois http://jeanetteblix.com/more-riveting/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Lois Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:03:49 +0000 http://jeanetteblix.com/?p=952#comment-445 Loved your story. It's the opposite of mine in a way. I was making gem set jewelry before wire and beads came after wire. Backwards to most people I think. I still wear my first wire piece. I didn't know any better at the time but selected a piece that was a 5 star and definitely not for beginners. Took me almost two months to do and there is a glaring (to me) error that most never even see. I love it anyway and wear it proudly. Glad to have found your blog. I'll check back often to see what you are up to. Lois Loved your story. It’s the opposite of mine in a way. I was making gem set jewelry before wire and beads came after wire. Backwards to most people I think. I still wear my first wire piece. I didn’t know any better at the time but selected a piece that was a 5 star and definitely not for beginners. Took me almost two months to do and there is a glaring (to me) error that most never even see. I love it anyway and wear it proudly. Glad to have found your blog. I’ll check back often to see what you are up to.
Lois

]]> By: Cindy Lietz, Polymer Clay Tutor http://jeanetteblix.com/more-riveting/comment-page-1/#comment-433 Cindy Lietz, Polymer Clay Tutor Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:51:28 +0000 http://jeanetteblix.com/?p=952#comment-433 I love your 'how I got hooked' story Jeanette! Sounds like every creative person's story of the desire to figure the techniques out. The lure of the tools and the materials. It doesn't matter the art form, whether it is wire, metal, beads, or polymer clay, that need for a creative outlet is in many of us! I've been dabbling a bit in wire work to add to my polymer clay bead making. It is such a wonderful complimentary material to whatever you want to make in jewelry. I love your ‘how I got hooked’ story Jeanette! Sounds like every creative person’s story of the desire to figure the techniques out. The lure of the tools and the materials. It doesn’t matter the art form, whether it is wire, metal, beads, or polymer clay, that need for a creative outlet is in many of us!

I’ve been dabbling a bit in wire work to add to my polymer clay bead making. It is such a wonderful complimentary material to whatever you want to make in jewelry.

]]> By: Jeanette http://jeanetteblix.com/more-riveting/comment-page-1/#comment-432 Jeanette Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:11:35 +0000 http://jeanetteblix.com/?p=952#comment-432 Lori, you beginning pieces surpassed my beginning pieces. I think you were a natural when it came to design, which I was not. Also, I need a lot of time to play around with my components and think about how I want to put them together. By the time I figure it out, class is over! I hear you may be joining Cindy and I for Bead Fest Wire. Leslie (above) hopes to make it too! How fun. Jeanette Lori, you beginning pieces surpassed my beginning pieces. I think you were a natural when it came to design, which I was not. Also, I need a lot of time to play around with my components and think about how I want to put them together. By the time I figure it out, class is over!
I hear you may be joining Cindy and I for Bead Fest Wire. Leslie (above) hopes to make it too! How fun.
Jeanette

]]> By: Lori Anderson http://jeanetteblix.com/more-riveting/comment-page-1/#comment-431 Lori Anderson Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:02:28 +0000 http://jeanetteblix.com/?p=952#comment-431 I loved reading that. And please add me to your email list for your classes, if you have one? This reminded me of how I got started. If you want to see my first attempts (oh lordy, and I even started SELLING at this level) -- get your laugh on here. http://watchmecreate.com/?p=706 Isn't it amazing to see how far we've come? I have kept some pieces along the way, even though my fingers ITCH to tear them apart, just to remind myself, yes, I CAN learn new things. I loved reading that. And please add me to your email list for your classes, if you have one?

This reminded me of how I got started. If you want to see my first attempts (oh lordy, and I even started SELLING at this level) — get your laugh on here.

http://watchmecreate.com/?p=706

Isn’t it amazing to see how far we’ve come? I have kept some pieces along the way, even though my fingers ITCH to tear them apart, just to remind myself, yes, I CAN learn new things.

]]> By: Leslie http://jeanetteblix.com/more-riveting/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Leslie Sat, 07 Nov 2009 23:21:16 +0000 http://jeanetteblix.com/?p=952#comment-430 What a wonderful story! You sound a lot like myself although I am still trying desperately to learn more about wireworking. All that practice definitely paid off because your wire work is perfect. I strive to be there one day. I'd love to take some of your classes. No one around here teaches wire working that I know of. And riveting, wow, your new pieces really have personality. What a wonderful story! You sound a lot like myself although I am still trying desperately to learn more about wireworking. All that practice definitely paid off because your wire work is perfect. I strive to be there one day. I’d love to take some of your classes. No one around here teaches wire working that I know of. And riveting, wow, your new pieces really have personality.

]]> By: Cindy http://jeanetteblix.com/more-riveting/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Cindy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:36:40 +0000 http://jeanetteblix.com/?p=952#comment-429 Jeanette, if it were not for the wire, I would have never met you!! Thanks for sharing your history. I like the potential in Mary Jane Dodd's comment...it is fun to DREAM! Jeanette, if it were not for the wire, I would have never met you!! Thanks for sharing your history. I like the potential in Mary Jane Dodd’s comment…it is fun to DREAM!

]]> By: mary jane dodd http://jeanetteblix.com/more-riveting/comment-page-1/#comment-427 mary jane dodd Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:13:26 +0000 http://jeanetteblix.com/?p=952#comment-427 agreed, i see so much grow across the spectrum... i think everyone kind of gets encouragement from knowing that others are trying and succeeding, so they can too... it's great! i was actually laying in bed wondering how high the ceiling is for us? agreed, i see so much grow across the spectrum… i think everyone kind of gets encouragement from knowing that others are trying and succeeding, so they can too… it’s great! i was actually laying in bed wondering how high the ceiling is for us?

]]> By: Barbara Lewis http://jeanetteblix.com/more-riveting/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Barbara Lewis Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:42:08 +0000 http://jeanetteblix.com/?p=952#comment-426 Beautiful earrings, Jeanette! In retrospect, I remember thinking how it was that I thought I could be a potter ... after revisiting my old pots! But, the bug grabbed hold and it wouldn't let go. Good thing, because I just continued on a course of creation ... even though a windy one! Beautiful earrings, Jeanette! In retrospect, I remember thinking how it was that I thought I could be a potter … after revisiting my old pots! But, the bug grabbed hold and it wouldn’t let go. Good thing, because I just continued on a course of creation … even though a windy one!

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