I have a torch. I have the metal. I would really, really love to make my own earwires and findings. I feel it would add an extra dimension to my handmade pieces, and give my designs an even more unique identity. So, one studio-Sunday afternoon I begin to play. I'm balling wire. I'm dipping it in pickle. I'm forging shapes with an anvil and hammer. I'm polishing and filing and smoothing....I'm having so much fun! I should have been doing this ages ago. I've started with three pairs of classically simple earrings. Beautiful pearls and semiprecious stones dropping from my new handmade earwires. Be on the lookout for more!
