Katherine Ware’s Jewelry Blog

This crown was commissioned and shall be used in a play.  It is formed of gold-filled wire and Swarovski crystals.

This coming weekend (September 25 and 26) is the Longmont Studio Tour.  In preparation, I have been creating many different types of jewelry.  Today, I finished a new crown.  It is decorated with amethysts, rubies, and pearls.  It is just fun…  Please come and see me and support my fellow Longmont artists.  I shall be grouped with a few other artists in an old barn at Blue Cloud Farms riding stable, on Prospect Road (off of 63rd).  Look for the signs for the Longmont Studio Tour, come visit me, and try on the crown!

I am never satisfied with the ear wires I can purchase.  They are expensive and I can make my own to my specifications.  They are easy to make, but time consuming:  Measuring and cutting 20 gauge fine silver wire, melting one tip, forming, forging, and then tumbling for two hours to remove the rough edges.

Sigh…  However, here they are waiting for color.

One with a Celtic silver piece, and another wrapped in amber.

Two stones hang from a fine silver torc.

These are stones I found in the surf on Cape Cod.  Bringing them home, I have drilled holes and they are ready for new new ideas and inspirations.