Entry 026 - Cindy Cherrington - Website

Woven Leaves - I love leaves of all shapes and sizes. I used all copper components forming the woven leaves out of 16, 18 & 20 gauge copper wire and woven with dark blue, lime or tangerine 28-30 gauge Artistic Wire. Various pearls, seeds and crystals were also used in the weaving. Though the solid copper leaves were not made by me in this project, it IS something I'm working on.

Entry 027 - Shaina Houser

1st Place Winner

I created this ring by first fabricating two rings using copper strip I cut from some copper sheet. Then I soldered square tubing onto the sides of each ring. Then I filled the rings with concrete pigmented black/grey. I inserted some sterling silver strip and wire, and a piece of tubing into the center of the concrete until it set then sanded the surface flat. The band is made of two sterling silver rings which have a thick 'wire bar' attached to the top and is inserted through the tubing in the center of the large concrete disc. The entire piece is held together with bent Sterling silver wire flared into rivets at the ends. IT SPINS, like a merry go round.

Entry 028 - Robin Meyer - Email

Bracelet is sterling sheet, sterling wire, and 14/20 gold fill wire. The discs were cut, hammered, domed, and patina. Two of the jump rings were soldered, cut and hammered flat, the balance were cut. The toggle was also hand made by me.

Entry 029 - Suzan Clough - Website - Email

Crafted from copper and sterling silver wire, this choker rides up the length of your neck and the smoky quartz drops settle around your collar bone. Everything in the choker was made by me except the smoky quartz drops and beads. Even the chain was made by winding wire around a mandrel and then cutting and shaping the figure-8 links. This piece reminds me of something to be worn to a Renaissance Fair.

Entry 030 - Maggie Mehaffey

This pendant was made at the request of my friend, as a gift to the departing leader of the Chelsea Creek Action Group, who are working hard to restore a creek that feeds into Boston Harbor. The pendant is two sterling rounds soldered together, the front one sawn out to frame the images representing the stream: the texturing represents reeds and little fishes, a soldered on copper sun is stamped with a swirl, and hammered copper wire waves flow across the front, outside the frame. The silver was given a liver of sulfur treatment. The beads are apatite, olive jade, and silver. The hook and eye clasp and all jump rings are all handmade, as was the little tag that bears the group's acronym and the year. Simple beaded hoop earrings were included to make it a set!

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