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pendant wire wrapping art local santa cruz

Letting Go

Over my years of wire wrapping there have been a lot of pendants that I’ve made with the intention to sell, that I ended up keeping for myself. This is not one of those. This piece wasn’t one that grabbed my attention after it was made or just looked too good around my neck to […]

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mixed media pendant wire wrapped

Mixing media

This is a piece that I created for a friend of mine. I had a lot of fun working with all of the seperate elements. To get started on the creation process, I sat down with the friend who commissioned the piece and talked with her about what colors and elements she was wanting to […]

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Progress With More Pieces

This week I continued my work on this multi-stone piece. I am enjoying continuing to work on this piece! I am just about to get to the part that I find the most fun. As you can see in the photo, I attached two small orange stones. They are called orange kyanite. They are the […]

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jewlery ring hand-made wire wrapped

A Little Better, On Second Thought

  I thought that this piece was done a while ago. I was incorrect. I’ve written before about how rushing through a piece can lessen the structural integrity and design of the final result. What happened with this piece is similar and a little different. When I created this ring, I was hit with a […]

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feather earrings wire wrapped

Taking Chances, New Styles

Yesterday I talked about taking a new approach to how I start my pieces. I like to step outside of my comfort zone in order to help myself grow as an artist. This project definitely helped me do that. I don’t usually make earrings. They are tricky to make because I need to duplicate everything […]

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jewelry progress pearl wire wrapped

Working Backwards

For this piece I changed up the order in which I usually make things. Typically, if I’m working with multiple stones I start by wrapping the largest stone. For this piece, I knew I wanted to play with the pearl beads, so thats where I started. I made the grouping with the beads and wire […]

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pendant wire wrapped jewelry amethyst silver

On Finding the Perfect Moment

Timing is everything. I’ve found that this holds true for many aspects of life, especially for my art. I’ve learned time and time again that if I push myself to work on a project when I’m not feeling quite right, I might do more harm than good. Sometimes my head is not in the right […]

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feather earrings

A Fine Feather: Earrings in Progress

Lately I’ve been noticing that feather accessories are everywhere! I see long feathers being worn as hair attachments and dangling from earrings. I love the added color and texture that feathers bring to jewelry, and they have the benefit of not contributing a whole lot of extra weight to a piece. Of course, I decided […]

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Julianna Chavez

Illustration: Window Views

  My family members often ask me why I don’t use rulers when I draw things with a straight edge, such as buildings and windows. The reason for that is not simply because I don’t have one, or because I’m lazy. The reason is all about perspective. Perspective is something that I consider to be […]

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