Oops I did it again...

So, it looks like I've been missing for a while! Fear not, I have been busy fabricating bejewelled delights to endorse your eyes with!
Here are some snaps of what I've been up to:

Taking Over The Web

Well, times have been very exciting in CVGTville!
I've been developing my stalactite rings and selling them online! An online company (Dixi) approached me and asked if I'd be interested in letting them carry my collection. Of course I was! Here's a lil' peak of the new blingage:

You like? If you do feel free to email me or comment below if you're interested in having one of your own!

I'm also looking to develop this collection into bangles and hoop earrings. I'm also making a special pendant for my housemate upon request!
It's an exciting time right now. I'm also working on a project that I'm becoming extremely passionate about, but I'll save the details of that until it's fit for public exposure!

Everything's Rosey

Hey guys! So, I've not posted in a LONG time, but that doesn't mean nothing's been happening. Quite the opposite actually. A hella of a lot has happened! This term at uni's been manic. We've had 3 projects over the past 12 weeks. It's been hard, but fun. I'll post about that over the Easter break, when I have a little more 'me' time. I have lots of other exciting things to babble on about too. But at the moment I'm on the cusp of a deadline so I'll just keep this post short!

Remember the stalagmite inspired pieces I made before? The bumpy organic ones? Well, I finally finished them up!

Here, have a gander at MY pleasure :)

Some of the pictures seem to have vanished between my camera and here... I'll hunt them down (never fear!) and pop them up asap.

OH and just so you know. I'm making more of these over Easter and will be selling them soon after. If you're interested, let me know. Email me at caitling-t@live.co.uk and we'll make it happen!

Final Pieces:

Silver and 24 carat gold plated.

The rings are stackable to create your own mini cave!

Rearrange the layers to suit yourself.

The earrings are solid silver with 24 carat gold plating and are oxidised on the back layer.

Test Pieces For Professional Experience Project:

Excuse the sprews on some of them, I haven't cleaned them up yet! 

Welcome to the project of FUN...du du du du du

I neeeeeeeeeeeed something to do next week while I'm back in Birmingham for work, so I'm giving myself a fun drawing project (well, two):

Project 1:
To do some cute little stickmen drawings. I love drawing stick men, I love incorporating text in my work...so I'm going to combine to two! I think I'm going to call it something like 'Stickmen Doing Stuff, With Words'. It'll literally be that. A drawing of some stickmen doing something, with a caption to match their action. What fun!

Project 2:
I've started to think about what I want to use as inspiration for my next project at uni. After a recent trip to the coast I found myself interested in the formations of barnacles. I like how these forms are built up from lots of one similar shape. The result being something almost quite grotesque to look at, yet simultaneously intriguing.

I'm going to draw from the photos I took on the beach, and maybe try to create my o

wn similar formations.

I'm reminded of these rings by Maud Traon when I think about the shapes I'd like to make.

www.maudtraon.net

EXCITING TIMES

Postal Gems

I seem to have stumbled across quite a remarkable jeweller. Her name is Nutre Arayavanish, and if I could steal her ideas, I would. The pieces of her work that I particularly love are her "flat-pack" paper and card pieces from the collections entitled 'Postal', 'Envelope' and 'All Year'. The idea of 'build-your-own' jewellery had never occurred to me before I saw Nutre's work, and I think it's brilliant! I'm going to HAVE to try to incorporate it into my own work somehow.