Sunday, October 21, 2012

Show Off Your Hooters?

The girls over at the ning site, Artisan Whimsy have been showing off their hooters! Owls that is, LOL. They put together a challenge showcasing owls. The challenge was to create either an owl component or a finished piece that featured an owl.



I'm not really crazy about owls, so I had to think really hard about what to create. I went for something fallish and embossed the owl onto sheet copper and then stamped the feathers in with my V stamp. Next came hole punching and then the dangles were added.



For my dangles I used a Russ Powers boro bead accented with Citrine rondelles. A brown glass pearl and crystal were accented with some gorgeous goldenrod yellow Aragonite rondelles. I suspended my plaque from some pretty solid copper rolo chain and finished it off with a hand forged copper S clasp I made.



All in all, I'm pretty pleased with how my little owl came out. If you like him too, please go to the Artisan Whimsy site and give me a vote!

What sort of owl creations do you make?

6 comments:

  1. Very nice!! Good luck over at Artisan Whimsy w/the contest!

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  2. Lovely necklace. I am impressed that you made your own owl pendant. Great job and good luck with the voting.

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  3. Thank you Jean! The owl was fun to make. Loving embossing!

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  4. Love your embossed owl - I'm not crazy about owls either, but love yours!!

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  5. THank you so much Christine! I was on the fence about owls for a long time. After getting to see all of this great owel jewelry, I'm more inclined to like the feathered critters. :-)

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