Dulcey Heller

Category: Jewelry

  • Hand jewelry complete!

    In late spring Diane Fitzgerald had openings in a local workshop, and sent invitations to local beaders to join her. This was a series of six sessions, with the ultimate goal of creating a piece of jewelry for the back of the hand. I am very happy with how mine turned out. This is totally…

  • Hand jewelry, step 5

    The leaves are done! I had some help from classmates and Diane Fitzgerald about the tone of green to choose; Diane sent me home with a green silk oak leaf that we felt was the right color. My first inclination was to go with brighter, lighter greens, but they were too close in value to…

  • Hand jewelry, step 4

    I have the attachment method working! I have soldered jump rings attached to the base of the flower, a little elastic for give, and another jump ring. This is sized for my right hand – the upper left loop is for my first finger, the upper right for my pinky. The big bottom loop wraps…

  • Hand jewelry, step 3

    I haven’t had as much time to bead as I’d like, so there’s not a lot of progress on this piece. We had class this afternoon, and this is what I’m doing for the leaves: This is basically branch fringe, which I tame into this: There’s two lengths of fringe between every bead, except if…

  • Hand jewelry, step 2

    Here’s my progress; class tonight! I think I have figured out how to attach it to my hand, but I haven’t progressed any further than gathering supplies and imagining it. I finally got the lightbox out for this picture, and I think the color is good. I didn’t do much tweaking to the photo, but…