Dulcey Heller

Category: Jewelry

  • Herringbone and memory wire bracelet

    I have seen many wonderful bracelets in blogs (often Hungarian) that make some sort of beaded rope, and then string them on bracelet-sized memory wire. Here’s one that I saw, by Ande. Mixing sizes of beads in herringbone makes it a different texture, not the slinky-smooth especially evident if you use the size 10 Miyuki…

  • Another blue ring

    I didn’t cut up the old one, I have a few of these inexpensive blue lapis cabs! I haven’t submitted instructions for any article proposals for a while, and thought I’d give it a try with this ring. Practices have changed in the last couple of years; instructions need to be completed for the proposal…

  • Small pendant

    For a friend…. Okay, now I really want to buckle down and figure out a more substantial project to do next. I like doing bigger projects, but sometimes it’s hard to start them (and then there’s the stage at about 2/3 complete, where the end never seems to be in sight). I have a Jo…

  • Earrings from L’atelier

    This artist from Belgium has some great pieces. Check out her blog; in the upper left she has some instructions (Mes schémas), both for sale and free. Her strawberry and spiral beaded bead are just phenomenal. Her recent post, of spiral flat square stitch earrings, prompted me to make my own. Hers are better —…

  • Green dichroic ring

    I received three dichroic cabs as a gift when I hosted a swap many years ago. They are about 12mm square, and a full 6mm thick at the center. I gave a shot at making a ring like my blue ring, and this is the result: I made it exactly the same as the blue…