Dulcey Heller

Tag: embroidery

  • Lapis and pyrite pendant

    Thanks so much to my friend Katherine, who when she went to Chile, kept her eye out for something for me to bead. We met for lunch when she returned, and she poured this lovely lapis cab out of a bag. It is a lovely, rich blue with very attractive pyrite inclusions. I made something simple, but…

  • Turquoise and pearls

    I purchased this Kingman turquoise cab perhaps two years ago, and created the pendant.  What I had not done is figure out how to make it into a necklace. Pearls were the solution. I wanted something with a substantial enough weight to match the pendant, so purchased these creamy stick pearls and tanzanite potato pearls…

  • Wordsmith: a meeting of jewelry and literature

    This spring, Paper Darts Literary Magazine, curator Ann Tozer, and jeweler Stephanie Voegele will present a collaborative exhibition exploring the connections between literature and art jewelry. They wanted work from jewelers “concerned with issues of text, literature and storytelling and writers who engage with ideas that surround jewelry, objects and the body. Displaying these two…

  • Alphabet false starts

    I wanted to bead some letters for a possible project, and here are my first attempts. Here’s my false starts, from left to right: Because I like to make things difficult, I started with trying to make a curve for a cursive “A” using brick stitch. I’m sure it’s possible, but it’s certainly not easy!…

  • Pin and pendant

    I made this for a gift in late summer – I just realized I hadn’t posted it! The center is a vintage West German glass cab, and those are freshwater pearls around it. I used a convertible finding that makes it wearable as a pin or pendant; definitely best on a heavier chain/cord. It was…