I abandoned this project two years ago because making a piece of jewelry a day became too much after 100 or so days during my senior year of college. I've done so much since then, and I just want to take a minute to share it all with you. A lot has happened in two years, let me try to catch you up.
Here's a short life update: I interned at an art gallery right after college. After that, I interned at another art gallery, then I got a job at the first one! I stayed there for a year and a half. I learned so much about how the commercial art world functions, but a few months ago I decided it was time to move on. I am now working at a nonprofit, and really enjoying it. Phew, ok, do you feel caught up?
Some fun things have happened in my jewelry-making life as well! I took an awesome silversmithing class at 3rd Ward in Brooklyn. There, I learned some awesome techniques but also learned that it takes a whole lot of tools and materials to seriously silversmith. I'd like to go back and take another class, but unfortunately I can't really use those new skills with my limited materials and space.
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| The copper ring I made in silversmithing class |
I also took a workshop class on 3-D printing for jewelry making. There I learned the very basics of Rhino software and how 3-D printers work. Do you know about them? They are crazy. I can't believe that technology exists and it enabled me to make a really weird (but cool looking) ring.
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| The ring I designed in Rhino |
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| The ring printed in plastic from the design in Rhino |
My friends recently completed an amazingly successful Kickstarter project to fund their new album (which drops today!). As part of their Kickstarter, they asked me to make earrings as an incentive for donors at a certain level. We never expected 30 people to qualify for the earrings!
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| 30 pairs of PepperJill and Jack earrings for their album release! |
Love and Beads,
Eve
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