One of a Kind Jewelry for One of a Kind You: halloween

If you follow me, you may know that I do not do holiday or seasonal jewelry, at least not on purpose. I do however, love sugar skulls. I have been making them as components for some time now.

So I couldn't wait to participate in Diana's blog hop.

First I made this necklace using one of my current style sugar skulls in bronze.

It features beads from Lisa Peters Art, Starry Road Studio and bronze links from me with gemstones. I thought Lisa's rose heart was perfect with the skull and added in some yellows to give it life and color.

However, I didn't want to use one of my regular old sugar skulls for the hop. I wanted to make something REALLY cool. I had been wanting to try to make a 3-d one in bronze for some time now. This was the perfect opportunity to try it out.

Well, it was pretty successful. After the first turned out ok, I right away made another.........

This is the more detailed and much larger second one all cleaned up from the kiln

Then came the fun part- making them into jewelry. I had to fill them with something and give them some sort of eyes. I used polymer and gemstones and baked them. Then I attached them to a copper back with rivets.

Finally, I got to make them into finished pieces of jewelry. They are big, chunky and weird, and I adore how they turned out.

This is the finished piece I made with the sugar skull above.

It has lava stone behind its eyes, a couple of large criffle beads from Numinosity, a rustic donut from Marsha Neal Studio, some pearls, some gemstones, and lots of little bronze pieces of my own.

This one, is all mine.

I also made this one below. It creeps me out a little more then I thought it would...but I love the colors. Not so sure of the zombie like eyeball, kinda kills the beauty of the sugar skull, but I am happy with the piece none the less.

This one also has a Marsha Neal Studio donut, some Starry Road Studio beads, and some of my bronze, along with gemstones and pearls.

I was really happy to try out this 3-d bronze a little further (I had done it before in hearts). I think I want to add more pretty detail, and perhaps even give the skulls some color in the future. I am definitely going to take it further.

Thanks for the challenge Diana! I love to find reasons to try new things.

To see what everyone else made, hop over to Diana's blog for the link list.

Diana Ptaszynski http://www.suburbangirlstudio.com

Staci Smith http://www.stacilouiseoriginals.com/ - You are here

Kathleen Breeding http://99bobotw.blogspot.com

Sue Kennedy http://www.suebeads.blogspot.com

Dianne Miller http://www.artbydianne.blogspot.com

Lisa Liddy http://www.lisaliddy.wordpress.com

Toltec Jewels http://www.JewelSchoolFriends.com

Linda Landig http://www.LindasBeadBlog.com

Laura Medeiros http://Www.zoeowyn.blogspot.com

Veralynne Malone http://www.veradesigns.blogspot.com