Posts tagged with 'pendant'

  • 1960s Modernism Blog

    POSTED BY VICTORIA TILLOTSON, AUGUST 27 2007 02:00 PM | PERMALINK

    Welcome to my blog! I’m Victoria, aka Metal Chik. I’m not really a metalhead (anymore), but I am a lover of metalsmithing and jewelry and want to share the luuv with you! My story is simple: A punk rock kid who collected jewelry becomes an academic, later moves to NYC and becomes a jewelry designer and teacher at School of Visual Arts! I am a geek inside and also a historian, antique jewelry expert and author. I know, ho hum. But as Metal Chik, I’m going to focus on cool jewelry, trends, get inside the...

  • Big Deal Bezels

    POSTED BY TAMMY POWLEY, AUGUST 27 2007 12:00 PM | PERMALINK

     

     

    In the Metal Chik bezel-ring video, Victoria and Adam give a quick demonstration of the steps involved in making a bezel ring and also discuss the 60s' influence of geometric jewelry.

    I couldn't help but remember back to one of my first metalsmithing classes and how it took me way longer to make mine! I turned to my husband and said, "If I were to sell this, I'd have to charge a million dollars!" But, as you can tell from the video, once you know what you are doing, they are pretty easy to...