Artist Index

Art You Can Wear: Page 15 AudreyGardenLady: Page 15 Bella Linda Designs: Page 8

Crazy2Wear Designs: Page 4 Crystal Wand Creations: Page 16

Fresh String Beads: Page 10 Grand River Beads: Page 4

Hot Glue Media: Page 8 It’s All In The Beads: Page 12

Lisa Barth Jewelry Designs: Page 7 M-ixes Jewelry: Page 11

Spring’s Creations: Page 4 Superior Agates: Page 12

Editor’s Notes: Page 1 Google’s New Instant Search: Page 13 Wearable Art with Copper Wire: Page 9 Steam Punk: A Green Art: Page 3 Successful Selling: Page 5

Article Index

Editor’s Notes

Musings on procrastination, featured articles, and copper

Lois Linquist ABeadedAffair.com

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A lifelong crafter with expensive taste, jewelry design was a natural move for Lois Linquist. She founded Copper Wire Jewelers in an effort to unite and connect with people who share her passion.

Through her online store, A Beaded Affair, Lois offers high-quality wire, findings, and beads for her fellow artisans’ designs

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Steam Punk:

A Green Art

Lisa Ann Ullibarri SpringsCreations.com

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^Lisa is a self-taught multimedia artist based in the western United

States. When not crafting, she enjoys the journey called life and spends time with her special kitty gal Patch.

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Artist: LaMata Lewis Shop: crazy2weardesigns.com

These ruby quartz rondelles reminded me of a treat from my childhood, Red Velvet Cake. I used 3 different types of antique bronze viking knit and snake chain from Adornments. They are combined with bright copper accents and metal beads. The chain, mixing in smaller creamy rondelles and copper hex beads, is handmade. A neckpiece for a woman who wears her jewelry and not the other way around. "If a knight can't see it from a galloping horse...why wear it?"

Artist: Eva Sherman Shop: grandriverbeads.com

Scrap Box Ring & Copper Cuff

with Beach Glass Accent

Successful Selling

The third in a three-part series on how to build sales and

market your shop

Anna Lee Husband OracleGemDesigns.com

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Toronto jewelry designer Anna Lee Husband offers artisan gemstone delights under her Gahooletree, SassyDLite, and Anna Lee

jewelry brands. Anna Lee is a writer, business owner, wife, mom, dog owner, and marketing consultant who earned her Hons. B.B.A. at

Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, ON.

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Artist: Lisa Barth Shop: LBJewelryDesigns.com

When you are stuck in a car, driving for what

seems like a lifetime, how do you make the

time go by? Well, I have just recently been

driving all over the country but before we left,

I grabbed some copper wire and a few seed

beads, along with my tools. I just started

"doodling" and before I knew it. this pendant

began to grow. I say grow because it started

out small and kept multiplying itself as I kept experimenting and adding

more things to it. Before it grew into a complete monster, (and it was

threatening to do so), I said enough is enough and stopped.

I don't know how good it is, it was made while bouncing around in an SUV

but it helped pass the time and it is fun to wear.

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Lisa Barth Jewelry Designs

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A technically challenging piece and

something pretty, both in honor of

Lois' Mom - a true lover of art, resting

with the angels.

Artist: Linda Lamb Shop: BellaLindaDesigns.com

Wearable Art with

Copper Wire

Cindy Chau etsy.com/shop/citygirl32

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Cindy is a jewelry designer from Toronto, Ontario. Her selections of necklaces and bracelets can be found at her

Jewellery by CityGirl Etsy shop.

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This piece was inspired by a photo

that my sister took of a beautiful

peacock in Hawaii. His plumage

was spectacular, and I wanted to

capture that beauty in a woven

statement piece of jewelry.

Artist: Lisa Glenn Shops: freshstringbeads.etsy.com,

livewirejewelry.etsy.com

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Artist: Marjorie Ixes Shop: www.M-ixes.eu

Blog: facebook.com/pages/M-ixes-Jewelry/146272191263

One of a Kind Necklace: 'The Maharajah's Daughter' M-ixes May 2010 'The Maharajah's Daughter' was created by accident. I started out with the idea for wired earrings. When I formed the chandelier shapes of 18 gauge artistic wire, I changed my mind: inspired by the curls, I wanted to make them into a pendant with a gemstone in the middle. Since I was on holiday on an island with no gemstones and just artistic and 30 gauge copper wire, I decided to wire some more and things got pleasantly out of hand. ;) I decided to attach gemstones to it when I got home. So I attached a large chunk of faceted labradorite with an absolutely wonderful red-dish, coppery sheen (which is almost Impossible to capture in a picture), some fac-eted rondelles, a smooth briolette and a smooth reddish delicious labradorite ron-delle. I also added two shimmering cubic zircon briolettes and teeny rondelles and two round subtle peach moonstones, some Luscious red faceted Ruby rondelles and briolettes, all Wired on Gold filled wire, with gold-filled caps and (handmade) headpins. I finished the necklace off with two types of gold-filled chain and a gold-filled lobster claw clasp. The bare copper wire will oxidize to that gorgelicious patina that copper gets over time and you will see the shiny copper glow from the coated copper frame shine through.

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Artist: Marie Frazier Shop: SuperiorAgates.etsy.com

Blog: SuperiorAgates.blogspot.com

My love of Lake Superior Agates and all

other gem stones began in May of

2009. At first it was just the love of the

stones, now it is much, much more. I

began wire wrapping in September

2009, and after 1 year of wire wrapping, I

find I become more and more brave with

the wire in my designs. Almost all of my

designs are meant to enhance the

stones, to show them off. I wrap in

copper, brass, gold fill, and sterling

silver, but do not use coated wire, or

plated wire any more. All of the Lake

Superior stones in my shop were found

by me, right in my own back yard, then I

cab them, and wire wrap them.

Artist: PennyLane Email: mills@quadro.net

It's All In The Beads

Bling for the Feet

This is my version of the a type of

foot jewelry that has been

around for a long time. These are

made from 20 gauge copper,

pre-made copper chain, crystal

bracelet joiner, small 3-4mm

deep blue and orange

Swarovski crystal beads, brown

and orange glass seed beads,

and a deep blue, white and

orange 6mm crystal bead. I also

used a 12 mm glass orange

colored bead. The bead work

was strung on 0.5mm stretch

string. I closed the string with a

knot and a crimp bead.

Google’s new Instant Search

How does Google’s new “Instant Search” change things for the little guy? The experts (not me) speak,

and I interpret.

Linda Reynolds etsy.com/shop/ciaobela

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Linda Reynolds is the designer and owner of Bella Linda Designs. Linda started making jewelry over 10 years ago, and has a passion for organic shapes and materials and always strives for originality, beauty and functionality in her jewelry designs.

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I hope you enjoy my hand crafted jew-elry and art inspired by my love of na-ture and gardening. The organic feel of copper is especially pleasing to me. I love working with it and adding won-der gemstones. Every one should be able to wear beautiful gems.

Artist: Audrey Fetterhoff Shop: AudreyGardenLady.etsy.com Blog: AudreyGardenLady.blogspot.com The necklace is done entirely in fine

silver. I like the front closure style and use it in many of my designs. I used 18 gauge fine silver for the framework of the necklace, then wove a variety of patterns with 28 gauge fine silver wire to create the necklace design. The ends of the 18 gauge wire are coiled into “tendrils.” The pendant is a freeform design in 18g fine silver that combines moonstone, rose quartz, and several different crystals. The pendant is embellished with coiled and woven silver.

Artist: Diana Kirkpatrick Shop: dianakirkpatrick.com

Blog: artyoucanwear.blogspot.com

Art You Can Wear

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Artist: Lois McIntire Shop: crystalwandcreations.com

Blog: crystalwandcreations.blogspot.com

There’s nothing like the beauty of fall, with

all its glorious hues and endless

variations of gold, orange and deep red.

We welcome the arrival of this majestic

season, and bask in the luscious diversity

of the changing foliage. This necklace

and earring set was designed with that

special time of year in mind.

Deep red-orange coral beads, blended with the

earthy variations of the unikite, delicately

enhanced with olive green leaves and citrus

orange crackle beads, emit a warm pleasant

glow. The addition of copper accents and links

accentuates the variation of passionate hues in

this set ensuring the perfect balance of color and

tone in this fall-inspired piece.

Stay tuned to copperwirejewelers.ning.com for news on the next issue of

Copper Wire Jewelers

Copper Wire Jewelers Magazine, Issue 4, October 2010. Founding Editor: Lois Linquist (lois@abeadedaffair.com)

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