STYLING BANGLES

Laura created a great jewelry look for herself and she’s rocking it!

She’s showing us how to layer jewelry pieces to great effect. Laura is stacking the two sterling silver bangles I made for her along with her bold faced watch. I love the subtle contrasts she’s created: thick and against thin, dark against light, shiny surfaces against matt surfaces. Her watch face really brings out the darkened and highly detailed oxidized silver bangle. Way to go Laura!

Thanks for sharing how you put a smashing look together.

Photo by Laura

WAVE BANGLE →

I love to wear bangles but they can get in the way when typing on the key board. My oval wave bangle fits right below the wrist bone so it doesn’t move around or feel uncomfortable. That’s a win win when spending time typing!

I fabricate it from thick sterling silver wire that is recycled. The bangle is assayed 925, the international stamp of sterling silver.

Want to see more? Click on the link to visit my Etsy shop, SoundBeachStudio.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1015705660/silver-bangle-textured-bangle-bangle?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1

FORGED STERLING BANGLE

Sterling silver “wave” bangle is created with fire (my jewelers torch) and hammer. The process is similar to the blacksmith in the previous post. Forged hammer texture marks create a play of light on the bangle surface. The opened back design makes this bracelet easy to get off and on. It fits snugly just below the wrist so it stays put even while typing on the keyboard. I wear it daily even while sleeping.

Coming soon on my Etsy store, Sound Beach Studio.

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SoundBeachStudio?ref=search_shop_redirect

This bangle doesn’t interfere with typing on the keyboard .

BANGLES, BANGLES AND MORE BANGLES

Bangles are like people,, some are kind of square, some round, some are thin and some are wide. The top bangle is round textured wire, the next underneath is square textured sterling wire, The thick bangle with the black braided fabric is a concave bangle holding my hair scrunchie. The one on the bottom is a concave textures think bangle.

Stack them up on your wrist and enjoy the jingle jangle of sterling silver on your arm. The more bangles you wear, the merrier!

They will be coming to my Etsy Shop, SoundBeachStudio very soon!

Four different sterling silver bangles.

BANGLE WITH KIMONO CORD

My jewelry-making always suffers in spring time. I love to be in the garden this time of year. Here’s a behind the scenes peek at some bangle designs I’m working on, that is when I can tear myself from gardening and get to my jewelry bench .

I’ve created these two bangle bracelets in copper. Once I’ve finalized the design and worked out the details, I’ll making them in sterling silver too.

The top bangle has colorful rayon kimono cord tucked inside the concave area of the bangle. The soft feel of the fabric again the shiny hard surface of the metal is an interesting contrast and the kimono cord brings a surprise of color. The floral fabric keeps me close to the garden and nature too.

The bangle stacked underneath is embellished with a sterling silver wire with gold-filled wire wrapped around it and a handmade copper bead as a focal point .

These are fun for stacking together or worn alone. Hope you’ll come back tony blog to see the finalized bangles!

2 bangle bracelet in progress.

BANGLE BRACELETS

To make high quality sterling silver jewelry you need high quality metal smithing tools. Pictured here is one of my favorite tools, a Bill Fretz chasing hammer. I put to use making the silver bangle bracelet sitting on top of it.

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Sterling bangle bracelet with Fretz chasing hammer.