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Entry #1
This design utilizes paint, fiber, wood, glass, metal and Polymer Clay in the design. Hand painted wood beads are accented by a hand tied Kumihimo braid. Polymer Clay was used as a form to to create the hand wrapped sterling silver end cones.
Entry #2
Wire-sculpted frame in 14k gold-filled square wire. A small hand-crafted dichroic cabochon prong-set into the design as the center of the butterfly body, a prong-set Swarovski crystal is the head. The wings are tubular twisted metallic glass beads, metallic seed beads and freshwater pearls. The lower body is made of rectangular raku beads. The leaves above the wings are sculpted from 14k gold-filled square wire embellished with tied swirls and czech crystals.
Entry #3
The body of the butterfly and the flowers were formed out of Polymer Clay, the butterfly wings were formed in copper and filled with Devcon and Easy Cast resins tinted using various shades of pigment. The butterflies antennae were made using 19 gauge black steel and various gauges of copper was used for the remainder of the wire details.
Entry #4
Glass beads hand painted by the artist using acrylic paint, pen and sealed with varnish.
Entry #5
Lampwork butterfly focal created by artist, along the sides of the piece are lampwork butterfly wings to meld the contemporary with the traditional butterfly.
Entry #6
Artist created sterling silver butterfly and bezel set garnet cabochon connectors. Seed beads and cats eye beads were used for the strands.
Entry #7
Handmade chain with wire wrapped peruvian blue opal, kyanite, aquamarine, labrodite with Karen Hill Tribe die cut butterflies.
Entry #8
Artist created PMC butterfly focal.
Entry #9
Ocean Jasper, Fancy Jasper and Amazonite. Hand coiled sterling silver wire cages, custom designed clasp and wire details.
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