Wanja Franja glass jewelery handmade by Nicole Roozemond

More casting!

2011-03-04T02:57:00.001-08:00

Here a photo of my silver casting pendant.

Casting in silver and bronze.

2011-03-04T02:55:00.000-08:00

Time goes so fast when you are being creative! I did a class at Sia Corrina in casting with silver and bronze. It was great fun. A bit scary at the beginning as you are working with fire and have a lot more contact with the flame then when you do the burning of the glass for my lampwork beads. How does it work: We used a metal pot and filled it up with beans, lentils, walnuts, pasta shapes and straw from a broom. Wet it it a bit. Melt the silver or bronze you want to use in a special device. The melted substance you carefully and slowly poor in to the beans and the straw. As soon as the substanse get in touch with the cooler beans etc. it hardens and takes the shape of whatever it got in touch with. Always a big surprise. The result is amazing. I fixed a necklace with it and mixed it with my glass beads. Super. More information on casting at www.siacorinna.com

2011-02-01T07:54:00.000-08:00

Finally back to my blog. Christmas passed and I had a great time.Getting ready for Easter now.
I started making some jewelery that I call " Remembrance Jewelery".Others call it cremation jewelery or ash jewelery but I do not like the sound of this very much.
It is a piece of jewelery which has a small amount of ash melted into the glass of a loved one or a loved pet. A great way to remember and respect the once you love. I will post a few samples on my blog, some ideas. The pieces can be made in any colour. I have just got some amazing new colours in. The ashes will be covered in a see through glass which gives the ashes a silver looking touch.
If you are interested, I would like you though, to also give me your idea on how you would like this special piece to look, the colours, the shape... And all this of course with in mind the person you want to remember. I just need a teaspoon of ash. The ashes are handled with utmost respect. I find making this kind of jewelery something very special. Any remaining ashes will of course be returned to you.

Two in one

2010-10-22T02:52:00.000-07:00

It is rainy and cold outside. Well I mean 18 degrees, that means cold in Greece. Some new photos of my necklace that also can be worn as a bracelet. It has some lovely lentil shape beads on it and a big glass heart. Also made the beads for the wine charms. Tomorrow I will clean them and photograph them.

                                                              See you tomorrow...

More rings...

2010-10-18T08:21:00.000-07:00

And here some more rings. Great colours on a lovely rainy day in Greece.

Tomorrow I will fix some wine glass charmes. With handmade beads ofcourse. Cheers.

Ring, ring

2010-10-02T05:13:00.000-07:00

First I make the glass pendant for the ring in the flame of my burner. Then I put it straight away in my lovely oven where it stays until I am finished with all the beads and pendants I want to make. Then I reset my oven so it goes up in temperature from 490 degrees to 520 degrees and then very slowly to room temperature. This has been done to make the beads stronger and ensure durability. Then I fix the ring part from sterling silver. Here are a few of my designs.

White heart

2010-10-02T05:03:00.000-07:00

This heart is made with white glass and I put a brown frit, a kind of glass dust, on some parts of the heart. Underneath I put an African spacer and a purple cats eye. It is 3 by 3.5 cm large and hangs on a satin brown and beige string.

See through coloured heart shaped pendant

2010-10-02T04:58:00.000-07:00

Made from bright see through colored glass. It hangs on a leather string which is adjustable in size.

More new designs...

2010-10-02T04:53:00.000-07:00

I started of full off good intention on my blog and what happened. My internet stopped working. Luckily we fixed it now and as promised I will put on my new designs. This is a handmade glass heart. It is 3 cm by 3.5 cm large and hangs on a brown and cream colored satin string. The string is adjustable so it can either be worn long or short.

In the beginning...

2010-09-30T00:15:00.000-07:00

Hello, hello, hello. A new day has started and I am full of energy and new plans. I decided to put more effort in to photographing my precious jewels. So I will start of by putting the new stuff on my blog. I will also let you know on which bazaars I will be selling, for a good cause of course, and when and where I will be giving lessons in the art of making glass beads. Yesterday a new student came, she was great and knew straight away how to make a nice round bead and how to make good looking dots. She also makes beautiful jewelery and I will post her blog onto my blog. She actually gave me the idea of starting a blog. Ok, blog, blog, blog. Strange word? Lets start putting some photos!!!