Creativity

Wire with copper inside will turn your fingers green. I've spent over $200 figuring this out. When I was in between jobs, I pushed my anxiety into creating these rings. I started out with cheap wire from walmart and cheap fake pearls that looked beautiful. Then I moved to the hub and found a local outrageously expensive bead store. Soon I was buying Chinese Jade beads, solid sterling silver wire, a vintage ring mandrel, and countless other seed pearls and swarovski beads. I made these rings, non stop, until metal shards slipped under my finger nails, until my eyes were crossed from trying to find the tiny hole to thread a wire through.

I've given away nearly 50 of these rings. I have charged for maybe two of them. Yes, I know I could sell every one of them, I know I could mark up the price and make dinner parties awkward when I bring out my goods, and mention I have petty cash to make change.

Of course, I never quite figured out how to photograph them well either. These photos were taken with my i-sight camera and obviously, don't provide a very good glimpse of what I make.


I gave another one away today to a work friend who has been through a breakup, a job change, and may currently be falling in love with her own version of Mr. Big.

More to come, but apparently the gold and silver prices are way up, along with gas, meaning that a yard of sterling silver wire that won't turn your finger green will probably set me back about $23.