Elizabeth Scott Botanical Jewelry

This summer I made a promise to myself that I’d find time for creative projects, and the Etsy Metal August Challenge was one of the first I had time for in a while. It was so much fun, I had to make two pieces. Calder made some amazing jewelry using simple forms. Mine didn’t use [...]

This one was easy, but difficult at the same time! I have several artists and art educators in my family, but figuring out some of their exact relationships to me was a bit difficult. I think I have it right now. Going the farthest back, there’s Alexis Jean Fournier, American Barbizon School painter

This month we’re discussing artists who have influenced us. In 2006, when I started spending a large chunk of my time designing and making botanical jewelry, along with perfecting my jewelry making skills, I worked on developing some different processes for making models of botanical objects. In one

studio3-23-11-3 Originally uploaded by esjewelry For June’s Etsy Metal blog carnival, we’re doing studio tours. Here are some pictures I took recently. If you go to them on flickr, you’ll be able to view the notes. Take a tour of other Etsy Metal studios: Rebecca Bogan - http://www.AdobeSol.com/blo

Most of my jewelry sketches are quick ideas with notes, not meant to be accurate drawings to scale. I did some drawings recently for a series of textile-inspired pieces. I’ve made jewelry from roll-printed fabrics and crocheted sterling silver wire in the past, but this lace series is made by fusing

Chains are some of the most difficult pieces of jewelry to polish. Delicate cable chains like the one pictured above have many tiny hard-to-reach surfaces that make it impossible to hand polish them. Chemical dips are expensive and toxic. This method is easy, inexpensive and non-toxic. In about 1-2