Tag: fused glass

NEW ARROWHEAD PENDANT AND MORE FUSED GLASS PENDANTS

New arrowhead Pendant and more Fused glass Pendants

Today, just because it was sitting on my wordbench, I wire wrapped an arrowhead. Never done that before. Arrowheads are very fragile, almost like chalk. Obviously I don’t know anything at all about them. It’s about 2 7/8″ long (including the bail) and 1 5/8″ wide. Because it is so delicate looking, I used a very small wire – 24g – to wrap it. Now that it’s done, I’m not sure what I’ll do with it other that have it sitting on my workbench. I’ll show it to my grandchldren, but they’re almost teenagers and won’t be that interested, I’m sure.

Below are 2 fused glass pendants I wrapped today. One is wrapped with Copper wire, and the second has tarnish resistant silver plated wire. The second is pretty smal so again I used 24g wire to wrap it. I don’t like to have the wire hide the beauty of the colors in the glass.

Green, Lime Green, Yellow and white Fused Glass Pendant wrapped in Copper

Back of Pendant

This pendant is 2″ long including a 5/8″ bail and 5/8″ wide.

Turquoise G0ld-Yellow and ,White Pendant wrapped in tarnish resistant Silver Plated wire

Back of Pendant – You can see all the colors in the back as well

This pendant is small. It is 1 3/8″ long including a 1/2″ bail and 5/8″ wide

If am going to post these in my Facebook shop later today with additional details. WhimsicalMoonJewelry.Facebook.Com If you want more details emal me. The 2 fused glass pendants will sell for $20.00 each + 3.75 ship

Theoretical New Online Store

Customer Profile for Online Jewelry Store

Customer Profile

So I’m playing a game with myself right now. I’m thinking about opening an online store selling enameled jewelry and fused glass. In my mind there is a convergence between the two. But as I said, for now this is only something that I’m considering theoretically. Below is an example of the kind of enameled jewelry that I think would be beautiful and my customer profile would wear. I believe this designer really has a modern edge to her work. The seller is JewelerSoul and this is on ETSY. Below is a link to her work.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/490105345/enameled-leaf-ring-enamel-jewelry-and?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=enamel+jewelry&ref=sr_gallery-1-8&referring_page_type=market

Before I go any further, I have defined my target customer . A woman between 30 and recently retired. She works in a bank or as a teacher or in the financial area, is probably married, may or may not have children and lives in or close to a large city like Washington, DC, or Dallas Texas or Tampa, Fl. She has disposable income, likes to look put-together and enjoys jewelry. She wears casual clothes to work, maybe good jeans or twill pants and a blouse, but not t-shirts. She always wears earrings, usually bracelets, and frequently necklaces or pendants on a chain. Her jewelry is not matchy-matchy. Her earrings are not studs that are barely there, but usually drop from a wire. Her bracelets are not tiny chains with a small gem, but something that can be seen when her arm is visible. Maybe she wears multiple bracelets. Obviously, she likes hand-made and shops from online artisans and when available, craft shows. Casual jewelry in copper or silver is her thing.

This is as far as I’ve gotten so far with my theoretical online shop. I would appreciate your comments. Thank you.