Another great class with Joy Raskin
Joy Raskin is a great friend of ours. I’ve mentioned Joy in a previous post. She is an amazing jewelry teacher. She LOVES animals. When Joy comes to visit the cats and our Chihuahua, Daisy, flock to her. Our persian, Mickey, cannot get enough of Joy. She pets him for hours. We joke that Mickey needs to go on antidepressants when Joy leaves. Joy likes to sleep in, but when she’s here the cats have her up at the crack up dawn….wanting attention.
Joy has been down to spend the weekend with us, several times over the last couple of weeks. When Joy is visiting I usually get a private lesson in stone setting. The last time Joy was here I was totally excited. I had the stones lined up, my bezel wire, solder, etc. I thought everything was perfect…..just as we were getting into soldering, the acetylne tank emptied.
I was able to set up 8 bezel settings. Some with backs others backless. This past weekend Joy was over and with her guidance I finished the settings. I now have an amazing bracelet. It’s big, but I love my jewelry to make a statement. I had a lot of fun texturing the settings. I used my new Fretz hammers.
This is my new favorite bracelet:
And here are 2 pendants I set:
While Joy was here, she was getting ready for two upcoming craft shows, Guilford, CT (July 17 - 19) and Sunapee (Aug 2 - 10). Joy made what seemed liked 100’s of earrings. They are all amazing. I would have a hard time just buying one pair. Joy has a very unique way of forming her ear wires….you just have to have a pair! Joy also wove an amazing whisk……her utensils are unique and wonderful pieces of art. I wish I had a picture to share with you.
Til next time…..