How She Started with Designing Jewelry

How She Started with Designing Jewelry<br /><br />1. What was it about making jewelry that first attracted you to this medium?<br /><br />Instant Gratification! I can sit down and an hour later walk away with a finished piece of art jewelry. There is something so satisfying about creating something beautiful in small amounts of time.<br /><br />2. Describe your first piece of jewelry that you designed and constructed. What did you think about it back when you first made it? What do you think about it now?<br /><br />I would say my first piece of jewelry was a necklace that I created to enter in the Art Bead Scene monthly challenge. The theme was Coffee Haus and I had such a blast pulling together all of the coffee related components into my necklace design. As it turns out, I won that month! So being really paid off! I look back on it now and I still think it was a successful piece!<br /><br />3. What was the most challenging piece of jewelry that you ever attempted to make?<br /><br />I had to create several pieces for the Wire Style 2 book that Denise Peck wrote published by Interweave. I have enjoyed working with wire in the past but have never really considered myself a seasoned pro. I struggled with the design concept for each of the pieces and never really felt confident in the outcomes, until I received positive feedback from Denise.