Chandelier earrings with Citrines, Garnets and Golden Rutilated Quartz wire wrapped in 14K gold filled. Handmade jewelry by Arctida

Just wanted to show you my latest custom order, a new variation of my older design - Domani. This time I've used my most favorite gemstone in the world - Golden Rutilated Quartz (Rutile Quartz). So here are my new pretties - chandelier earrings with Citrines, Garnets and Golden Rutilated Quartz wire wrapped in 14K gold filled.

 

Oksana - Gemstone earrings with Amethysts, Carnelians, Citrines, Garnets and green Agates. Handmade artisan jewelry by Arctida.

I just wanted to share with you guys my latest custom order. The customer wanted to have vibrant multicolored gemstone earrings with exotic/oriental touch.  So here is *Oksana* colorful gemstone earrings wire wrapped in 14K Gold filled with purple Amethysts, orange Carnelians, yellow Citrines, burgundy red Garnets and emerald green Agates.

Gemstone hoops Carnelian Citrine Garnet Peridot hoop earrings in 14K gold filled. Handmade gemstone jewelry by Arctida.

I love making custom orders. It is so much fun when people ask me to create things I otherwise wouldn't think to make, or things that I've been planning but just haven't gotten around to yet. Like this order for example. One of my customers fell in love with my gemstone hoops but she wanted them in Autumnal color palette instead. I've been wanted to make more gemstone hoops in different color combination for ages now so this time it was a perfect opportunity to do just that :)

So here are the latest ones with Carnelians, Citrines, Garnets and Peridots in 14 gold filled.

PMC Oak leaf, Amber, Carnelian, Citrine, Garnet, and Pyrite mixed media gemstone necklace. Handmade jewelry by Arctida

I've been learning to work with the coolest new media in jewelry making -  PMC (Precious Metal Clay) since last spring and I'm finally starting to list pieces of jewelry that are made of it.

What is PMC? A unique form of pure silver (mainly composed of recycled silver particles) suspended in an organic binder. In this clay-like state it allows PMC artists to form and sculpt metal clay by hand. When fired at high temperatures by torch or in a jeweler's kiln, the binder burns off and the silver particles are fused together. The result is a one-of-a-kind pure silver piece (.999) purer than Sterling silver (.925).

So here is the first piece of many :) The focal pendant was made PMC using real Oak leaf from my garden as a template. The leaf has gone through a lengthy layering, drying and firing process that allows its physical properties to transfer to the silver replication. After firing, I hand polished the silver leaf pendant and applied multicolored iridescent patina, to make it look like a real fall leaf. So of course the necklace had to be made in autumnal colors as well. I chose different sizes of Amber, Carnelian, Citrine, Garnet and Pyrite rondelles and wire wrapped them into a handmade chain.

I love the versatility that PMC offers to the artists and all those endless possibilities to incorporate colored gemstones, the reason why I've entered the world of jewelry making in the first place. So stay tuned as more jewelry pieces are on the way :)

For more of my pmc fine silver jewelry click here

Aurora - Gemstone necklace with Citrine, Cognac Quartz, Garnet, golden Rutilated Quartz and Mystic Rose Quartz. Handmade jewelry by Arctida

I love all seasons of the year. I usually try to ignore the bad parts and concentrate on the positive sides because each of them has its own charm. For instance even thought its getting really cold and wet outside, the colors of Autumn continue to amaze and inspire me. So here is yet another gemstone necklace inspired by autumnal color palette. Only best, premium grade and hard to find gemstones were used in creating this decadent statement necklace. Rich shades of berry red, cognac, yellow and dusky pink mix exquisitely with the gold of the wirework and will make any girl feel like a real live Goddess every time she wears it :)

Aurora - Statement necklace wire wrapped 14K Gold filled pendant with gemstones - Citrine, Cognac Quartz, Garnet, golden Rutilated Quartz and Mystic Rose Quartz.

 

 

Chandelier earrings with Amethysts, Citrines and Garnets wire wrapped in 14K gold filled. Handmade jewelry by Arctida

The autumnal colors outside are so beautiful and bright it is hard not to get influenced by them. After all, I'm only human! :) So here is my latest creation, it is one om my best sellers, a design called - Domani. This time in purple violets, golden yellows and burgundy reds, just like the fall vineyard look like at this time of the year.

Domani - chandelier earrings with Amethysts, Citrines and Garnets wire wrapped in 14K gold filled.

Domani - for sale in my Arctida shop

Lanlea - Gemstone earrings. Citrine, Garnets, Keshi pearls, Pyrites and Smoky Quartz earrings wire wraped in 14K gold filled. Handmade gemstone jewellery by Arctida

A couple of years ago I've got an old pair of earrings from my grandmother with gorgeous faceted Smoky Quartz briolettes (aka Smokey Topaz). The earrings were made of dark pewter (sorry no picture it was a couple of years ago) and did not make any justice to the truly stunning gems they had *hidden* :) I decided to upcycle the gems by making cluster earrings with more golden yellow and burgundy red gemstones and Keishi pearls for extra sparkle and make the setting in gold. So here is the final result!

~Lanlea~ Gemstone earrings. Smoky Quartz, Garnet, Citrine, Pyrite and Keshi pearls earrings wire wrapped in 14k gold filled and 18K Vermeil ballpins.