It's been a long time since I last wrote here- I was too busy with my studies and personal life to find a moment for this blog :) I wasn't completely inactive with jewellery-making though- I made some silicone molds for future designs, finally put all of my tools in order, read some advices on photography, got many new inspirations, and bought a lot of beautiful stones- olivines, citrines, garnets, sapphires, moonstones, and last but not least- this wonderful, Finnish spectrolite:

I love its intensive colour and labradorescence so much that I really feel I must use it for something special.

Also, I'm changing layout here- I just think it's time for autumn-cleaning ;) I ordered Melonarium logo and watermark from a very talented friend of mine and really hope to make things look more professional some time soon. 

And the last news from my little workshop- yesterday I finished another cat pendant, made specially for my friend. It's hand formed of fine and sterling silver, lightly oxidized and polished. Hope she'll like it!

Well, I just love cats ;) I also wanted to try engraving bark texture on a small branch before I'll make my first tree, so I spontaneously drew this simple project and decided to make it real. The greatest challenge was this small stone setting :) The moon is made of little blue labradorite. The pendant is oxidized and has a matte finish.

Filonek Bezogonek is a Polish name for Pelle Svanslös (Peter-No-Tail). This cat was actually my second project, but he lost his tail during polishing and had to wait few months for recovering. I made this pendant when I was pretty sure I have no limitations with the materials I use and when I was no aware of how fragile fine silver is. Well, I quickly learnt this lesson ;)

Hand carved fine silver, oxidized (with a little difficulty- the moon covered with oxide immediately, but the cat didn't want to turn black at all ;)) and then partially polished to let the moon shine :)