Kathryn Riechert Jewelry

Today I tried my hand at getting back to making more complicated filati with the lampworking torch, it has been almost a year and a half since I tried. The past few weeks I have been pulling triangles, flat-ish and round shapes using smalti tiles. I did a batch where I had to mix white and verde master tints together to make a turquoise color (it went well) and I spectacularly failed at mixing green/yellow tiles and an attempt to mix purple tiles and add red and white elements. Those 2 attempts were so bad I immediately threw them in the trash! Nothing to salvage, the coefficients weren't compatible and they were ugly too 😂.
But those 2 failures inspired me to sit down at the torch this morning to attempt to make eyes and leaves. The first attempt at eyes was a dud, but I had been skeptical of that approach anyway. I also had forgotten how the glass rods behaved, how to add glass and take it away without getting the rod and piece stuck together, etc. So I tried again with a better approach and memory of what to do coming back...and it worked!
Hopefully I'll be able to repeat these successes in the future!! 😅
I particularly want more of the leaves.

I had fun figuring out the copper piece today, and will do more soon!

Scroll through to see my newest enamel necklace! Is it spring yet?