New Happenings For a New Year!

Wow! We are already a month into 2013! Plans are underway for some new and exciting things at JewelleryWon!

We are finalizing some dates for this year's shows and will be making announcements soon. If you haven't 'Liked' our page, make sure you do so to receive updates with our news announcements!

Big Thank You

We just wanted to send out a big thank you to all of our artists who participated in Sparkle! yesterday and all of our guests who came jewellery shopping!

We had a couple of new artists join us, AltraKarta and Judy Zawacki. It was great having you in our show and a pleasure to see your work!

AltraKarta makes fresh, bright, fun designs using découpage. Check out her Etsy shop at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/AltraKarta .

Judy Zawacki creates beautiful unique designs using sterling silver. Her work has been displayed in the Members Showcase at the Art Gallery and is available at the Assiniboia Gallery: http://www.assiniboia.com/Artist-Detail.cfm?ArtistsID=722


Our Sparkle! 2012 Artists:

Surrayah's Jewels

Teresa Moxley

AltraKarta

EllJay Design

Joanne Pelletier

D.P. Creations

Judy Zawacki

joni originals

Prairie Sky Creations

Did-it Designs

Roxanne Brown Jewellery

Rock'n

Stonewench

Sparkle! - Thirteenth Artist is Roxanne Brown

Roxanne Brown was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan and grew up in a family of creative people. Roxanne has been an accomplished seamstress for her adult life with an eye and enthusiasm for tasteful embellishment and accessories. Over the past 6 years Roxanne has also applied her accumulated skill and artistry to creating jewellery. Through artistically combining handcrafted Lampwork glass beads of other independent artists from around the world, semi-precious stones swarovski crystals and other high quality components; Roxanne creates original pieces that surprise and inspire. Roxanne also applies her skills to creating one-of-a-kind accent purses and scarves. Roxanne's creations come together under the label of Roxanne Brown Jewellery. 

Over the past 8 years she has worked as lead seamstress with Dean Renwick Design Studio and as of November 2012 she has left the Design Studio to further her jewellery business on a full-time basis. Roxanne will continue to refine her skills and look for new directions to express her imagination.

https://www.facebook.com/RoxanneBrownJewellery

Sparkle! - Twelfth Artist is Joanne Pelletier

Joanne has been an avid beader for over 30 years and started making jewelry after participating in a workshop on quill and seed bead earrings.  This inspired her to learn more about beaded jewelry and, using how-to-bead books, was soon was making necklaces, earrings and bracelets.  The first time she attended BeadExpo in Santa Fe, she was blown away by the sheer volume and variety of gemstone, pearl and designer beads.  She also discovered the benefits of on-line shopping, which makes the high end supplies that she uses in her jewelry readily available.  She has been selling to family, friends and colleagues for the past 25 years and plans on making her hobby a full time job, with retirement coming up in the next few months.  One of the things she enjoys most about designing and making jewelry is the excitement and joy of seeing the pieces come together, resulting in a wearable piece of art. Joanne says her jewelry is for that woman that truly enjoys a lot of bling!!

Sparkle! - Eleventh Artist is Prairie Sky Creations

Prairie Sky Creations
by Laurie Walton

I love colours and rocks and things that are different! I try to create pieces that bring out the best of the materials I use. I find the prairie sky so inspiring because it can be so colourful and HUGE.

I am an artist who currently specializes handmade jewelry, silverwork, lampwork beads, and other accessories. The materials I use are Sterling silver, copper, my own lampwork glass beads, semi-precious stones, crystals and other metals.

My jewellery can be purchased on-line at www.prairieskycreations.ca. 

Sparkle! - Tenth Artist is joni originals

Joan Pederson

Owner, joni originals--Creative Jewellery

Regina, Saskatchewan

I’ve always loved stones and used to collect them as a child.  I started designing jewellery as a therapy a few years ago after my parents had passed away.  Through self-teaching and help from friends I learned more about semi-precious stones and sterling silver.  After I lost my job, I started spending more time on my jewellery, attending Bead Shows for wholesalers in Tucson, Arizona, and looking for opportunities to sell-- beyond my network of friends and relatives! 

I’m always looking for unique stones, different colors and shapes. I also look for other metals as an alternative to sterling silver.  My goal is to make each jewellery piece unique … no two the same.  I may use similar stones but the designs are all different. I look for stones that are not common to Saskatchewan.  Although I use semi-precious stones, I strive to keep my costs down and my prices reasonable so that they are affordable for everyone.

Sparkle! - Ninth Artist is EllJay Design

EllJay Design by Laura Steadman

I have been involved in arts and crafts of all sorts for most of my life.  I love working with my hands and have done cross stitch, Hardanger embroidery, crochet, Origami, designed and made teddy bears, painting, and other things too.

Years ago, my step-father took a jewellery class and I was impressed by the things he made.  I wanted to take the class too but put it off for a long long time.  When I finally took the class I was instantly hooked!  I am continually fascinated by the way a piece of metal can be transformed through many different techniques into something beautiful and wearable.  I have spent the last two years setting up my own studio and taking classes.  I work primarily with Sterling silver but will sometimes use copper and semi-precious stones and beads.  I have recently begun teaching a small class that involves fusing fine (.999) silver into a ring.  I was born and raised in Regina where I will continue to take classes and work on designing and creating new and unique pieces of jewellery.

Sparkle! - Eighth Artist is Teresa Moxley

I have been creating things since I was a teenager when I knit my first sweater. I have done macramé (that’s dating me), pottery, painting in oils, acrylics and water colour, sewing and making teddy bears from old fur coats. I was introduced to silver clay a few years ago and fell in love with the possibilities this venue has to offer. I took a 3-day workshop and began creating my own jewellery. My main focus has been on pendants and earrings, although I have made rings and bracelets.

Teresa Moxley

Sparkle! - Seventh Artist is D.P. Creations

My name is David Danial Peters and I am the artist behind DP Creations Jewellery and Design. Though Regina born, I now live in Grand Coulee, a mere 10 min west of Regina (towards Moose Jaw). I have been around jewellery for much of my life as my mom led me shopping from one jewellery store to another. As I always say… her hands made Liberace’s look bare! 

Naturally I became just as enamored with jewellery as she was. Over the years I have worked at Birks, Paris Jewellers, and was in management at  Ben Moss Jewellers. Over the years I tired of the cookie cutter designs from “Production” stores and decided I could create unique jewellery! 

I started my jewellery schooling at the Neil Balkwill Centre taking Jewellery Classes 1 and 2 along with Enameling and Casting . As continual learning and education is important to me, I applied and was accepted to the Ashworth College’s Jewellery Design and Repair course, a one year course, which I completed in seven months with honors. After receiving my Certificate from Ashworth, I start creating unique pieces of jewellery for family, friends, and vending at the local Arts and Crafts shows. That was almost three years ago this April and I have been learning, growing and evolving my own unique style of Jewellery ever since.

I would say I make a mixed variety of jewellery kinds and styles. I endeavor to be unique and artistic, but my years in the industry are echoed in my more production-oriented pieces. I work mostly in Sterling Silver, but am not opposed to working in Gold! I also work with Copper and a bit of brass. I love to use gemstones and always try to stay true to the quality of true natural gemstones, yet I do use Lab created (grown crystals) in order to provide my customers with a wide variety of colours and more unique types of stones while still keeping within a reasonable cost.

If asked what inspires me I would have to say everything and nothing all in one. I seem to find some inspiration in nature and how natural things evolve as in my “Melt” pendants but I also love the rigid shapes and mechanical designs of our modernist society. I do treasure historic and antique styles which also echo in my creations.

The thing I most like about designing jewellery is that each person’s perspectives of what jewellery is, or should be like, is different. Therefore I can create jewellery how I see it with hopes of connecting it with a like-minded person. This way I do not limit my designs by pre-existing views!

Sparkle! - Sixth Artist is AltraKarta

AltraKarta

Artist Name: Cassidy

City: Regina

How I got started making jewellery:  I had left my job to pursue a new path and while deciding which path to take I decided to get back in touch with my inner artist as I had loved anything art related in my youth.  I had begun drawing again, a long time passion of mine, and then started dabbling in découpage which brought me to creating and designing my bracelets that are mainly découpage and from there my business AltraKarta was born.

What kinds of jewellery I create:   I started with bracelets but have now branched out and include earrings and necklaces to my collection and plan on adding hair accessories and various other accessories to my line in the future.  Although I use a few different mediums, the majority of my jewellery is made from paper and is created using a découpage technique or incorporates paper in some way.  I also do custom creations on request.

What types of things inspire me:  Anything and everything inspires me but my main inspirations come from nature, music, movies & fashion.  I try to create items that would appeal to all types of people and try to have something for everyone with all kinds of interests and styles. 

What do I enjoy most about creating jewellery:  I love having a creative outlet.  When I am creating jewellery any and all stress disappears, it’s like my mind is concentrating only on the task at hand.  It’s a really great way for me to de-stress, unwind and recharge.  There’s nothing like creating something you love with your own hands.