Increased mobility

I was reading up on sea glass this afternoon, because I have literally bagfuls of the stuff and I really don't know what to do with it. Someone somewhere was showing decorative stuff they made, and I remembered this mobile I'd seen in a craft book I have, made out of coat hangers, wire, and paper. I figured I could modify it. Unfortunately, my wire cutters couldn't get through the coat hanger wire, but I have some thick silver stuff that worked pretty well. I took only pieces that are porcelain/opaque. I don't really have anywhere to hang it, which is why I took this photo in my bathroom:



I'm pleased. I have to say that I'm not really a fan of wire wrapping sea glass, as I find it can look a too New-Age-shop-ish or overly cute, and it tends to conceal the natural jaggedness of the glass (if the piece is rough to begin with), but because my wire wrapping skills are minimal, I think it turned out okay. I particularly like the piece in the middle; it gives it a nice toothy, pointy look and severely reduces the twee. I think I'm going to make another one out of brass wire and porcelain.

I have plans to do something with the really big pieces I have, the ones that still kind of look like garbage because they're not completely smooth or are still shaped like a bottle or whatever. I also have plans for three necklaces, one with the Fire King semi-opaque green stuff, one with porcelain pieces that still has designs/paint on them, and one with milk glass, but I really don't want to wire wrap, so I'm going to wait until I have the time and extra cash to play with bezels and soldering. I'll take pictures of my collection sometime.

I also whipped up some jewelry with beads that i got in my Christmas stocking:



My camera is tough to figure out. I can't seem to get it to focus properly on closer shots like the one above, even when I put it on the special close-up setting. And when I can get it to focus, the colour tends to get really red and bright when I don't use the flash. I tried to retake this photo but like I said, it wouldn't focus, so, yeah, big ol' flash spot.

Now to clean like I meant to do three hours ago.