Author: joykruse

Materials: 20g Square Sterling Silver Wire Half Hard Graduated Madrel Nose Pliers One Side Flat (not both round ~ the round pliers mar the metal) Sharpie Marker, Paint Brush Handle,…

Will be posting a mass making of ear wires and jumprings next week. I wanted to show my tumbling operation first because it is so great for especially for small…

Wild Prairie is an amazing place to live. It really is just that: a wild prairie. The history here is amazing too. In the 1920's this use to be a…

Sorry if you got some crazy post from me about a present. It was a hacker and I just changed all my passwords and did a virus scan on my…

Had my first show this weekend as Wild Prairie Silver. It was the Sturgeon Bay Fine Art Show in Door County WI. Last year the show was packed. Pretty quiet…

Just finished this piece! It was one of the pieces that was unfinished on my bench in an older post. I love it. I love red agates because of their stunning color…

Ok, Ok, Ok....I am a little nervous because my first show of the season is this weekend. This is last years tent and setup. I have pretty much changed everything.…

This will become a copper pod with little details peeking out from within. This is formed with my hydraulic press. You push the metal so far that it splits. You can…

Here is the piece I was talking about. It has four tube settings in it which I included to just be my own challenge and conquer the stone setting mental…

Here are two pieces I am working on. As I write this one is finished and one has really changed a lot. I will post the finished photo of the…