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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 19

Pilea leaf pendant! These leaves have a very “plain” side, and a really gorgeous underside, showing off their texture.

This one is in bronze, with a fabricated silver bail.

#pilea #houseplants #plants #moneyplant #organicjewelry #handmadejewelry #organicjewelry #bayarea

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 17

🐍 so cute!

#jewelry #handmadejewelry #snake #snakesky #reptiles #snakecharm #silverjewelry #lostwaxcasting #jewelrymaking

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 17

This little snake is something you could make in my Lost Wax Casting class. I have two dates this fall; both on my website now.

#lostwaxcasting #jewelrymaking #jewelrycasting #snakes #snakejeweley #snakecharm #snakesky #jeweler #bayarea

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 13

It’s fun to try, but definitely not my preferred way of working. I’ll always go for fabrication or casting over clay. It’s just very limited.

Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 13

Last time I tried #PMC was.. 15 years ago? It’s about the same- fun, but crumbly and kinda tricky to work with. Parts broke off after firing, and it’s hard to solder bc of how porous it is.

I have a few students that want to try it though, so I’m making some sample pieces.

#jewleymaking #jeweler

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 11

Here’s a Dusty Miller leaf, in silver. I made a silicone mold with ICE rtv, and then cast the wax.

My goal is to be able to cast my favorite organic reliably, and casting directly from organic is wildly unpredictable.

#lostwaxcasting #jewelrymaking #handmadejewelry #gardening #dustymiller

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 10

Casting today, still waiting for the bronze to melt but my silver pieces came out great! Peperomia and dusty miller leaves. Plus a student piece; she carved the ring in wax, and we cast it today.

#lostwaxcasting #jewelrymaking #jeweler #handmadejewelry #peperomia #houseplants

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here’s a pliea leaf in bronze, with a silver fabricated bail.

I had cracks on a few of my last bronze casts, caused by the metal shrinking as it cools. Hopefully alleviated by adding a gate right at the center of the leaf on the “boring” side.

#pliea #houseplants #lostwaxcasting #handmadejewelry

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 8

This little bee was die-struck; I hammered metal into a steel mold, and then hand fabricated the circle and setting. Fire opal, peridot, ruby and a faceted pyrite, along with a tourmaline gemstone strand necklace.

#bees #handmadejewelry #jeweler #fireopal #opal #silverjewelry #ooakjewelry #bayarea

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 7

Garden skull, in silver. I used a cicada wing on this one, along with a Rollie pollie bug, flowers and a bee.

#handmadejewelry #mementomori #skulls #cicada #bugsky #isopods #insects #bayareaart #contemporaryjewelry #artjewelry #skulljewelry #finejewelry

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 7

Here’s how I made this silver Peperomia bracelet!

#lostwaxcasting #handmadejewelry #plantjewelry #houseplants #indoorplants #peperomia #jewelrydesigner #jeweler

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 7

Amazing mold putty is fun! It’s a two part putty, so only good for things you can press the putty around. It doesn’t work well for really delicate, dimensional objects.

I use rio’s ice rtv silicone for most things.

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 6

Thank you! I used amazing mold putty- the wing is an open pour mold, not an injection mold. I am going to try another one with the clear rtv silicone Rio has (Ice?) too.

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 5

I cast a few cicada wings in bronze. I made a mold of the wing first, before duplicating it first in wax and then metal through Lost Wax Casting.

#handmadejewelry #jewelry #jewelrysky #ooakjewelry #bugsky #insects #cicada #organicjewelry

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 5

Casting progress- here’s a maple seed pod cast in sterling silver, with a hessonite garnet strand. It’s listed on my website now, and will bring it to the San Mateo Art and Culture fest on September 28, unless you snag it first!

#handmadejewelry #plantjewelry #maple #silverjewelry #jeweler

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you!!

Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Aug 26

Castings from yesterday, all finishes up!

#lostwaxcasting #silverjewelry #jewelrysky #houseplants #bees #skulls #ooakjewelry #handmadejewelry #bayarea #sanfransiscoart

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Aug 23

A little moon ring 🌙

#jewelry #ooakjewelry #handmadejewelry #silverring #moon #moonjewelry #silverrings #silversmith #jeweler #jeweleydesigner #shopsmall

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Aug 22

Thank you!! I love coordinating the beads for each piece 🤍

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Aug 22

Cicada pendant, cast in sterling silver. I molded a cicada my mom collected in North Carolina, injected wax into that mold, and then used lost wax casting to duplicate it in silver.

#insect #cicada #bugsky #bugfeed #silversmith #lostwaxcasting #jewerly #handmadejewelry #jeweler #jewelryforsale

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Aug 19

New Hippuris pendant; brass and silver. $60, listed in my shop now

#jewelryforsale #handmadejewelry #houseplants #gardening #horticulture #gardener #organicjewelry

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Jun 26

Teaching a summer camp this week at Woodland School. So far we’ve done marbled paper, 2d mixed media, and polymer clay miniatures.

#bayareaart #bayareaartclasses #artteacher #marbledpaper #bayarea #redwoodcity

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Jun 26

It’s plum time 💛

#gardening #california #stonefruit #permaculture #bayarea #redwoodcity

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Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Jun 18

Getting ready to cast. My kiln is arriving today. This flask is all ready for a burnout, and I’ll be investing one more flask today with some wax pieces.

I’m really hoping programming the kiln isn’t too hard, it’s literally the only part of this whole thing I’m worried about!

#jewelrymaking

Salayi Designs Jewelry @salayidesigns.bsky.social · Jun 15

I cast some orchid petals in sterling silver, and added jump rings to make these pendants. I love how the very subtle textures of the petals really pop when the light changes.

#orchids #orchid #plantsky #houseplants #plants #jewelry #organicjewelry #handmadejewelry #bayarea #plantjewelry

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