Concrete Jewelry

Concrete Jewelry : Take a Hard Look! It's not HARD to love concrete jewelry when it's so beautiful and most unique!

Concrete Bowtie Earrings
designed by Frances Smersh

Take a hard look at concrete jewelry and you will love it! Well over one year ago, I became acquainted with concrete jewelry for the first time. I was browsing The Artful Home and came across the jewelry of Frances Smersh. I was honestly amazed when I saw the beautiful detail that can be achieved from using concrete.

Take the item pictured here! It's the Bowtie Oval Earrings which are pearl and concrete earrings by Frances Smersh. The earrings made from 6mm freshwater pearls, sterling silver and denim and grape colored concrete that is poured into a bezel, ground and then lacquered for strength. These concrete jewelry beauties were found at that fabulous site, The Artful Home, for only $130.00!

It's not HARD to love concrete jewelry when it's so beautiful and most unique. Concrete Jewelry -- Take a Hard Look !

More about Frances Smersh!
Smersh Design Jewelry and Concrete. The most amazing concrete jewelry!

“My design is an adventure. It happens when my vision, my materials and the unforeseen circumstances involved in hand work, collide.”

The unexpected beauty and color of concrete caught Frances Smersh’s imagination in 1998. The uniqueness of the material in the context of jewelry provides both a technical challenge and an intellectual discussion. It is lightweight, durable and textural. At the same time, it brings up the question of where value truly lies in an object of body adornment.

Each of Smersh’s pieces is constructed of sterling silver bezels. Pigment is then added to a special polymer-based concrete. This is poured into each silver bezel. The concrete cures, dries and is then ground down and sealed with lacquer. –The Artful Home.

Concrete Pearl Nest Earrings by Frances Smersh

Pictured here are the Pearl Nest Earrings, made from 3-5mm freshwater pearls, sterling silver and colored concrete that is poured into a bezel, ground and then lacquered for strength. I found them at The Artful Home for $150.00.

Geometric Two Square Concrete Earrings by Frances Smersh

These are the “Two Square Earrings” by Frances Smersh. I love geometric jewelry and wrote about that too. Earrings made from colored concrete of multiple pigments that is poured into a two-chamber bezel, ground and then lacquered for strength. I found these gorgeous earrings at The Artful Home for $98.00.

I simply ADORE the concrete jewelry of Frances Smersh. It's just gorgeous!

Award-Winning Concrete Kate Bracelet by Frances Smersh

What an amazing item from Frances Smersh. The “Kate Bracelet” won the Niche Award for Fashion Jewelry in 2004. Bracelet made from denim and gray colored concrete that is poured into sterling silver bezels, ground and then lacquered for strength. Double-strung on durable elastic cord and decorated with 4mm freshwater pearls. I found this at YES, The Artful Home for $455.00.

Concrete Boat Pendants by Andrew Goss

Concrete Boat Pendants by Andrew Goss Aren’t these cool? They’re made of concrete, sterling, and metal leaf. I spotted these at Lapai Gallery.

Concrete Pendants by Andrew Goss

Some other Andrew Goss concrete pendants which look like oval nuts or buttons. These are beautiful and quite interesting. They’re made, of course, of concrete and sterling silver. These were also spotted at Lapai Gallery.

Concrete links

• Smersh Design Jewelry Homepage - Make a statement with Smersh. Smersh Design Jewelry is fun and funky, cool and classy - something special that can be worn everyday.
• Basic Concrete Jewelry Introduction - Very informative -- by Andrew Goss, copyright 2004.
• Tam Aura Website - Check out the concrete jewelry!
• Makers Gallery -- Concrete - This is the Concrete Jewellery Shop featuring Andrew Goss's work.
• Lapai Gallery -- Concrete - More of Andrew Goss's work.
• Red Elephant Gallery - Quite a variety of Frances Smersh's work!

Ribbons, gold leaf, pottery shards, transparent resin, polymer clay, leather, and more are used to create stunning jewelry.

Beautiful photography showcases these innovative pieces, and full step-by-step instructions make it easy to re-create them.

New formulations of metal clay and newly developed firing techniques are presented clearly so that crafters can achieve professional results.

Metal Clay and Mixed Media Jewelry is the only book that blends metal clay with such a variety of mixed media to make magic.

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