New organic twig bracelets

This is the year of the bracelet for Twigs and Heather.  I have been casting a few twigs trying to find the perfect organic twig with the more detail the better.  I love the bumps and grooves of each and every twig I collect but there is something so wonderful, so sentimental about the Willow Tree.  There are a few in my town and they grow big and beautiful.  But they are also very fragile and when a big storm comes they often are the trees that suffer the most.  I picked these twigs after a big Autumn storm. 

These organic twig bracelets are cast in sterling silver and a beautiful bronze.  The bronze is a new metal for us.  I'm really liking the color.

Look for them on our website and our Etsy shop.

Handmade in Boston MA.

New ideas and old favorites

This year we will be trying some new metals. Bronze is a beautiful metal to cast with. It really lends well to the natural pieces. Our first castings in bronze are mapleseeds and acorns. Let us know what you think!

Also, this year I will be working on some enameled pieces. It's a completely different way to make jewelry. I am still getting used to the process. I am loving the splash of color though...

Please look for these new pieces on our website, www.twigsandheather.com and on our Etsy page, www.twigsandheather.etsy.com

Trying something new for 2013

Every year we love to make new pieces and try new things. This year I decided that I was going to experiment with color. Thanks to our friend Jonny we have many vintage copper and brass forms to work with. As you know " experimenting" doesn't always work out as you originally planned, so having practice pieces is a very good thing. So with a tiny kiln, some copper shapes, and a brand new basic enameling kit I am beginning my 2013 adventure into color!

Favorite pieces of 2012- Kerry Alice

Ok, if I had to choose, I'd pick a few pieces that are sentimental for a couple of reasons...

  First, lets start with my sweet sweet skullheads...
Twigs and Heather was super happy and honored to be chosen to participate in stART on the street's 10th anniversary Gallery show at Davis Art Gallery in Worcester this past August.
I made Mr. Skullhead with heart, daisies and leaves just for the show. I was also honored to see that the piece was chosen to be on the postcard promoting the show! Awesome.

Mr. Skullhead is cute, but the one skullhead who stole my heart this year is my Jonny Skullhead.
The handsome guy to the right of the picture is a sterling silver portrait of my true love (and I mean it, true love is so hard find and I was blessed to have found mine this year...) Jonathan Bradstreet.
I wear him almost every day, especially when we are apart. Love you, babe! (and by the way, he is an amazing painter and hot rod builder too.) Jonny will be showing some of his work at the Art of Speed show in Middletown CT in February.

Sterling silver  Daisy Skull head and Jonny necklaces

Next up is my sea glass pieces.... 

I'm always telling myself to incorporate more "land and Sea" pieces into our inventory. The lobster claw and green sea glass is mine all mine. It's the first of many more I want to create for 2013. I also want to incorporate more crab claws, twigs and birch bark with sea glass this year. Yes, I have said that before, but I mean it this time. Claws will be the first things we cast this year.

The sea glass piece to the right is my Lobster Buoy piece.

I started making, what I called the "sea glass swinger" piece this year. These are sea glass pieces that I make bezels for and attach them to the top of the sea glass.

I made quite a few, but kept taking them out of inventory because I couldn't bear to part with some of the amazing colors I chose. One got plucked, then a few more, then I looked in my collection and saw that I had plucked at least 10 out of inventory. Instead of trying to wear them all at once, I created this necklace to show many of them together. This one has 6 hanging from it. 

I'm not sure if I'll continue making the "Swingers" this year....We'll see.   

Land and Sea necklace and Buoy "swinger" necklace

Twigs and Heather is really excited for 2013. Happy New Year everyone!

Good times... 2012

New sterling silver twig necklaces

Hi everyone-
It's been a good start to 2012.  We have already started applying to shows for 2012.  So far we have 6 applications sent.  We are going to try a few new shows, including a Renaissance festival and a art in a garden. Fingers crossed we get into them.

I had a very exciting day in the studio this week.  I cast four beautiful new twigs!  The details are amazing.  They are also nice and big.  My dream for these sweet twigs is that they all find nice homes and are cherished.  All of the twigs were handpicked in beautiful Nahant MA, my home sweet home.  But no matter where they are collected I hope they are sentimental reminders of how wonderful something as simple as a twig can be...

Check them out on our twig page at www.twigsandheather.com

This Charming Twig

I have been thinking about this project for a while now and have finally put my mind to it and made it happen...

Welcome "This Charming Twig".  We have created a new line of barrettes and hair pins from molded twigs.  They are so us!  Each twig is "cast" in polymer clay.  Some of them are earthy colors that look like the twig was just plucked from a tree and put into your hair.  Other are wild, bright colors.  My favorites are the pinks and reds.  There is something about these twigs that just make me happy.  All of them have awesome twiggy details that I just adore...thank you Mother Nature.

We opened a new Etsy store just for them. 
You can also get them at our shows or through our website.

Everyone should wear a twig in there hair.