3xr2107 - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle January 2017

The first month of 3xR2017 is over 

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 Time to summarize a few of the works here on the blog:

Sarahhoodjewelry                           LeslieZemenek

 

EMWmetalworks                              hartleystudio

 Cynthia Kurth                                  Beth Cry 

 

Fentondesign                                PecuiliarForest

my precious studio                    tinker Sue 

All created works you can see at the following address:

https://www.instagram.com/3xr2017

 

3xr2107 - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Challenge

Shall I give you some secrets from the life of a goldsmith?

Every time I create a wonderful piece of jewelery, a heap of precious metal remains.
Too expensive to throw it away; Too big to melt. And at all, maybe I still need that!

Every time I visit a trade fair or a stone merchant, the hunter and collector awakens in me.
There are so wonderful stones and stone chains. And immediately something comes to mind, which I can work from it.
But later in the workshop, I am certainly missing a completely different stone, which fits the latest piece of jewelery.

 
Not every time, but often enough, a piece of jewelry remains unfinished.
I call it "Lost Pieces" - in line with the “Lost Places”. They share the fate of the abandoned houses: Once designed with enthusiasm and animated with passion to a workpiece, is somewhere and sometime drained the life out of the metal.

Something is missing, perhaps a last piece of material, which is not in stock. Or the final touch, a suitable idea for the complete piece. Or just the right - the matching stone.

And really, it looks like this in every jewelry workshop. Although - probably everyone who works creatively will now say: I have such collections, too.

The Etsy Metal Team is facing the challenge this year again:

Reduce, Reuse and Recycle 

From reduction to recycling, all the rests should be reused, which has accumulated.
It´s an individual challenge. There are no other rules. Everyone decides what works for him.
I will try to create 52 projects. One for each week.

Finished pieces can be found under the hashtag #3xr and 3xr2017 on Instagram and Co. Visit our group account. 

What has accumulated with you? Write in the comments how you want to process these treasures this year.

3xR Etsy Metal Challenge The Grand Finale

We have reached the end of our year long challenge, and what a year it was!  As a 3xR participant I can say that it has been challenging and liberating.  Having the restriction of only using what we had in our studios in terms of materials was a terrific limitation. It forced us all to reassess some pieces that had remained unfinished, languishing somewhat, unloved and forgotten.  In the reassessment some became adapted and others just got finished.

Secondly, it helped us address our stash of rocks and gems.  And finally, it fostered experimentation and diversification.  A success all round I'd say.

I will leave you will some of the highlights from our 3xR 2014 Challenge.  You can find them all on our Flickr group page here.

3xR 2014

In the meantime, hands up who wants to start a new challenge for 2015?  I have it on good authority that a new challenge has indeed begun.  Check back soon to see what our intrepid Etsy Metal Team members have cooked up for 2015.

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Weeks 47 & 48

Happy Holidays from Etsy Metal! Here are some lovely new contributions to the 3xR Challenge. Please click on the links below the pictures to see the full images. Be sure to check back next week to see more work.

1. Sarah Hood 2. Sarah Hood 

3. Sarah Hood 4. Sarah Hood

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 46

It's week 46 of our year-long challenge to reduce, reuse and recycle materials to create beautiful jewelry. This week's lovely contributions come from Sarah Hood. Please check back next week for more 3xR creations!

1. Sarah Hood    2. Sarah Hood

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Weeks 44 and 45

We are almost there!  Our year long challenge has really been, well, a challenge!  Here are a few lovely things scraped together from our collective benches.  Come on team, not long to go now!

1 and 2 Sarah Hood Jewelry 3. SCJ Jewelry Design 4. Cari-Jane Hakes

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 43

With less than 10 weeks to go to the grand finale of the year long 3xR Etsy Metal Challenge it is with great pleasure that I can present to you, week 43!

1 and 2 Sarah Hood Jewelry 3. Hartley Studio 4. Cari-Jane Hakes

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 42

This week's contributions to the 3xR challenge are gorgeous, aren't they! The challenge is to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, and each week it's a pleasure to see how our artists meet this challenge. Please be sure to check back each week to see the lovely new additions. 

1. Sarah Hood 2. Sarah Hood 

3. Cari-Jane Hakes 4. SCJ Jewelry Design 

  5. Virginie Martin 6. Virginie Martin

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 41

A beautiful crop of 3xR offerings for your appraisal on Week 41 of our year long challenge.  Yes, we are still Reusing, Recycling and Reducing....will there be anything left in our studios?  Tune in next week to find out!

1, 2, 3 and 5 Sarah Hood Jewelry 4 L. Sue Szabo 6 Cari-Jane Hakes

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 40

Welcome to week 40 of the Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge! We've been working on some terrific new pieces made using materials from our stashes, perhaps, or maybe reclaimed from other pieces. As always, we have some lovely work to show for the challenge. Please check back next week for more!

1. Sarah Hood 2. Sarah Hood 

  3. L. Sue Szabo 4. Hartley Studio 

  5. SCJ Jewelry Design

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge 2014 Week 39

In this year long marathon of reducing, reusing and recycling many of us may well have 'hit the wall' (myself included) but we WILL keep soldering, shaping and sawing and we WILL finish.  No signs of fatigue in Sarah Hood's studio!  Please tell us your secret Sarah!  In the meantime, the rest of us will be taking on fluids, walking a few miles and then we WILL make a spectacular sprint finish!

1. 2. 3. and 4. Sarah Hood Jewelry
5. and 6. Hartley Studio

Etsy Metal 3XR Challenge Week 38

Thank you for checking in to see the 3xR challenge this week. Here are the pieces our team has made from our stashes of supplies and materials.

1. Sarah Hood 2. Sarah Hood 

  3. Virginie Martin 4. Virginie Martin 

  5. Cari-Jane Hakes

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge week 37

Here in the Etsy Metal Challenge group we have been making all kinds of beads and baubles for intrepid, independently minded women (no mass produced imports in our Etsy shops).  This week though, the Men get a bit of a look in as we get busy creating some completely unique cuff links that would give any sharp dressed man an independent edge.

1 and 2 Sarah Hood Jewelry 3 and 4 Cari-Jane Hakes 5 Virginie Martin Studio

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 38

Thank you for viewing this week's results of the Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge! We have many lovely new offerings. Enjoy, and come back next week to see the next installment!

1. Sarah Hood 2. Sarah Hood 

  3. Cari-Jane Hakes 4. Cari-Jane Hakes 

  5. Ann Hartley 6. Virginie Martin 

  7. SCJ Jewelry Design

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 37

Oh we have a veritable cornucopia of delights for you this week! Don't say we aren't good to you! Our 3xR-ers are finishing up the third quarter of our year long challenge with some freshly popped, straight off the bench beauties.

1. Virginie Martin Studio 2. Cari-Jane Hakes 3 and 4 Sarah Hood Jewelry
5. SCJ Jewelry Design

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 36

A warm welcome back after our brief hiatus! We have some elegant offerings for the 3xR Challenge this week. Be sure to check back next week for more beautiful pieces.

1. Cari-Jane Hakes 2. Virginie Martin 

  3. Sarah Hood 4. Sarah Hood

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 33

Will you excuse us for another week while we rest our saw frames and turn off our workshop machines?  There is much holidaying going on here in the Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge team.  We will return next week inspired and invigorated, ready to take up the challenge once more and see it through to week 52!

1. Cari-Jane Hakes  2. Virginie Martin Studio

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 32

Well, it seems that this week, we're all taking our summer vacations. So, I'm taking this opportunity to repost some of my favorite 3xR pieces from the past 8 months. I hope you enjoy this recap, and be sure to check back next week for some new pieces.

1.Danielle Miller 2.Silent Goddess 3.Cari-Jane Hakes 4.Iacua 5.Betsy Bensen 6.Ann Hartley 7.L. Sue Szabo 8.Sarah Hood 9.Virginie Martin 10.SCJ Jewelry Design 11.PanicMamaJewelry 12.Christine Mighion 13.Anne Walker 14.Laura Bracken 15.Deborah Lee Taylor 16.Michele Grady 17.Nina Gibson 18.JazzNJewelry 19.Shirlee Grund 20.Kirsten Skiles 21.Mary Anne Karren

 

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 31

It's all about stacking rings this week on the Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge, well, stacking rings and one silver swirl bracelet set with an aquamarine.  We've STILL got enough bit and bobs in our respective stashes to keep us going till the end of the year with our Reduce, Reuse and Recycle challenge.

1 and 2 SCJ Jewelry Design  3 and 4 Cari-Jane Hakes

Etsy Metal 3xR Challenge Week 30

We have some real beauties from the 3xR Challenge to show this week! 

Please make sure to check back each week for more challenge pieces.

 

1. Virginie Martin 2. Virginie Martin 

3. SCJ Jewelry Design 4. SCJ Jewelry Design