TheLuckyDogs shared:

Amber Wire Wrap


With all of the upcoming holiday activities, Robert has been 'chained' to his work bench - hah! This is just one of the pieces he's created last week.
This wire wrap piece is approx 2 1/2 inches from top of bail to bottom of piece. Robert has used 14 karat gold filled wire (jewelry standard) to showcase the amber piece. This amber piece is a mellow yellow with bubbles and a bit of dirt specks, but no bugs. And the amber itself is quite soft - so it scratches quite easily. What a fun piece!
The Lucky Dogs

Twisted Bliss Designs

Twisted Bliss Designs is a collaborative creative adventure between my partner Andy and I (Tami). We met by a beautiful hot spring in New Mexico and quickly learned that we shared an interest in jewelry making. We spent several years traveling and camping across the country and find most of our inspiration in the spirals and beauty of nature. When we were introduced to wire wrapping, we fell in love with the medium and we’re still addicted 13 years later! We continue to push each others creativity to the next level, always trying to come up with new ideas and patterns. Most of our pieces are collaborations that combine Andy's abstract asthetic and attention to detail with my love of color and perfectionist streak. We retain our individuality by each having our own line of creations as well. We have 28 years of jewelry experience between us, 13 of which were spent collaborating in wire work, and we strive to create a unique product that is handcrafted to last. We love precious and semi-precious stones ~ particularly moonstone, laboratorite, fire agate and ammolite. We chose the name Twisted Bliss Designs because we believe life is about following your bliss and twisting wire is one of ours! Every piece we sell allows us to continue doing what we love and gets us one step closer to our dream of one day owning a little rock and jewelry shop.
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Meet Gemlover!

Gemlover aka John Rasmussen~

Introduced in his own words:

I'm a 63 y.o. geologist turned gemologist. My wife got me into this by purchasing from JTV a parcel of gemstones. Of course, they came unidentified, and they keep telling you to take them to be appraised. I bought my gem ID equipment and remembered mineralogy and optical mineralogy from college, and identified the stones. After that, Debbie told me that I ought to do something with the stones that we had (we also go to North Carolina and hunt gem rough). So, I bought lapidary equipment and started cutting my own stones. Then Debbie, said that I ought to make something with the stones I was cutting, so I started jewelry making. She is still my major inspiration and critic. I take every thing that I make for her to look at, if she doesn't immediately smile, I know that I need to scrap that design. And here I am..........


I can't imagine Johns wife not smiling~ here are some of his creations~



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