into some very cool necklaces. The supplies that arrived include two quarter-sheets of 22 gauge copper, a set of number stamps, 10 hook and eye clasps, a roll of 18 gauge copper wire, and two different lengths of copper chain. Sadly, the supplier didn't have enough chain, so I have less than I need and will have to be, erm, creative. And of course, I realize now I should have asked for money to buy sanding sponges, and colored inks, and so on. Oh well. It was my first time proposing a budget for a project and I'M LEARNING.
I began by sketching some ideas. I would show you my sketches but...well, have I told you about the time my elementary school teacher told me I should probably just give up on drawing? Yeah. I can't draw. But I can use the computer to create numbers and then print them out as templates. So I've been printing out lots of numbers on cardstock. To figure out the size of the letters, and where to break the lines of poetry, I've been "stamping" the numbers cut out of cardstock. I started with the #2 necklace, because that design is the clearest in my head. I had to redo the size of the "2" shapes a few times to get it just right. Tonight I tried out my idea for the #1 necklace, and realized only a titan could wear it. Tomorrow I'll redo those stamped strips for the poetry and see if it could maybe fit around a human neck.
As for 3 and 4? I'm not happy with my sketches for them, so I'll probably make 1 and 2 first, and let the designs simmer at the back of my brain.
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