All about a bracelet

I made this cuff today. I have a thing for cuffs these days. That is probably due to the fact that I have piles of leather laying around that is screaming at me to use it and the only thing I can think of at the moment is CUFFS. So... when I was in NYC a few weeks ago I made a point to get various ribbons and trims that I could use in conjunction with leather. What you see in this cuff is some of that trim. It's a wonderful gray woven wool trim. It's like a sweater for your wrist!

As you can see I tired to use as many different materials in this piece as possible. I used leather, wool, porcelain, brass, glass and natural stones. Did I forget anything? The kitchen sink??

My own porcelain ribbon slide was the piece I started with. This slide differs a little from the ones that I sold in my last Extra update in that it has a small hole on either side which allowed me to attach clusters of stones. I made this piece a long, long time ago and when I decided to make some more I chose not to put the holes in. But now that I am using it I really like the holes so I think I will have to make some more this way. Live and learn...

I riveted the wool trim to the leather with these lovely antiqued brass rivets. I'm still in love with rivets.

I made the end crimps from textured brass sheet that I sawed and bent in half and riveted into place. I really like how they turned out. The only thing I haven't finished is the toggle. I put a beautiful brass button on one end but I still need to put a loop on the other end. I was running out of daylight and I wanted to get it photographed so just imagine a loop on the end, if you will. :)

So that is my show and tell for today. I am anxious to get back to work on some more cuffs, probably similar to this one. Once I get an idea I tend to make many versions until I am tired of it. Do you like to expand on ideas or are you more of a one-of-a-kind kind of maker?