Rachel Joy VanRooyen, Handcrafted Jewellery
River Glen
River Glen
One of my signature designs called a Treasure Pendant, this piece is made with wooden shapes that I have dyed and painted and fastened together with brass wire. I have accented it with silver wire that I have shaped and hammered along with shaved shell, natural turquoise, pewter, cast bronze, tigers eye and my own lamp-work glass beads. The pendant hangs on a 24" waxed canvas cord. It is removable so it can be transferred to a different chain.
Light-weight dyed and painted wooden disks accented with shaved shell and hammered silver. Sterling silver ear-wires.3/4" wide.
Light-weight dyed and painted wooden disk accented with shaved shell and hammered silver strung on waxed canvas cord extensible from 16" to 19". Pendant is removable so it can be transferred to a different chain. 1" wide.
Dyed and painted wooden beads, lamp-work glass, pewter, fresh water shells, cast copper, natural turquoise and Austrian crystal strung on thick, strong elastic cord.
My own teal and green lamp-work glass beads on hammered silver 'fiddle-head' stems. Sterling silver ear-wires.
My own teal and green lamp-work glass bead flanked by cast copper, natural jaspers, recycled 'Ghana' glass, dyed and painted wooden beads. pewter and tigers eye strung together on waxed canvas cord extensible from 16" to 19".
Cast copper 'Art Nouveau' circles with minty frosted glass centres topped with lamp-work glass. Sterling silver ear-wires.
Light-weight dyed and painted wooden leaves accented with shaved shell and hammered silver. 1 1/2" long X 3/4" wide. Sterling silver ear-wires.
Lamp-work glass, fresh water shells, dyed and painted wood, porcelain, cast bronze, natural turquoise, pewter and Ghana glass strung together on strong, thick elastic cord.
Light-weight dyed and painted wooden leaf accented with shaved shell and hammered silver. Strung on a glass beaded strand extensible from 16" to 19". Pendant is removable so it can be transferred to a different chain.
Pewter Celtic knots topped with frosted glass. Sterling silver ear-wires
My own lamp-work glass beads, with tigers eye, natural turquoise, cast copper, titanium, brass and pewter strung on strong tiger-tail coil extensible from 16" to 19".
Lamp-work glass, cast copper, pewter, tigers eye, and titanium. Strung on strong tiger-tail coil extensible from 6" to 8".
Natural turquoise topped with lamp-work glass. Sterling silver ear-wires.
Triple Strand Bead and Knot Necklace: my own lamp-work glass beads, cast copper, tigers eye, cast bronze, dyed and painted wood, pewter, natural turquoise and jasper strung on waxed canvas cord extensible from 16" to 19".
Long Single Bead and Knot necklace: Dyed and painted wood, pewter, lamp-work glass, cast bronze, and natural turquoise strung on waxed canvas cord. Approx. 28".
Light-weight dyed and painted wooden beads topped with Austrian Crystal and frosted glass. Sterling silver ear-wires.
Chunky short bead and knot necklace: Light-weight dyed and painted wooden beads with natural turquoise, Austrian crystal, cast bronze, pewter and tigers eye strung on waxed canvas cord extensible from 16" to 19".
My own lamp-work glass, dyed and painted wood, pewter, cast bronze, fresh-water shell, natural turquoise and jasper strung on strong, thick elastic cord.
Light-weight dyed and painted wood accented with hammered silver. Sterling silver ear-wires.1/2" wide, 1" long.
Light-weight dyed and painted wood accented with hammered silver strung on waxed canvas cord extensible from 16" to 19". Pendant is removable so it can be transferred to a different chain.
Light-weight dyed and painted wooden rectangles accented with hammered silver wire. Sterling silver ear-wires. 1/4" wide, 1 1/2" long.