Idea: Tin Foil Christmas village

Found this on one of the Russian crafting sites, and fell in love with this idea. Seems that all you pretty much need is some embossing soft metal/foil (I believe most well-stocked craft stores would have something like that).







The site does warn against using candles, even tea lights, near a Christmas tree. I would suggest actually going without fire, but instead invest in some fake tea-lights, which are basically small LED lights, shaped like tea lights, and even have that artificial candle-like flicker. They usually come with batteries as well!

Alkhemia: Pendants

These gorgeous necklaces, bracelets and other accessories are made by Alkhemia from what appears to be wire and polymer clay. Also I see that the artist uses some gems and beads as well. Unfortunately I cannot read Italian but I was able to navigate the artist's webpage with the help of trusty Google translate.

Please visit the artist's site, because the small snippet of her work that I am able to post here really does not due the justice to the sheer volume and creativity of this person. She also offers many tutorials of her work. You can also see some of her work on Flikr.
If someone is able to find more information about the artist, I would love to know and include here.

Wirewrapped Jewelry

I love wire-wrapping myself, but this Polish artist/jewelry maker - Jamajka 10, just blows me away. It's not just jewelry, its art. Impeccable quality and form. Unfortunately I was unable to find much about the artist, but I did come across a HUGE gallery of her works on Flikr. I only posted a handful here, because frankly this post would be many pages long otherwise. They all are just too wonderful.

Its all about bugs..

Whether you like bugs, or hate them with a passion, these crafted crawlies are magnificent. Created by Elizabeth Goluch. The detail and craftsmanship is simply breathtaking.

Jewelry or sculpture?

This breathtaking gallery is from a Russian artist Vladimir Orjehovskiy. I was unable to find his extended gallery, just a scattering of his works online. His works, however been in museums all over the world.