Handcrafted jewellery and more by Chantel McCabe

Left:  Extra thick, extra large, ultra luxurious set of handcut, pure silver, stamped mummy pendants with a 14mm wire-wrapped shell pearl. (See 25mm brass disc in photo for size comparison)

(Custom order)

Right: Dark Side of the Moon pendant - Argentium sterling silver and labradorite 

Left: my absolute favourite at the moment - an Argentium sterling silver, kunzite and pink tourmaline necklace 

Right: Argentium sterling silver and gemstone earrings - lemon quartz, peridot and tangerine mystic topaz

Right: Argentium sterling silver and multicoloured tourmaline earrings

Right and below: an experimental Shakudo and silver ring. Shakudo is an exotic Japanese alloy comprised of copper and gold bullion. In this instance, the ratio is 4% gold to 96% copper. The ring shank is made of fine silver and the decorative elements on the Shakudo base are a combination of fine silver and Argentium sterling silver. 

(reserved)

Right - March 2011 - Earth Goddess Pendant: a large AAA green and gold quartz briolette teamed up with rare grossular garnet briolettes and freshwater pearls all kept together with Argentium sterling silver on a handmade Argentium bail. 

(Sold)

Part of my gemstone birthstone collection - July: a Madagascar ruby set on fine silver, handcut tag with dangles made of sterling silver, ruby gemstone beads and a Hill Tribe fine silver leaf.

(Available but currently unlisted)

Right - bespoke sterling silver pendant set  (December 2010). Far right - fingerprints sealed in resin in a sterling setting. Coming soon: factual ingerprints in fine silver!

Right: meet Skully, winner of beadingforum.com.au's Year of Jewellery Tween theme challenge. Skully is made of fine silver. I made this pendant  to prove to myself that I could saw any shape I wanted to!

(Sold)

Right - prototype for the Mother's Day beading project held by myself in the April 2011 holidays for the children at The Beach Indoor Playground to make for their mothers. This example was made out of copper, aventurine, and jasper. 

Below - tags that I prestamped for the children in copper and brass. Unfortunately I didn't have time to photograph the bespoke sterling silver tags I also made for this session ... there was an especially gorgeous oversized heart tag! 

Left - Twisted Sister Necklace - another of my original designs using Swarovski crystal beads, pendant and pearls together with Argentium sterling silver.

(Available for purchse in my ArtFire store)