BarbaraBriggsDesigns

Barbara Briggs Designs

Galena, Illinois

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Announcement I create and specialize in one-of-a-kind art jewelry. I find bead weaving fascinating and enjoy designing new creations and tutorials! Each piece is unique and meticulously executed using quality materials. Many of the components I offer are comprised of sterling silver and pure fine silver, bronze metal clay, and polymer clay, as well as resins. Precious and semi-precious gemstones, vintage glass, and lampworked beads add rich embellishment to the bracelets and necklaces I create. Carved bone, found objects, and other non-traditional materials are often added to my designs as accents. Creating one-of-a-kind pieces keeps my work fresh, allowing new ideas to burst forth. I hope you will enjoy perusing the photos of my work as much as I enjoyed creating the pieces themselves!
In my Etsy shop you will find my designer beading/jewelry kits, patterns, components, supplies, and occasionally finished works. Enjoy!

Announcement

I create and specialize in one-of-a-kind art jewelry. I find bead weaving fascinating and enjoy designing new creations and tutorials! Each piece is unique and meticulously executed using quality materials. Many of the components I offer are comprised of sterling silver and pure fine silver, bronze metal clay, and polymer clay, as well as resins. Precious and semi-precious gemstones, vintage glass, and lampworked beads add rich embellishment to the bracelets and necklaces I create. Carved bone, found objects, and other non-traditional materials are often added to my designs as accents. Creating one-of-a-kind pieces keeps my work fresh, allowing new ideas to burst forth. I hope you will enjoy perusing the photos of my work as much as I enjoyed creating the pieces themselves!
In my Etsy shop you will find my designer beading/jewelry kits, patterns, components, supplies, and occasionally finished works. Enjoy!

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Kristy on Sep 28, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

Super fantastic! Thank you so much!

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component
Kristy on Sep 28, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

Very pleased, thank you so very much!

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component
Suzanne on Jun 27, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

Great instructions...well written....A fun necklace to make.

Tutorial for "Puffy Pillowed Beaded Beads" Necklace

Tutorial for "Puffy Pillowed Beaded Beads" Necklace
Cheryl on Oct 16, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

Gorgeous earrings and very different design

PDF Digital Tutorial for the "Geometric Warped Square Mosaic Drop Earrings"

PDF Digital Tutorial for the "Geometric Warped Square Mosaic Drop Earrings"
Bobbi on Oct 10, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

These are the most beautiful earrings! Light as a feather but so creative and stunning! Gorgeous colors! Love them! You will love this seller! She is amazing! Highly recommend!!!

One-of-a-Kind Art Jewelry Collection III - Bracelet and Earrings

One-of-a-Kind Art Jewelry Collection III - Bracelet and Earrings
Bobbi on Oct 5, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

Omg!!! What an amazing collection of stones! Can’t wait to use them better than the pictures! Highly recommend this artist! Soooo pleased!

Collection of Vintage and Newer Swarovski Crystal Rivolis and Cabochons

Collection of Vintage and Newer Swarovski Crystal Rivolis and Cabochons
Kristy on Sep 28, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

Thank you for sharing these lovely beads and your rapid shipping!

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component
Kristy on Sep 28, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful in all ways! Thank you so much!

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component
Kristy on Sep 28, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

Thrilled with all of my beads and grateful I found your beautiful and creative shop! Thank you so very much!

Novelty Beads - Elephant Beads with Spoke Bead Components

Novelty Beads - Elephant Beads with Spoke Bead Components
Kristy on Sep 28, 2024

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful and vibrant! Thank you!

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component

Plush Tassel and Ganesha Bead Component

About BarbaraBriggsDesigns

Sales 5,054

On Etsy since 2011

The refining process of fine silver metal clay components before they go into the kiln. Each is one of a kind!
Assembling beading kits in process.
This is my workbench where I create One-of-a-Kind Art Jewelry. Jackson is my apprentice...he's a very curious boy!
A clutter of molds, tools, and colorants as I work in polymer clay. I love to create these shapes and play with color!

Creating is my passion!

Adornment, be it jewelry or clothing, has always fascinated me. As a child I spent many hours creating wearable treasures made of all manner of found objects – twigs, shells, beads, buttons, cast-off costume jewelry parts, and more comprised my collection. I also loved playing “dress-up” and still do! I poured over the fashion pages of magazines such as Vogue and Bazaar. They became my favorite bedtime stories! In my day-dreams I was a princess dressed in royal jewels, gowns of silk and other finery. As an adult I am still enamored with jewelry and other wearables. It is the process of making these adornments that I find so exciting and being able to wear the end results. Creating art jewelry has allowed me to experiment with color, texture, and form to my heart’s content!”
I have designed beadwoven pieces for well over ten years. You will find beading kits and tutorials for many of these designs in my shop, but my true love for over thirty years has been metalsmithing...creating pieces using fine and sterling silver that are embellished with gemstones and other components. From time to time I offer One-of-a-Kind Art Jewelry in my shop so check back often!

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Barbara Briggs

Designer, Creator

ARTIST’S BIO Studied jewelry making at DeCordova Museum of Art in Lincoln, MA and at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. Self-taught in fiber arts, silk painting, and free-form basketry. Owned and operated Fibre Ltd., a knitting and weaving studio in Cedarburg, WI 1978-1986. Taught beginning jewelry classes at DeCordova Museum of Art in Lincoln, MA 1990-1992, Shibori silk dyeing and free-form basketry at the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI 1999, and sculptural basketry at the Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Art, Racine, WI in 2001. Received PMC (Precious Metal Clay®) Certification in 2005. Presently working in precious metal, polymer clay, beaded jewelry, and loom knit wearables, Barbara Briggs specializes in one-of-a-kind and limited edition pieces.

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