Amy Pfaffman Creates Beautiful Bead Jewelry from Broken Junk
I’m always fascinated by the idea of making jewelry from “junk” partially because my beading hobby can get a little expensive and partially because it seems like a creative way to help the planet.
I’m not sure how I haven’t discovered her before, but Amy Pfaffman’s stunning jewelry created from all sorts of regular recycled household objects is both professional and beautiful!
She manages to take things like old toothbrushes, colored pencils, simple glass, faucet nobs and even the little glass eyes from stuffed animals and make some amazingly clever and unique pieces! Some of her materials are new, some are old, but they all come together in ways you would never expect.
I’m totally jazzed by how great her pieces look! She’s even done some neat things like used pasta and coffee beans as molds for silver jewelry. Amy’s website says that she has a degree in industrial design, and, wow, does she know how to use it! 
If you look at her pieces you see that many of the methods used to build them are also the basic skills needed for creating bead jewelry at home. She uses some basic wirework and works with sterling silver and chain for the most part but the way she puts these simple objects together creates a dazzling piece that belies the inherent simplicity.
You can visit her website to see a lot of great designs she’s put together, but you can also find a lot of her pieces in various museums and stores all over the country.
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[...] store. Making jewelry from washers and hardware pieces like this sort of reminds me of the work of found objects artist Amy Pfaffman. She’s an incredible artist who still amazes me every time I visit her [...]