Custom made Fox Bracelets

I gotta say that carving this fox bead has been a great task to do, even though I lost my first carved piece, that actually helped me, when I started carving the second piece, I felt more confident and it showed.

wax block ready to be carved

The tricky part was to put the ears into place and make them fit so they had a natural look.

Fox bead

It still need a lot of work, but I am happy with the result so far, I still have to drill the hole for the cord, lessen the overall surface, and empty the bottom part. Hopefully all of that will be done this week so I can make the first casting before making the mold.


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Two Career Man

As Creative Engineer of an international company I enjoy all the perks that an employee has, I have stability, private health insurance, possibilities to grow and so on.

I am very used to this kind of life, I have been working that way for almost a decade. It was never my plan to work for someone else, when I was younger I had a small company that failed miserably for a lot of reasons, but mostly because I didn't have the guts to do it all by myself.

Now that I have ALEKSEI, a small but successful business I can see clearly that in order to achieve my goals I had to become a stronger person. There are a lot clichés about being an entrepreneur, but I can say that self-confidence and perseverance  is what makes the difference, well, at least in my case.

I used to mock people that didn't know what they wanted in life, in my 20's I had all figured out in my head, but now that I am 30-something, I am in front of a sea of choices and I have no idea where I am heading, but I love that!

 If have my family's love and my health with me, I don't really care where I'm going as long as they come with me!

"I am the Master of my Fate, I am the Captain of my soul"

Invictus

The next step: Wax Casting my own beads

I have been taking a wax casting workshop for a while now, even though I have great bead suppliers, I feel that I have to do this to be taken seriously as a jewelry designer.

if you want to check my brass anchor bracelet you can check here:
http://alekseidesign.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=95

And here for my sterling silver Limited Edition Bracelet:
http://alekseidesign.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=99

But the main reason is because I have always had a natural talent for sculpting things, even as a child I used to carved small pieces of chalk.

Yesterday I received an email, a possible new customer asking me for a fox bead, it will be a challenge but Im up to it! This may be my first custom made bead for someone!