For your next project you are asked to seek out items in your home & turn them into wearable pieces.  The options are limited only to your imagination.  You can bend, break, cut (if able) and connect multiple pieces to create a cohesive form.

Objective: to create a wearable piece of jewelry by utilizing items found in and around your house.  These can be made by bending, cutting, or otherwise manipulating them to create unique, one-of-a-kind items.

For inspiration take a look at Anni Albers:

Anni Albers
Necklace, ca. 1940
drain strainer and paper clips
length: 16 in. (40.6 cm), strainer: 3 in. (7.6 cm) diameter
1994.14.16

Anni Albers
Necklace, ca. 1940
bobby pins on metal-plated chain
15³⁄₄ in. (40 cm)
1994.14.25

Anni Albers
Necklace, ca, 1940
aluminum washers on dark brown velvet ribbon
56³⁄₄ in. (144 cm)
2006.14.3

Harriet Estel Berman:

From her Recycle collection & made from: Post consumer plastic from milk containers, orange juice, and shampoo bottles; take out trays, plastic packaging inserts, etc that would normally be thrown away

bracelets made from fruit crates

bracelets made primarily from tin cans

Kiff Slemmons:

Bracelets made from handmade paper

necklace from handmade paper-interestingly my grandmother made beads from magazines that had a similar look to this

Felieke van der Leest:

who incorporates jewelry techniques, crochet and children’s toys to create unusual pieces.

Susie Ganch:

both pieces made with lids and beads