Jaye
jste.au
Jaye
@jste.au
I like tech, art, jewelry making, and caring about things and people. If I ever post anything here, it'll probably mostly be photos my jewelry making · they / them
the song in my brain has been alternating between Golden and the op to Elfen Lied all week… sure, fine, i guess.

anyway. latest crochet bag. still a WIP - needs a lining, and too floppy atm but the crochet part is done!

need some opinions on it lol i’m not sure how i feel about it just yet.
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 AM
successfully convincing new friends to come see @cryclub.bsky.social with me next week fuck yeah!

meanwhile the charging cable for my airpods is well and truly fucked.
November 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
still a long way from goals, but i’m finally at a point where i can take a photo of myself i don’t automatically hate? like enough even to put on the internet??? Who is that.
November 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I desperately need to fix my nails, but i need to make a snake pendant to math the snake ring and as soon as i start on that i will fuck them up again. dilemma.

meanwhile, started planning out pockets and details for the new bag last night. excited to see this thing become real.
November 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I know i’m a clutz with bad spacial reasoning but also i opened my fridge and smacked myself in the boob? novel. unexpected.

anyway. I’ve made a start on a new, smaller bag. The first panel is exactly the size i intended and also smaller than i expected? I think it works tho
November 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The act of creation always comes with a cost though :(
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
it feels good to finish a new piece after a while focusing on other things!!

this one’s part of a commission for a friend, who was inspired by my own snake ring. the bead is a small labradorite, and sterling silver wire. fingers are SORE now lmao
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I gave a talk at this month’s SydPy tech meetup this evening?? and it went well?

finally feel like i have my whole brain back after a few weeks panicking about this silly talk, so i finally have time to dive into No Life Forsaken, and then get stuck into some new jewellery pieces!!
October 30, 2025 at 11:14 AM
playing with a new nail polish this morning instead of dealing with reality. absolutely love the effect in this one

(yeah yeah, i got a bit messy around the nail beds, i’ll fix it later)
October 28, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Worth it tho. Very tasty lunch.
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
gotta finish a few commissions and get other commitments out of the way first, but these little labradorite beads have me thinking of new dangly earrings…
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
it was so tempting to click "yes" and find out what this strange prompt actually did.
October 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
got accused of ✨Girl Dinner✨ tonight (fair)

(actually it was GUUUURRRLLL DINNAAHH)
October 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Why are sign-up forms still so horrifically limited in their "Title" options? You want me to give you money but you can't acknowledge that I exist?
October 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
have i posted photos of a very similar piece before? yes. is this one is a commission for a friend? also yes.

and dressing up friends in my jewellery? thats one of my favourite hobbies 💪
October 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Snek!! Can’t believe i haven’t shown off this one yet. The first time i wore this to #PyConAU someone said to me “your ring is so apropos!!!” and it took me a good 30 seconds to make the connection everyone thought was deliberate? (Hi @jrosenbaum.com.au! No idea if you remember that)

Anyway. Snek!
October 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Posting some more old pieces! Still need to make a v2 of this one. Something less likely to snag on pockets and twist itself out of shape. I still love the concept.
October 7, 2025 at 6:19 AM
first pendant made using the glass from @nora.zone is done! too tired and too low on materials to do anything particularly fancy tonight so instead we have nice sweeping curves.

(I love how much the colour in this piece of glass changes depending on lighting)
September 30, 2025 at 12:55 PM
this one needs a little bit of tweaking to make it sit a little better, but hoo boy i’m so happy its at a point i can start showing it off.

probably should’ve tidy the drawers next to the mannequin before taking photos…
September 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
pretty sure these are going to make some great little pendants once i get my current project wrapped up. and buy more wire.

one of them shifts all the way from a deep purple to a teal depending on angle, very excited to see how that pendant turns out

glass game tokens from @nora.zone!
September 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
got the delivery notice on this package literally a few hours after reaching Melbourne, have been wondering all week if the package would still be there when i got home 😅

Thanks @canopyrobin.com i love them!!
September 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
and that’s a wrap on #PyConAu for another year. looking forward to Brisbane next year, but first, kiwi pycon!

being a volunteer might have been a more enjoyable experience for me than just being an attendee. and first time trying out this name IRL. i think its gonna stick.
September 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
i bought these charms in like, February and then forgot about them until i was doing some rearranging this evening.

i don’t know what my original plan for them was anymore but i have some fun halloween jewelry this year now!

photographing the side of my head is hard…
September 3, 2025 at 8:43 AM
the number of nazis in Aus’s news the past few days has me feeling spikey.

feels good to finish something again after not having anything to show for the past 2 weeks.

please enjoy: spikes.
September 2, 2025 at 12:51 PM
I haven’t completed anything new in a while now and want to share more of my old work anyway and people keep wanting to take photos of my hands when i go out, so… please appreciate my current collection of rings? i need to make some new ones, rings are fun. maybe some knuckle rings or midi rings…
August 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM