Key Chains And Zipper Pulls

I’m trying to get the last stuff made for the craft show this weekend. I needed to make some cheaper items so I did some zipper pulls and key chains.

Decided to use some of the bottle cap beads for key chains. I’m planning on making a few more of these.

Couple of skulls on a round bead. Not sure how popular these will be with my customers.

Rice ball zipper pulls. The last one is the backside of them. They are all the same except for the face. I can never get the mouth on evenly.

More zipper pulls. Mochi trees seem to be popular. Not sure why.

 

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Bangle Bracelet Sets

I finished up some more enameled and copper wire bracelets. I’m going to sell them as sets. I think they look good together.

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Another Porthole Pendant

I made another one for my friend. I didn’t like the other one.

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Enameled Bangle Bracelet

I gave up on trying to enamel round wire. For some strange reason, the enamel on round wire keeps popping off. I mean likes shards of it just flying off. It’s the weirdest thing. I tried several different experiments and this happened every time. So, instead, I tried some flat copper wire tonight and I had no issues except where I solder the wire together. I used silver solder since it’s supposed to be compatible with this enamel but I got some crazing. I put it back in my torch flame and heated it up so the enamel pulled away from that spot. It doesn’t look bad but in future ones I’ll either have to fuse the copper together or overlap the piece and rivet it together.

Published in: on November 13, 2011 at 9:35 pm  Comments Off on Enameled Bangle Bracelet  
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Copper Bangle With Enameled Flowers

I made this for my cousin’s daughter for her Christmas present. It’s kind of plain but I like it like this. I hope she likes it too.

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Porthole Pendants

I know this is a bad picture. I took it with my phone. I’ll have to take a better one later.

The bunny one I made for my friend for her Christmas present. I hope she doesn’t look here and see it. I didn’t do a good job pushing the tabs over on hers. I figured out a way to do it after I messed up. The smaller one was easier because the metal is thinner. I put a kitty picture in it so I guess I’m saving that one for myself. The picture is covered with a glass dome.

Published in: on November 11, 2011 at 11:33 am  Comments Off on Porthole Pendants  
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Enameled Wire Bangles

These are my first attempts at making wire enameled bangles. They weren’t totally successful. It’s hard to see in the picture. The enamel kept popping off in slivers, probably from thermal shock.

The bottom one is made with 6 gauge wire. It had the most enamel cracking off. I finally took my alundum stone and just filed down all the rough spots. Kind of made it look more organic. The top one is out of 8 gauge wire. The enamel stayed on better. I have more experimenting to do before I can sell these.

Published in: on November 6, 2011 at 9:27 pm  Comments Off on Enameled Wire Bangles  
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