Mewkittie Creations

I took one of the colored pencil pieces I made last weekend and finished it into this pendant:

Front View

Side View

It’s a big piece, 3.5 inches long by 1 1/4 inches wide. The bezel set piece is a ceramic shard picked up from Lake Erie that I bought from a seller on Etsy. I ground down the bottom so it would sit right in the bezel. The colored pencil piece is raised with crimp beads. They are great to use, just need to find the right size to fit the escutcheon pins. No need to cut tiny pieces of tubing anymore. A real plus!!

This one didn’t turn out like I wanted it to. I had to make a change at the last minute because I stupidly scratched the colored pencil part. It’s really sturdy but touching it with a spinning drill bit will cause damage to most anything. So, I had to cover up the scratch. Still, I like it, maybe not as much as I envisioned but I still like it. I also learned not to do the highest most rivet until the end. I had to position the piece in the edge of my steel block to get the rivets done.

Front view

Side view

I’m having a lot of fun making these colored pencil on copper pieces. It’s nice working with sterling silver too. This piece I raised the copper piece off the silver base with crimp beads.

Front view

Side view. It’s still hard to see the piece is raised. It looks crooked in the picture but it really isn’t.

Back view. Probably should do more finishing on it. I like to do a brush finish as it is easier to take care of since sterling silver tarnishes so easily. The challenge in this piece was making sure the tube bail wasn’t going to be in the way of the rivets. I like using tubing for bails. It’s so much easier than having to make the bail from scratch. I have a few more colored pieces already done, just have to do the silver part.