Holiday Metal Work

Hope everyone had a nice holiday. My sister is here and she wanted to make a porthole pendant. She has never worked with most of the equipment, nor soldered so it’s been doing all the teaching. Here’s her first two pendants:

Both porthole pendants are the same cat, Sonny.

Then she had to make tags for her other kitties:

Pictures are of the front and back of the tags.

Then, I made this:

It’s a picture of my kitty, Marley. The picture is of the front and back of the pendant. It’s a little different than the ones my sister made. They have mica covering the picture and the whole thing is held together with wires threaded through the pendant.

I also finished up this one I started before my sister arrived:

I’ve used this picture before but I liked it so much that I made another one.

Published in: on December 26, 2011 at 7:59 pm  Comments Off on Holiday Metal Work  
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Teapot Earrings

I got a request to make some green teapot earrings. When I was getting ready to take the pictures, I dropped my camera on the floor and it broke the display. I was able to still take pictures but I can’t see what I’m taking. Not that I take good pictures anyway but it doesn’t help not having a display.

Off to go look for another cheap camera…..

 

Published in: on December 18, 2011 at 11:44 am  Comments Off on Teapot Earrings  
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Copper and Beads Bracelets

These are for an order from the craft show. I never know what size to make bracelets as everyone’s wrist is a different size. I usually make things that fit my wrist and that doesn’t cover “one size fits all”. So, I made these in a different size. I’ll bring my pliers just in case I have to make adjustments when I deliver them to the buyer.

The last one I made because I had the beads and components already out. I’ll show the buyer so she has a couple different designs to choose from.

Published in: on December 11, 2011 at 8:50 pm  Comments Off on Copper and Beads Bracelets  
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Enameled Bangle Bracelet Sets

I sold all the enameled bangle bracelet sets I made at the craft show. Yeah!! But that meant I had to make more for gifts. These are two I finished yesterday.

I really like making these. It’s a surprise how the colors are going to come out. I use a couple of opaque colors and three or four transparent colors and I never know what I get when I layer them. When I have more time, I want to make some wider ones that will be riveted together.

Published in: on December 10, 2011 at 12:30 pm  Comments Off on Enameled Bangle Bracelet Sets  
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Where Have I Been???

It seems like forever since I posted anything. I got done with my last craft show but still have some custom orders to finish up. These are a few things I made to sell at the craft show, just getting a chance to put them up now.

More bottle cap key chains. These are really fun.

Since I sold all the kokeshi doll pendants at my first craft show, I had to make more. These are the ones I used brass chains and findings.

Here’s the plain sterling silver ones. I think I like them with dangles better.

 

Published in: on December 10, 2011 at 12:26 pm  Comments Off on Where Have I Been???  
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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.

Published in: on November 20, 2011 at 10:36 am  Comments Off on Bangle Bracelet Sets  
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Another Porthole Pendant

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

Published in: on November 15, 2011 at 7:00 pm  Comments Off on Another Porthole Pendant  
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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.

Published in: on November 13, 2011 at 4:19 pm  Comments Off on Copper Bangle With Enameled Flowers  
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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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