I bought these awesome dichroic cabochons from a gal in the UK. Her pieces sell out within seconds and I kept missing out so she made these especially for me.
I bezel set the cabs into sterling silver. Love the way this turned out.
Another New Ring
I wanted to make a band ring with silver filings fused onto it and square wire on the sides. I got the silver filings fused on just fine and one side of the square wire, the other side soldered on crooked so I removed it and started over. I accidentally cut a new piece of square wire in a different gauge and soldered it on before I realized it wasn’t the same as the other side. Decided to melt one side to give it an organic look rather than taking it off again. Then I sawed the end off a bit short and even with stretching the metal a bit on my ring mandrel I couldn’t get it to fit the finger I wanted to wear the ring on. So I cut it and decided to add a cab. Looked through my stash, couldn’t find a cab that I liked. I didn’t want to buy one, went on a scavenger hunt looking for something that would fit. Found a small flat pebble. But not flat enough to bezel set. What to do, what to do? Decided to drill a hole in the pebble and rivet it to a piece of metal. Here’s the finished ring.
Thought it would be a little heavy but I’ve been wearing it for a whole day and don’t even notice it there. Sometimes mistakes can be changed into something that looks like it’s planned out. I’m happy with the way this turned out.
New Ring
I’ve been wanting a new ring for a while. Just got around to making one for myself. It didn’t turn out like I wanted it to but I like the texture I got from fusing silver filings and sandings onto silver sheet. Still needs some experimentation.
Could have cleaned up the inside a bit more but got lazy. No one can see it when I’m wearing it. 🙂
Hinged Bracelet
I took a class this past weekend and made this hinged panel bracelet with a threaded clasp.
Not perfect as there’s never enough time in class to get things just right. Still, I’m happy the hinge and threaded clasp works.
Jewelry
I got a few more things made for the upcoming craft show.
A few Christmas tree necklaces…..
Some leather and curved tube bracelets…..
Copper bracelet with dusty blue and green beads…..
Some more zipper pulls, dangles, keychains or whatever…..
And a pair of green ice chip bead earrings…..
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