tangled | work in progress...

tangled | work in progress

recently | on my bench...

recently | on my bench

sparkles & celebrations...

Congratulations to my beautiful sister Kathryn, who finished her diploma last week - well done gorgeous!

over the mountains { working 925 }

My third project from silversmithing class is a small pendant, completed in one evening class.

The textured part is an off-cut from the middle layer of my wing pendant - it just looked like mountains to me (although my brother says it looks like sound-waves, which is pretty cool). So I simply cut a suitably sized piece for the back, sanded that, soldered the 'mountains' to the front, then filed/sanded the edges (also rounding the corners). A small hole, plus a jump ring & it's ready to wear.

I love both pendants I've completed, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this one - being very light & simple - might get more wear.

project 1  & project 2 from the workshops

on the wing { working 925 }

As promised, my second completed sterling piece.

The design went through some changes during it's development & I'm rather pleased with the outcome. Above you can see my paper mock-up, followed by one in heavier card (which was a really good idea - it led to a huge improvement in the shape of the middle layer), silver with cutting guidelines & the pieces before riveting.

The layers are held together with a rivet & there is a tube bail soldered onto the back.

project 1 from the workshops

finished...

some finished pieces, ready for pricing/listing/putting out in the shop...

previously seen (at various stages): here, here, here, here & here. This must be my most blogged batch of silver ever :)