so I was bored....

So I was a bit bored... and as I haven't modeled something up in ages...
I went and did a rendering on Rhino of my rosarie...
(See earlier posts on it)
But basically it's a rosarie with a 2ct Sapphire in..
And I just felt like rendering it up...
Looks pretty decent I think...

cufflinks....

So these are a pair of cufflinks I made for a client (my mother).
I took longer to make them than I should have, this I owe to being out of practice...
thank you sickness...
They are hollow ovals with 2 blackened lines running over them in sterling silver.
They look so amazing when worn... Such a simple design, so effective...

How to make a six claw wire setting [Student support]

This is my latest project, an ongoing student support system for the early years of making jewellery. Research material is sometimes very difficult to find, so this is for those student who like to do their homework... enjoy

Cut 7 pieces of .9 mm wire (15 mm in length)
Bind them together and push the middle wire out.

Drop a silver ball into the middle and solder it.

Put this in your pendant motor and cut a groove into the wires (1.5mm deep) with your saw frame.

Completely pull out the middle wire and push open your claws (the groove helps you with this)

Solder the cuts closed, to stabilise your setting.

Measure your stone and jump ring. The stone must just be bigger than the inside of your jump ring.

Measure where the stone sits in your setting and file grooves into your jump ring. Your jump ring must sit just under where your stone sits, allowing your stone to rest on the jump ring.

Solder your jump ring in.

Now file and clean-up your setting as to how you need it. Remember to leave length at the bottom if you still need to file it for your shank.

so I do this for fun...

So yes... this is what I do for fun... I make rosaries... and experiment with metals...

these are a set of four for me, and 3 friends...

each of the crosses has a different flaw, metallurgically speaking...

such as bubbled metal, pitmarks, porosity and discolouration...

yes, they were all on purpose.... experiments...

they are set with cabachon garnets and strung with garnet beads...

Lovey dovey... bitchy posey....

This is my greek... Metaxia's website...

go have a look she's got some awesome stuff.... quirky stuff....

www.metaxia.com

yes we have a love hate thing... she just molested my armpit...

Birthday hearts and shiny stones...

I had another birthday... and with my love of making presents I made one of my little black hearts for her... Suits her, dark en twister girl... my german... it's blackened silver heart with fine silver stitching... Cute...
And then I had time too so I made this ring... It's a gents ring... testing a theory... just how unisex can I make jewelley? Many people like this, think I'm gonna try and do a range like this... I have no idea what the stones are... think the one is blue hawks eye and the other one a pyrate variety... what happens when you find them at a flea market... R2 each, very cheap...


Oh and I've been a bad blogger... I'm trying to do more now that my thesis is done..