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Say hello to my lovely assistant, Billy Wigglestick. He’s currently sporting the latest version of my chain dice pendant, now with soldered links and a means of changing out the dice.
Bringing together fashion and function (for the roleplayer on the go), getting to this point in my hobby is finally pushing me to opening a store (probably etsy). I’ll be sure to mention it here and elsewhere when I have it up and going.
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I don’t yet have a decent display standee, but here’s some bracelets I made this week, one of which is a commission from my mother.
Getting back into it, now that I have my own workspace.
Got in some studio time, yesterday. Soldering closed some egg shaped, 20-gauge links for a chain necklace my mom asked for for Christmas. It’s won’t be wearable by Christmas but it will be soon after new year.
Been a little quiet, been a little down. Getting back into it with this. Eventually, these will be the positives for a mould, in turn used for lost wax casting. Of course, first I have to finish the shaping, then thin them down a heck of a lot. Trying for earring size, with the tentacles dangling from the mouth. Probably cast in copper, patina with salt and ammonia, then a light sanding of the raised surfaces.
At current rate, getting to the moulding stage won’t be until next month, maybe. There’s a few things passed that that I still need to figure out, but I’ll get there.
I’m still a bit iffy on whether I’ll redo the head or try again, but for now I’m pushing forward with the first effort.
Further work like the last one. I still don’t have capacity for fire working in my home studio, so my ability to do complex things is limited. This is fun and helps me to keep going.
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A pair of clip-on earrings I made for my Great-aunt. There were some issues in making them, but I’m overall happy with them.
Nothing much going on, yet.
The year's almost done, and I have posted since roughly summer, figured I'd put up a little "I'm not dead, yet". In short, I'll be getting permanent access to a studio early in the year, and I'll be able to start posting stuff again. I haven't been too idle, though. Drawing various designs of things I want to try, designing work stations I want to build, and attending local gem shows to gather materials and information on techniques. So, happy new year and here's to hoping 2018 is less hellish for everyone.
Splitting up the "got access to the studio again" posts, I finished this thing! I popped the stone out, annealed the wire and scrunched it all in nice and snug. I'm considering tucking some of that super craft glue I have into the crevices, just so some of the still softened wire doesn't open up and loosen the stone. I aged it with liver of sulphur, and polished most of the black off. I'm real proud of this one.
Got access to the studio again, continued on with this Bureau of Balance stone of farspeech. Everything fits together, now I actually have to work in earnest on designing the backing and the LED switch. Should be fun!
Continuing from the last post, here's a still wip pendant with a lovely jet stone. The only problem with it is that I can't get the wires to scrunch in enough to lock the stone in place. It pops out with only a little effort, so that's no good. I'm considering three options: - make a fancy wire cover for both sides that I can fasten in place with a few loops of 28 gauge wire - take the stone out, carefully anneal the wire frame and try it again afterwards - mark down lessons learned, remove the stone and put the metal into my scrap bin I'm honestly leaning toward the third option, if only because the first seems like too much work at this stage and the next time I have access to a torch is... Oh, this Thursday. Hm. So I think I'll go with option two, for now.
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Quick thing, just realized that I have this tendency to try the more ridiculously difficult to pull off techniques on things I’m still learning the basics for.
This wouldn’t be so bad, but I’m trying to weave using a wire that’s roughly 6-7 feet long?
On the other hand, I just got an idea on how to make this in a way simpler fashion. So that’s cool.
So, around the end of May, I snagged onto a deal on Kijiji. Someone a few hours away had pulled their old rolling mill out of the crawl space and had it up for $650 (CND) as is. When I got there, it looked rough, but looking at it in person, there wasn’t any pitting, all that is just dirty caked on lubricant.
These pictures detail the process from then to now, slowly scrubbing it off with diesel fuel and a mild abrasive kitchen pad. The rollers are now quite nearly clean and I just wanted to show that off.
Also acquired was a ring sizer for an additional $80 and draw plate thrown in free.
So, around the end of May, I snagged onto a deal on Kijiji. Someone a few hours away had pulled their old rolling mill out of the crawl space and had it up for $650 (CND) as is. When I got there, it looked rough, but looking at it in person, there wasn’t any pitting, all that is just dirty caked on lubricant. These pictures detail the process from then to now, slowly scrubbing it off with diesel fuel and a mild abrasive kitchen pad. The rollers are now quite nearly clean and I just wanted to show that off. Also acquired was a ring sizer for an additional $80 and draw plate thrown in free.
While still waiting on more regular access to a decent studio, I've been learning various forms of wire weaving. 1st pic is a few of the more successful attempts at Viking braids, while the other two are the respective front and back of an eventual stone pendant border. Not sure the colour of stone, yet, I'll decide when I go shopping for one on Monday.
Small update, more of a warning. Sometimes cheap tools really aren't worth it. At least half the bottom row is the same size holes, and 16 gauge wire is not thick enough to be affected. I'll still use it, but I'm somewhat annoyed
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So hey, remember that reticulation thing I did a while back? Turns out I forgot to show off the end result. It's pretty decent, even though I couldn't get the copper colour to come through. I think it's pretty anyway.
So, I found the stone I’m using. It’s a teardrop cut piece of Labradorite and it looks wonderful. Perfect for this project.
Also, the silver piece is now almost ready for shaping.