carleton
spending too much on rocks
Member since April 2012
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Post by carleton on May 17, 2012 2:38:06 GMT -5
I have spent a lot of time studying jewelry from a few periods recently and decided to get creative. With the help from a few members here I stumbled across a few pieces that caught my eye. This is one I found through a link, or linked link Helen provided me. Thanks again for that! (some resources found here for anyone else who is interested forum.rocktumblinghobby.com/index.cgi?board=fossilsb&action=display&thread=52482 ) Genuine 025 silver;) Some silver solder we had laying around. I attempted to age the piece and give it a believable finish.   Carleton |
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Post by helens on May 17, 2012 2:56:11 GMT -5
Very neat Carleton!!! I'm glad I could help a little bit!!
So you do silversmithing and are interested in doing reproduction work? Did you do that via lost wax technique? (carved the wax, then made mold?)
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carleton
spending too much on rocks
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Post by carleton on May 17, 2012 3:12:30 GMT -5
No,
I have never worked with silver, I want to try it some day though. I think I have made maybe half a dozen pewter pieces over 10 years. I think I just used carved clay for those.
This time I just carved up some soapstone. Not very professional and kind of a dirty method. I am however waiting on a quote for some jewelers wax, and may get into the lost wax casting.
Not sure if a lot of reproduction work interests me, I spent half my life doing it, but I always seem to wander back down that road, lol.
Carleton
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