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Rockin' Jewelry => Show and Tell!!!! => Topic started by: Greg Hiller on September 21, 2016, 10:28:31 AM
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A bit of work from the last couple of weeks. The top left (pendant) I believe is Sierra Madre Agate. Next one over is an agate/jasper we collected ourselves, from the 'Lavic siding' site in California. I put a little piece of pattern wire I had left over on the top. Next is a labradorite and then a malachite pendant. Then I started playing with enamel again. I never really learned much the first time, but I'm trying a bit harder now. The blue color can sure add a lot to some pieces. Then the final piece is a chunk of malachite that just didn't seem like it made sense to turn into a normal cab form, it would have lost too much of the interesting pattern I think.
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Beautiful pieces! That lavic siding material is interesting, and I love the pattern piece above the circular cab. The malachite pattern is gorgeous within that shape.
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That is a pretty nice collection of Scroll work you got going there! I have been known to make some myself now and then.
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I got into the filigree stuff after reading the Silver Threads book by Jeanne Rhodes-Moen. I use twisted wire Argentium silver, annealed, then run through a roller, then annealed one last time. Once the wire is in this form I've found it much easier to twist into the shapes I want and to make consistent shapes so that the pieces look symmetrical.