Here's the project currently possessing my brain.
I've got some major issues to deal with yet, but I'm hoping it all works out well:
The clasp hasn't been poured yet. I've carved the piece, but I can't pour it til next week, and yes, I'm nervous.
Until I have the clasp, I can't string up the right side (which is the left side in the pic).
I'm still trying to figure out how to attach the bird and have it hang right where I want it to. It looks perfect laying out on the board. However, I know that if I just string it up the branch and nest will hang willy-nilly... And I can't just solder a jump-ring on the back of the branch. It's too ripply, and the solder will just run and run and run... And I can't really solder anything close to that pearl anyway. So that's completely out as an option.
I made the wire underneath the glass beads! =) Okay, so that's probably not such a big deal, but it is to me. I couldn't find a wire that matched the bronze tree branch, so I cut bronze sheet metal, ran it through the rolling mill (over and over and over...), then I pulled it through a plate to get it down to the gauge I wanted.
I'll keep posting updates. I hope to finish this project next week.
2 comments:
This is going to be beautiful! What a lovely piece! Thank you for visiting MomLife Today!
P.S. I am still checking out your blog. It's always fun to find new friends... but do you sell your jewelery anywhere?
Thank you, Katie!
Yes, my sister and I sell our jewelry. We have a shop at Etsy.com which has NOTHING in it right now. We will change that soon.
We also sell locally (Fairbanks, Alaska) at our Farmer's Market in the summer and we have a few pieces in the AK Rag Company a local store.
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