resin and silver pendant

I went through a few colour combinations before I was happy with this one.

progress

I have had a very busy weekend. Despite the heat.
Still in the process of making 2 new pieces.
The first is an idea that I got out of art Jewellery magazine. only they use clay and I am using sheet metal.
I want to etch it but I need to do my homework first on where to find stuff to etch with.
When I have done this I will post a pic.

The other is a disc shaped silver pendant. I used square wire (which I made with my new square draw plate) to make a frame on the disc with random swirls inside. I soldered the frame and swirls onto the disc. I am in the process of filling the swirls with resin (dyed with powder paint) I have discovered that the resin makes the paint a lot darker then I thought. So I will need to experiment more with mixing. I have also found that it is wise to do one colour at a time which is a pain as drying time is about 72 hours. And if you get proportions wrong the resin wont set and you will have to start all over again.
So that is where I am at. Will post pics as soon as I am done.

New Ring

Finally I managed to make something again.

Not perfect but I am pretty proud of it.

Our christmas holiday

Have had a wonderful holiday.

So I have had to put the Jewellery on hold for a few weeks - absolute torture. As My wonderful husband spoiled me rotten with a whole lot of new toys to make exciting Jewels with.

gathering of ladies

finished mannequin

I have finished one mannequin. I think it came out quite well.
It always surprizes me how strong paper mache is.
I am going to try and make the other 3 out of plaster paris as I am running out of time.
Still waiting for the first one to dry.
If it works it is mass production here I come.

Pendant changed

I changed the pendant when I started making it.

It was supposed to have the stone at the bottom with the triangular bit at the top but I attached the bail on the wrong side.

I liked it that way, so I left it.It seems to work.

The stone stuck in the bezzle when I was checking the size even though

I had used the floss method to pull the stone out. The floss slipped.

The bezzle was still a little high so I had to file it down with the stone still in - not a good idea.

The corners are ok

But I was a little disappointed at the top corner as it just was not as neat as I wanted it to be.

I guess with practice I will get a little better.