nickel silver, Sterling silver, brass, epoxy, glass splinters, enamel powder, onyx 10mm
jewelry made of Sterling silver, copper, brass and other metals, combined with gems. Meteorite Jewelry.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
new fused rings
As I have a new MAP gas torch now, I am able to do fusing easier. I only had a small hand torch up to now. With the MAP gas fusing only takes a few seconds, while it took several minutes with the small torch, if it worked at all. But if you heat a little bit too long, the silver flows away and covers the whole piece of jewelry, which didn`t happen with the hand torch.
But this effect I want to use in future to create surfaces that are plated with a thin layer of silver. For this you can use silver scrap, that accumulates by the time. Maybe I will do this with the inside of copper rings, so they won`t tarnish the skin anymore. On the other hand some people want the tarnishing effect of copper for health reasons (relief of arthritic pain).
But this effect I want to use in future to create surfaces that are plated with a thin layer of silver. For this you can use silver scrap, that accumulates by the time. Maybe I will do this with the inside of copper rings, so they won`t tarnish the skin anymore. On the other hand some people want the tarnishing effect of copper for health reasons (relief of arthritic pain).
silver, brass (fused), Swarovski crystals 3mm, lapislzuli 7mm, amber 4mm, synth. ruby 3mm
brass, copper, silver (fused), onyx
gilding metal, silver (fused), brass, amber, "cold enamel"-black enamel powder in epoxy resin
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
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stones and other materials
- I prefer natural stones. The little imperfections of natural stones make a piece of jewelry more special. Synthetic stones are often too perfect and appear somehow "cold" because of this. However, synthetic spinels with their translucent deep blue color and the brilliant Swarovsky crystals are exceptions to this preference, as well as synthetic ruby because of its price.
- Amazonite
- Amber
- Amethyst
- Aventurine
- Carnelian
- Fluorite
- Garnet
- Hematite
- Jasper
- Lapis lazuli
- Meteorites
- Sikhote-Alin-Meteorite
- Obsidian
- Onyx
- Peridot (Olivin)
- Sardonyx
- Sodalite
- ruby (synthetic)
- Spinel (synthetic)
- Synthetic spinel
- Swarovsky crystals
- Turquoise
- Shellac