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).

 

silver, brass (fused), Swarovski crystals 3mm, lapislzuli 7mm, amber 4mm, synth. ruby 3mm

  

brass, copper, silver (fused), onyx

 

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gilding metal, silver (fused), brass, amber, "cold enamel"-black enamel powder in epoxy resin