Showing posts with label fine silver. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fine silver. Show all posts

Saturday, November 21, 2009

I've been dabbling with enamels...

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..and, here is a pair of earrings I am truly proud of!
The earrings are completed hand fabricated out of fine silver sheet, both bezel and the etched silver which was used as a base for layering the enamels.



Enamel techniques include Champleve and Basse Taille.Each color was layered and fired to build up to these fantastic colors.
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

A Fabulous Giveaway Contest sponsered by Jewelry by Solange

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Jewelry by Solange has a written a wonderful blog article about one of our Jet Team members, Elizabeth. Elizabeth has three shops on Etsy; Foret, Foret Two and DivineDesignsbyForet Her jewelry is absolutely fabulous and it definitely worth reading and getting to know a little her and her passions.
Besides the beautiful article, Elazabeth is having a giveaway as well!


For this particular contest, she is awarding one lucky winner a small pair of Ruby & Amber Earrings, valued at $28.00.
The winner will be announced on Saturday November 25st at noon Est Time


Please visit jewelrybysolange.blogspot.com for all the details!
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A new giveaway from Sea Babe Jewery - Fine Silver Hammered and Forged Ring

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Seababe is a fellow Jet Team member and she offers the most unique awesome jewelry designs.
For this particular contest, she is giving away her The Twenty Dollar Ring, Fine Silver Hammered and Forged Ring



The giveaway runs from 10:00 PM PST today (Monday) until 10:00 PM PST, November 22nd (Sunday).
Please visit http://stuffundertwenty.blogspot.com/
for all the details!
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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Applying Gold Accents to PMC Clay

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I promised to give some tips, from my experimentation of applying a gold appliqué to your precious metal clay pieces.
I use Aura 22 and have had great success with it.

The most important thing I can tell you is, once you pieces has been fired, do not, I repeat.. do not burnish or tumble!
I allow the pieces to cool down and am careful not to touch the areas that are to be painted with gold, as oils and dirt from your fingers can intefere with the adhesion.

If you find that the gold has hardened in the jar, place a couple of drops of media included and stir with a toothpick until the consistancy is simular to the thickness of nail polish. Lightly place a thin, even layer of paint, using a small paintbrush and allow to dry. I repeat this process 3 times. You can apply two layers, instead of three, but I happened to like the bright color using 3 coats.

I have read tips that prior to applying gold accent paint, to place a thin layer of silver overlay on your fired piece.I suppose to help with adhesion. I haven't tried this yet, as I have not had an issue with the gold not staying in place.


After you have allowed the coats to dry, place your piece back in your kiln, and refire for approximately 6-7 minutes at 1600 degrees.
Once your pieces has cooled down, burnish and tumble. You will be amazed at the beautiful results!

To see the results, view my post about my Silver and Gold Teardrop Earrings
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Friday, August 29, 2008

Ruined two Pieces of Jewelry today :(

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I am always trying to learn something new, especially working with PMC Clay.
I few weeks ago, I had ordered 4 diachronic cabs that I was going to make the into wonderful pendants.
I formed the pendants and secured the cabs (so I thought)as they clay was moist and let sit for 2 days, until totally dry. Fired and began to burnish the silver.
Well, both cabs came loose and fell out. But me, being the optimist, took the opportunity to add a patina to the silver and place the into the tumbler for a couple of hours to, at least get that end worked out.
So..my bright idea..I'll use jeweler's glue to secure the cabs. I let sit for a couple of days and all looked great...until I tried to go further and incorporate into a necklace. Don't both pop out again!
The glue left a hard, glass like finish to the spot the cabs would have sat...there was no getting it out. I even tried torching but that didn't work either.
I couldn't even reapply the PMC to secure the cab again, since the foreign glue substance would interfere and more than likely, not fuse to the previously fired silver.
So, I am out about $50 worth of silver and cabs. Really bummed.
I think I will have to try next time, putting a thin line of pmc around the cab, much like a bevel cup, to secure.
They were so pretty too!
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Silver and Gold Teardrop Earrings

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For my newest endeavor, I had the opportunity to try a new patina to add to my precious metal clay designs - Gold Overlay!
This was alot of fun to work with and I have future designs just swimming in my head, waiting to be created!

This design features a teardrop within teardrop cutout design, crafted from fine silver (.999), precious metal clay.
The earrings were patina'ed in two parts, half with an antiqued,aged look; the other half with sparkling particles of pure gold (91.6%) overlay.
Handforged sterling silver ear wires feature a twisted design.
Earring length: a tad over 1 1/2"

There are a few important techniques that one must follow to obtain this effect and I will be sure to post those in a couple of days, for those interested in trying this yourselves :)
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Sunday, August 10, 2008

Love, Love, Love Labradorite!

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I've added a couple pairs of Fine Silver ( PMC ) earring to both Etsy and Silvercanyons.com




Beautiful teardrop labradorite stones have been added and really compliment the design.
They better sell fast, else I am tempted to keep a pair for myself! :)
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Some more fun with Precious Metal Clay

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These sure are to be one of the most original pairs of earrings in your collection!
I have hand formed these adorable little flip flops from precious metal clay. Because these are hand designed, there might be a slight variation in each of the sandals.
The soles have been patterned with an abstract design, with a patina added.
The straps and little star accents in the toe area have been burnished and polished to a beautiful luster.
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