http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php Mon, 20 May 2013 01:25:38 -0600 60 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13704 Any views on them in my work room Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:35:47 -0700 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13704 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13687 here to get things done with kids.

anyway, let's see what I have to share...........

these are all brooches. I also have a pendant and a ring in the same theme as most of these but don't have the photos handy. Will update tonight.

So the brooches: thinking back to several pieces I did a couple of years ago (will link to those later)

This one doesn't quite live up to the older ones:



But this one comes much closer.



then I took a little detour for some flush setting, and trying new pin stem/catch combinations - fabricating them all..



then back to the lunarscape.....with a post pin. (I use a large rubber ear back as the 'catch' on these kind, it's sort of just like making a post earring but really sharp on the end)


So there you have it. ]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:40:58 -0700 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13687 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13686
We are currently debating adding a hammer hand piece to our flex shaft for some stone setting, but the other though is to get one of the pneumatic engraver systems GRS Graversmith, Lindsey AirGraver, or Enset with the hope of doing more engraving as decoration.

Sure there is a significant cost difference, but having not seen a hammer handpiece in use, and there being plenty of videos of the engraver systems online, I wonder if the hammer handpiece has control issues.

-Duane]]> Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:28:48 -0700 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13686 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13652 ]]> Sat, 05 Jan 2013 09:18:51 -0700 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13652 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13400

I have left EVERYthing to the last minute this year (do I say that every year? I'm not sure) so the next day and a half is going to be nuts. I have to laundry before I can pack and I need to do all the normal stuff - pack bench, supplies, go to bank, library (want book on tape for the drive), grocery shop for family, make sure son's school stuff is all in order, medical note, etc. . . . . and want to drop by hospital and visit the new grand before I leave......

how to do it all?

I always wonder that, but somehow it always gets done.

This year I am planning to blog my way through retreat, including some videos. not enough to take away from my 'down time' because I really DO need this get away time, but enough that you all can get a glimpse into it.


more later!
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I am trying to make this pendant. As you can see, the area that the bezel sits in is quite tight. I used a handmade tapered bezel pusher to set the stone, which I made quite a mess of because it was not able to get at the bezel at the right angle. I ended up more pulling the bezel over the stone then trying to hammer it down tight from a 90° angle. I poked around trying to burnish the edges smoother and the stone popped out.

Any idea how to set a stone in such a small space other than epoxy?

Thanks

kitsch
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]]> Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:41:12 -0600 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13392 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13361 Here is what I have been working on recently, these are with a view to being made to order to take into account the wedding colours etc. I have even made the little stand for the beads to go on. So the options will include, bride and groom or bridesmaid


Bride and Groom on Stand. by soulsilver1, on Flickr

Close up as stand by soulsilver1, on Flickr

Bride and Bridesmaid by soulsilver1, on Flickr]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:26:00 -0600 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13361 http://www.jewelryartistsnetwork.com/community/index.php?showtopic=13311 I had already done the little aventurine cabachon so I decided to do one the same in rose quartz. Then bezel set them back to back in sterling silver.
The finish is not all it should be but I am reasonably happy with what I have done. I have an idea on how to do a swivel bail for the next one I try.





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