The sterling band I posted last time with a little embellishment on it.
I rolled out (using a mill) some square wire from an ingot, and then worked it into a swirly design, hammered it to shape, then soldered it to the ring and then stopped to have my huge by large greek salad and cheese pizza slice for lunch. While I masticated I also took this horrible photo. I wish I had brought my other camera along with me today.
So after lunch and about 2 hours worth of bullshitting with my teacher I set to finish my ring. I'll post photos tomorrow evening.
The content of the bullshitting? Life in general. And basically how fucked up relationships could get over a period of time. Then we talked about 2012 and ancient aliens. Oh, and also about how my swirly design looked lik ea sperm on paper, but not so spermy once the wire was soldered down.
OH! and then!!! and then!!! We talked about a bracelet (in the studio) that was designed by my teacher's studio mate. And laughed about how it resembled what a Tyrannosaurus Rex sperm would look like if it was designed in silver.
I'll photograph that "T-Rex sperm" bracelet for Release show and tell if it hasn't been sold by next Tuesday.
[/chatty cathy pxie]
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Bracelet cuff with chinese turquoise cabochon in a bezel setting, with silver Celtic knotwork. This bracelet cuff was fabricated from a sterling silver spoon and fork.
_________________ "A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap." - Mitch Hedberg
Silver metal clay results in objects containing .999 pure silver - aka fine silver
.999 silver is great. No firescale!
rough looking upside down clay canoe with two leak holes
mending the cracks with slip
sanding before firing
rough draft; clay pea pod with green fresh water pearls as the "peas."
I fired this thing with an acetylene torch. It's amazing. In less than 60 seconds the binder burned off and it became fine silver. I'll post a photo of the finished piece soon. Too tired to do it tonight.
_________________ "A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap." - Mitch Hedberg
Not much new on the silver front lately. Sort of sidelined for a bit.
I had some things in the works for Valentine's day but the torch I used to finish some pieces was a bit too hot for the projects. Started out badly, then went from bad to worse.
clay pieces drying. Used a new product in the art clay market; embeddable eyelettes for bails.
the acetylene torch was an overkill for these. The eyelettes heated up too quickly and burned through the back end of the piece.
the piece is salvageable in one of two ways: I can solder it to a piece of sheet and upcycle my design. Or I can melt it down and use the silver to make bezel.
Took some time to play with the medium after the FAIL fire. Learned a few properties of fine silver.
It rolls out extremely thin. Nearly like paper here ^ And it has a lot more memory than sterling. (note the curling)
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