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Paua shell with handmade chain |
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The Paua disk is about 4 cm diameter with a pierced silver overlay. The chain has random facetting produced by judicious rolling.
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Cuttlefish cast with topaz |
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This topaz is a very deep stone and needs a chunky
casting. where the bone structure has been revealed before casting to show its unique ribbed structure. It has a chain of links matching the loop already attached.
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The mother of pearl carvings were purchased. The setting is fabricated by sweating two triangles of cheet onto the base plate with two fine silver bezels then applying texture. I like contrasting bright polished silver with textured or satinised finishes.
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Fused pendant with garnet |
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Not to everyone's taste, but pieces such as this are produced by the controlled melting of offcuts and other scrap on a charcoal block. Sometimes I tinker with them with a burr and usually have to solder on a loop to attach a chain. One option is to mount a stone within one of the cavities. These fused pieces can work well as brooches too. On the right hand side pendant, I enlarged the space to suit the stone and soldered in some wires to form the claws for the garnet. |
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This style of clasp took my attention as being secure, yet easy to operate. I decided to make it a feature. This is a chunky piece as, together with the handmade chain, it weighs about 70g.
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This simple design mixes bright polish and texture. In this case, the texture was applied by a rolling mill. Matching earrings complete the set. |
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This is a delft clay cast of a small ammonite fossil - it's about 15mm wide and weighs about 15g. I have other versions where I have altered the mould so that the back is flat, making a lighter pendant. |
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Garnet pendant with fetter and curb link chain |
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Garnet in a cuttlefish cast mount supported on a handmade fetter and three link curb chain. The pendant can be detached to allow the chain to be worn on its own - by special request. It's complemented by a matching chain bracelet - again by request. You can just see the hallmarks on the plate in the bracelet. |
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Just to make this shell slightly more interesting than a simple ring and chain and to stop it twisting and showing the less appealng rear surface, I created this small plate to separate the chain ends. It does stop it twisting! |
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