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Post by deb193redux on Jan 8, 2013 22:51:56 GMT -5
This was a practice piece I went and finished because it was looking OK. Still need to figure out the chain or cord.   May buff highlights on the silver a bit more. Also, need to put some coating to protect from tarnish. I want the inner bezel wall a little thinner, the shell a little thicker, and a slightly larger cab. I think I know a coworker who might enjoy wearing this. |
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adrian65
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Post by adrian65 on Jan 8, 2013 23:25:22 GMT -5
Man, what a wild piece of jewelry! What's the bezel made from? A copper pipe, my guess. What about the rest of it? Very interesting andoriginal. The metal work maches so well the pattern in the septarian.
Adrian
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Post by deb193redux on Jan 8, 2013 23:32:43 GMT -5
Hi Adrian. The center is red brass. A tube might have helped. I cut a strip and soldered the ring, then shaped to round and textured.
The plan was to have the whole bezel taper inwards a bit, but I could not get the miter cut right. I have several oddly tapered rings to use on some other project.
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Post by helens on Jan 8, 2013 23:57:38 GMT -5
Wow... nifty as hell!!!! Very creative Daniel!!
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Post by Pat on Jan 9, 2013 0:25:31 GMT -5
A lot interesting going on there; lots of good ideas. I also like the prongs on the bezel.
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Post by NatureNut on Jan 9, 2013 8:58:07 GMT -5
Wow... you got a sun in the center! How big is it? Would you call it an amulet?
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Post by NDK on Jan 9, 2013 9:02:52 GMT -5
Fantastic piece Daniel!
Nate
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Post by FrogAndBearCreations on Jan 9, 2013 9:41:05 GMT -5
Those are cool looking!
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Post by deb193redux on Jan 9, 2013 10:20:32 GMT -5
Thanks folks. The piece is 2 3/8" at the widest point. I have a lot of trouble designing proportions, but can look at something in my hand and have a good sense of the changes I would make. That is why this started out as a practice piece. I wanted to see how thick the center ring needed to be, what he best way to construct it was, and how the tabs were going to behave. I don't plan to try for this exact piece again (been there done that) but I did get a sense of what can be a little thinner, larger, thicker, smaller ... etc. I also think I might try not having the top edge of the center ring completely flat, but rather a little more eroded. I might try a different stone because it was painful to take off so much of the outer edge of the septarian nodule, but the piece would have been way to big otherwise. I had originally planned for more fold-forming definition in the silver, but the sheet was too thin. I took inspiration (e.g., float a sheet around a strong center bezel that utilized tabs) from a bracelet by Wendy Edsall-Kerwin I had seen on the internet: 01f33f8.netsolhost.com/Hammermarks/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Eyeball-cuff.jpg |
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Post by rockjunquie on Jan 9, 2013 12:19:53 GMT -5
Nice!! I loved reading your posts. I must say, though, you should go with your gut, you have great instincts. Don't overthink it. This is a great piece and just looking at it, I wouldn't change anything. It seems very cohesive to me, without a single thing jumping out and distracting from the whole.  |
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Jan 9, 2013 19:43:12 GMT -5
That is a truly great creative piece!!! It reminds me of something that would have been worn in medieval times.
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Post by hubrocks on Jan 10, 2013 0:40:51 GMT -5
That is nice!! I like it very much!............Hub
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Post by chassroc on Jan 14, 2013 8:44:21 GMT -5
OMG I love that piece...I like the contrast..great choice in the metals and stone...nice septarians...nevere worked with cute attractive small pieces only ugly fragments
charlie
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Post by deb193redux on Jan 14, 2013 9:49:19 GMT -5
Charlie - The morocco septarian are all small walnut sized nodules with this kind of pattern. I think they are harder too.
A co-worker is making a multi-strand cord out of thin black leather, brown leather, and dark blue and hematite seed beads. I am keen to see what she comes up with. I told her the piece was hers if she wanted it.
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Post by rattlehead on Jan 16, 2013 17:48:47 GMT -5
I really like that a lot!
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jan 16, 2013 18:27:53 GMT -5
Wow Daniel, I just saw this!!! I love the rugged, antique look about it! Great job!
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Post by deb193redux on Jan 16, 2013 18:30:02 GMT -5
Thanks Donnie. I wanted the ruin/chaos in the metal to reflect the fracturing that is part of septarian nodule formation.
I will post another pic when my friend gets the cord & beading done.
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Jan 16, 2013 18:31:20 GMT -5
Oh yes, what rockjunkie said is true - go with your gut & don't overthink it. You have creative instincts, don't let your head get involved, just go with the flow & you will do just fine!
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