{"id":7,"date":"2011-06-16T05:53:19","date_gmt":"2011-06-16T05:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/paulinesbench\/?p=7"},"modified":"2011-06-27T19:07:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T19:07:27","slug":"raven-and-sun-pendant-for-charity-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/paulinesbench\/2011\/06\/16\/raven-and-sun-pendant-for-charity-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Raven and Sun Pendant for Charity Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3105\/5833217803_d04d913e2f.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3105\/5833217803_d04d913e2f.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"334\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was asked to donate a piece to a charity auction being held in honor of Canada&#8217;s National Aboriginal Day to benefit Aboriginal Law Students.  After some thought, I settled on a Raven and Sun design.  The Raven and Sun story always has seemed to me to be an excellent story about gaining wisdom, which is my hope for the Law Students.<br \/>I thought I&#8217;d share some of the process for making this pendant, which is engraved and pierced.  I began of course, with a sketch, which sort of reminds me of a Sheriff&#8217;s badge from the old west&#8230;and had me worried the end piece would look like a toy, but I went ahead anyways, nothing like procrastination to force a design.  As you can see, I placed the nearly finished pendant beside the sketch when I took the photo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3378\/5833733612_b623e66667.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3378\/5833733612_b623e66667.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/62781307@N00\/5833178565\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>Next I prepped the metal for engraving and piercing. I cover the surface with Chinese white pigment, and then use a sharpie to draw my design.  I was playing around with ideas to determine where I&#8217;d pierce by blacking out areas with the sharpie.  To hold the pendant while engraving I use green chasing compound set onto a giant wooden disc, which I mount in a graver block.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2472\/5833178565_58cbe4c596.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2472\/5833178565_58cbe4c596.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/62781307@N00\/5833733076\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a>After drawing the design, I did my engraving.  This is my favorite part. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5313\/5833733076_022f4edae8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5313\/5833733076_022f4edae8.jpg\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At this point, I soak the chasing compound off in alcohol, and domed the pendant before piercing it.  I have done this in the other order before, but that tends to result in buckled parts when doming.  Which we all know leads to swearing&#8230;<br \/>I then polished and made the little leather necklace to finish off the pendant.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was asked to donate a piece to a charity auction being held in honor of Canada&#8217;s National Aboriginal Day to benefit Aboriginal Law Students. After some thought, I settled on a Raven and Sun design. 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