{"id":100,"date":"2014-08-08T08:49:39","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T08:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/sheltech\/?p=100"},"modified":"2014-08-10T03:34:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-10T03:34:41","slug":"amazonite-silver-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/sheltech\/2014\/08\/08\/amazonite-silver-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazonite and Silver Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These pieces came out of a basic idea of\u00a0 the ‘S’ shape , and I started with the rings, using\u00a0 half-round wire , forging and bending the ends .\u00a0 The rings and bezel cups were rough-polished\u00a0 before soldering . \u00a0Next came the bracelet , slightly more ambitious , with the same concept of one end forged wide and flat, and \u00a0the other end forged tall and thin . The earrings were a lot more involved, but with my skills quickly refreshed (I had only made two other rings before this project , earlier in the year, but no jewelry in 20 years prior) I was ready . I was having fun, too, which was nice , because I had become somewhat burned out in the late 1980’s ,\u00a0doing tedious work \u00a0at a bench , at a regular job .<\/p>\n

The earrings are each \u00a0made from a piece of 8mm x 2mm half-round stock , split up the middle most of the way, and then each side forged and bent to shape . Getting a matching left and right was no easy\u00a0 task , and with all the careful filing and hand sanding , it took most of a day to get those right. It was very much like the modelmaking (fabricated jewelry masters) I did at my last job ; very thorough , very meticulous . I had no time constraints or considerations about being fast to keep the cost down . These were labors of love .<\/p>\n

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