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My very first ever silver soldering...
Hi all. Just joined so be gentle with me :o I just wanted to share my first attempt at a silver ring. To give some background I started an evening class five weeks ago, but have been doing lots of reading and self learning besides.
I've always had a fascination with jewellery that 'does something' or is articulated in some way, so I set myself the crazy challenge of making a spinner ring. My tutor said I was mad, but I knew in my mind how I could make it. So I did some calculations using what Cooksons supplied as stock and set to...
Hope you appreciate my 'in at the deep end' soldering challenge. I even managed to not weld the whole contraption into one solid lump when I soldered the last 'shim' to trap the spinner. It's not perfect, and if I remade it I would add some texture, but I also wanted to try my hand at high polish. It came out a little chunkier than I imagined, but for first ever ring in silver I'm chuffed. I used 1mm for shank, 1mm square for side shims and 10x3 D wire for spinner.
Enjoy... (apologies if it's a little pic heavy for some)
Vos
(edit - I actually made this two weeks ago)