just a few recent pieces
1.6mm Ruby ring - depletion gilded Sterling Silver
3 x 1.6mm Emerald trilogy ring - depletion gilded Sterling Silver
[/url]Liberty Cap pendant with Moonscape earrings - reticulated Sterling Silver
I managed to set a couple of stones that gave me the confidence to move on and try to set these small blighters in a 2.3 x 1.5 mm D-profile wire rings. First the Ruby, singular, then the Emeralds one by one, wary to get the spacing right.
Reticulation was an experiment. One corner started to go into melt-down, but I managed to pull the heat as it started to shrink. I like to work with materials rather than against them where possible and so was pleased to find the resulting shape was useful and the reticulated texture was still preserved. I've stated elsewhere that I used a charcoal block for this, but would be keen to re-run this without.
There's some more photos of other recent work somewhere, but I have to work across PC's with my laptop not willing to join this century and connect to tinterweb after some recent problems. So sorry for the delays in getting work up
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