August Themed Competition

This Month's Theme......


Summer

Hello everyone!

How is everybody's summer so far?

Whether your designs are inspired by our brief spell of good weather or by the vast ammounts of rain, we all LOVE to see your designs!

So post your design incorporating this theme within this thread with a little bit about the piece and the winner will be revealed at the end of the month!

The Winner will "WIN THEIR ORDER" !!


GOOD LUCK EVERYONE! WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT'S INSPIRED YOU THIS MONTH!!


A few legalities...

Terms & conditions

No purchase necessary. The closing date for the competition will be 31.08.2012. The winner will win their order- £100 inc VAT. The judging process will take place on 04.09.2012. Our Silversmith Judging Panel will make the final decision.

The Competition is open to all Cookson Precious Metals customers who are UK residents and aged 18 years and over.

Only one entry per person.

There is no cash alternative. Cookson Precious Metals reserves the right to change the prize for one of equivalent value.

The winner will be notified on the forum within this thread by 07.09.2012. The winner's name and county will be available by sending a stamped addressed envelope to: The Competition Secretary, Marketing Department Cookson Precious Metals, 59-83 Vittoria Street. Birmingham B1 3NZ.

Employees of Cookson Precious Metals, their agents and families are excluded from the competition together with any person connected to the competition.

Entry into the competition is deemed as acceptance of the rules. The winner agrees to participate in any publicity in connection with the competition.

To enter the competition, simply publish your design/comment within this thread.

No correspondence will be entered into. The judging panel's decision is final. The promoter is Cookson Precious Metals

Here is my entry for the August competition. A pair of earrings made from the all the little cut offs of sterling wire on my desk. They, I think, signify the Kanji for summer, though for all I know they may not and may indeed say "trade round the back" :0)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7...35c162cd2f.jpg
Summer kanji by kwant, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by Kwant

Here is my entry for the August competition. A pair of earrings made from the all the little cut offs of sterling wire on my desk. They, I think, signify the Kanji for summer, though for all I know they may not and may indeed say "trade round the back" :0)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8155/7...35c162cd2f.jpg
Summer kanji by kwant, on Flickr

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LOL!

what a fabulous way to use the off cuts Neil! Hoping it means 'we have a winner' :)

Very clever design.

Great idea and not a fork in sight. Hope you're right about the translation.

They look very fiddly Kwant......translate to winner for me too ;D

Clever Kwant! Nice to see a very different piece of work :D

This design for drop earrings has become a standard for me, using different coloured stones. It just started with a series of sketches, but seeing my first effort being worn I realised that doubling up the bow would make it much more substantial and three dimensional.

Here is one with Swiss blue topaz for the blue skies of summer, my non-competitive entry, Dennis.

Beautiful as ever Dennis. Great to see your working drawings and I have to say the top design was my favourite.

Beautiful Dennis :) I have to say I love the top ones too, although I wouldn't mind owning any one of them :)

Love your earrings too kwant, inspired me to have a go with my bits of scrap too :)

My competition entry is this butterfly arm cuff. I'm very new to smithing and self learning via books & internet. This was quite a difficult project to tackle and took the best part of a week to finish. As the wire is quite thick, I had loads of problems getting the solder to flow. There basically wasn't enough heat from my little hand torch - problem was solved though by arranging the heat bricks into a little oven shape to reflect the heat back onto the peice making the solder flow beautifully. I hope one day to be as good as you guys on here =)

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ooh that's gorgeous, I love butterflies :) I have an idea for a butterfly ring that I'm trying to figure out how to do at the mo :)

That's beautifully designed and you did well to get it soldered with a small torch. What with the balling of the wires, the stone setting and the patination, its a really professional piece of work. Dennis.

lovely butterfly Keia - This is a NON-competetive summer piece, but since there was a butterfly and it is summer and just for fun, I thought I would add to the mix. :o)


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Thankyou for the lovely comments, that alone makes all the work worthwhile =)
That's gorgeous Wallace, I love how everyones style on the same theme is different, it makes things really interesting. x

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Thankyou for the lovely comments, that alone makes all the work worthwhile =)
That's gorgeous Wallace, I love how everyones style on the same theme is different, it makes things really interesting. x

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yup. real confidence booster, even now it is nice to get some good responses, or even constructive ways of adapting something. As I said, mine is not for the competition. And, I know this is not really the place, but I see your first post was here, so Welcome to the forum Sian.

I forgot to say that I love those earrings Dennis. :D

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lovely butterfly Keia - This is a NON-competetive summer piece, but since there was a butterfly and it is summer and just for fun, I thought I would add to the mix. :o)


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ooh I love that :)

thank you both :o) It is my first attempt at flush setting on a flat item. I think it turned out okay

Attachment 3817]Here is my entry, its remeniscient of childhood summers and was something I worked on whilst my dad was dying and it's a 'happy piece' and I really enjoyed making it, it has matching earrings and ring.
My daisy chainHope the picture is here as I've not uploaded one for a while:)

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Attachment 3817]Here is my entry, its remeniscient of childhood summers and was something I worked on whilst my dad was dying and it's a 'happy piece' and I really enjoyed making it, it has matching earrings and ring.
My daisy chainHope the picture is here as I've not uploaded one for a while:)

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please ignore attatchment it is wrong picture

You did a good job on all those little sparklers, Wallace.

I guess that daisy necklace had healing properties for you Wendy and you'll be keeping it in the family.

Regards to both, Dennis.

Here's my entry, sneaking in at the eleventh hour. I haven't had much chance to work on jewellery for the last few months, but I really wanted to make this one. Inspired by Aristotle, the flight of swallows, Art Nouveau curves, and one bad pun (which I'll let you figure out for yourselves ;)).

Once I had the design worked out, this was rather fun to make. Although, like Keia, I had some interesting times soldering it with my little hand torch. The necklet wires aren't as wonky as they look in the pic - it was just difficult to get it arranged gracefully for the photo without a bust to put it on.

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Very graceful swallows, Elynor. Come on, Explain the pun and I'll swallow it. Dennis.

I'll let one of the stone experts come along and explain it to you, Dennis. ;)

The Swallow necklace is really beautiful, Eirish!

Lovely work Elynor :)

The swallow necklace is just lovely. The curves have a beautiful flow and you have caught the swallows just right!

Thanks for the lovely comments, Dennis, Spring and Wallace! It's such fun to participate in these - I love seeing all the different interpretations of the theme.

And since no one seems to be figuring it out...the stone is amazonite. Swallows and Amazonite.

Thank you Kimkie, too - we must have cross posted. :)

Some gorgeous entries and 'just for show' piccies too, beautiful designs and work! It's going to be interesting to see who is announced winner tomorrow!!

Good luck all!!

Tabby xx

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My competition entry is this butterfly arm cuff. I'm very new to smithing and self learning via books & internet. This was quite a difficult project to tackle and took the best part of a week to finish. As the wire is quite thick, I had loads of problems getting the solder to flow. There basically wasn't enough heat from my little hand torch - problem was solved though by arranging the heat bricks into a little oven shape to reflect the heat back onto the peice making the solder flow beautifully. I hope one day to be as good as you guys on here =)

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Hi All,

Thank you very much for your fantastic entries this month, there are so absolutely gorgeous pieces!

The winner of our August competition is Keia, congratulations!
We thought your flowery cuff was beautiful and is a perfect summer piece.

If you could e-mail me at georgia.benham@cooksongold.com with your account details we can arrange your order! Well Done!

ohhhh my!!!! I'm over the moon, thankyou so much! *does happy dance* =D =D =D

Congratulations Keia, enjoy your win, Dennis.

Well done Keia and well deserved.

Well done Keia!! Enjoy your prize ;D

Thankyou =D