Hello there and thanks everyone for your very kind words!
Sorry for the late reply,Peter, but let me try and explain why I think silver was a bit of a challenge to engrave.
The softness of it...
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Hello there and thanks everyone for your very kind words!
Sorry for the late reply,Peter, but let me try and explain why I think silver was a bit of a challenge to engrave.
The softness of it...
Hi Wallace!!
So you are the Wallace I am following on ye olde fb!! Saw your posts on there aboit engraving, lovely job you are doing!!
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Hi there,
Last time I posted here was probably at least 2 years ago.
I used to introduce myself as being a gun engraver, however during the past 2 years or so, I have ventured into quite...
I really like the first feather Dennis! Lovely stuff.
Peter, great idea about using gravers. I am very tempted to give it a go. ( will probably do it when I have finished this pair of guns I am...
Ha Didi! That is delightful! Thanks for posting your step by step...adventure in silver!
Ooh, I love this a lot! Beadalon do make fantastic stringing products indeed ( I have been making seed bead jewellery for a while and I just love their huge range of beading threads.)
Really lovely George! The winner will be thrilled with this!
Hi Dennis!
I also second Wallace's comment as I always enjoy reading your posts. I know nothing about settings at all but the first thing I thought was" wow, triangular wire! How cool!!!"
Can...
pfew! For a second, I actually thought that I had stepped into a parallel universe where everything I knew was the opposite of its reality minus the square division of PI!
But now, thanks to your...
Erm, Wallace, this is not what James said though!
I am a bit lost now, or maybe my understanding of English really is abysmal.
PS : ha! "Slightly easier "... Ok, slightly.
PPS " with...
Hi Lisa,
Welcome to this forum. Your jewellery looks lovely, I particularly like the etched pendants.
Katia
Thanks for so much information again!
I must say that I have been able to find annealed, half hard and hard silver wire quite easily for sale in the UK.
On the other hand, maybe I am not looking...
Emily,
A big thank from me too! This link is just fantastic. Cannot wait to try that.
Hi Emily!
Thank you very much for your kind words and I am glad you like the pendant, I certainly had a lot of fun making it and cannot wait to make more. Very excited to have it ready for my...
Thank you James for showing a picture of this very versatile tool! yes Babette,James's work is indeed so inspiring.
I received the files today and used them on the pendant. here are pictures of '...
Sorry James, forgot to reply!
The crest is wonderful! So the " matted" effect behind it is given with your flex shaft drills then? ( I hope matted is the right word, it is the closest one to the...
hi Dennis! No, I will certainly not feel intimidated by any kind of scramble, on the contrary! I am very thankful for all the advices that are given to me by all of you on this forum. Please, do...
Ho thank you so much for the reply James.
I love piercing as well and can only dream of reaching your skills one day!
I really do not wish to hammer a texture on this. Forgive me for the silly...
Thanks everybody for your kind words! I just am so excited about my journey into jewellery making. I really wish I had begun it wayyyyyyy earlier as there is so much to learn.
Thanks Dennis for...
hi Emily!
Yes, the butterfly idea is absolutely fantastic! I will try it though it might be a challenge as it will be so small, but I love challenges.
I am ordering Vallorbe files, they are in my...
hi Dennis! Yes, that is a lovely idea! Secret messages...OoohhhhOOhhh!
Well, here I am , posting pictures of a very simple pendant when everyone here is doing a lot more complicated stuff! But I am so excited to have for the very first time sawn in SILVER!!!( well....
Oh Didi, it's you!!! What happened then? Did you manage to speak to the hand engravers' association secretary?
Oh yes, lovely petals and ring! Can I ask, are you by chance Didi Ward, from the beader's forum?
Thank you so much everyone for your replies.
This has been ( and still is) a question mark for me, but you have helped me realise that I should not really try to hide the fact that I engrave guns....