The stone is actually pink however the colour could be more reach.
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The stone is actually pink however the colour could be more reach.
I would love to see the photos of your settings Peter.
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I don't really know what grain-set is. I use a ball burrs and cylinder burr 0.6mm, bevel 2-0 graver to clean up. I have Olympus scope with 0.5 barrow lens that gives me 150mm working...
Hi people. Just want to share my resent work with you. This is the new technique for me. I have made a few pieces in silver for practicing and this one is the first one in gold.
Morganite and 1mm...
Thank you Sandra
The bezel made from 0.6mm wire twisted on 2mm pole and put through the mill. Please see the photo6378
:ta: Feel very happy. Thanks everyone for such a warm words and sense of humor.
Hi everyone. My two cents, inspired by the gold fishes in son's aquarium. Filigree, sterling silver, tiger eye.
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My entry this month is Zaire Malachite ring set in sterling silver filigree with roses and callas. 55255526
Good Luck everyone.
Dmitrii
Congratulation James, well deserved win. Respect to you patience and skills with piercing.
Hi Andreas
I used to use a drill myself to twist the wires but found it is much easy to use the technique use by the old master in the video below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcVhkq4nxo4
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Hi guys, to support the filigree technique and the only one in possession my entry below
Technique: filigree, materials: sterling silver, garnet. Took 22-25 hours to complete the project
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Good combination and the work looks neat. Not many people do filigree here in UK. I found that a magnet tumbler is the easiest way to polish filigree. How did you go with polishing yours?
Hi guys.
Amazing entries, feel privileged to be part of the competition.
Below are some flowers in the basket made in sterling silver.
Please accept my congratulations Louisella! Well done and certainly deserved win. Pleasure to compete with you.
Thanks Lana. I was introduced to filigree by one of the Russian master in 1989 and and was found of it for 2 or 3 years. Now after 18 years gap decided to start all over again. The pendant was my...
Here is one from me. My wife does not believe the earth nature of the stone and suggests space and aliens implicated. :-). Sterling silver and Labradorite pendant, made with filigree technique.
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Thank you for all your replies.
Unable to upload the photos due to the permission issues with my account, sent a support request, hopefully it will be sorted soon, probably not soon enough to...
Hi Donnie. If you plan to do a lot of soldering and some melting in your workshop consider fume extraction facilities while planing or building your workshop. Just mention it because effected by shed...
Thank you Dennis. The technique is popular in Portugal and Russia as well but not in the UK, I wonder why?
Thank you Tabby66. Indeed soldering filigree and placing solder need some patience. :-)))
Thank you for your warm welcome. I do have some pictures and tried to upload it to my album but something is not right either with me or the website.
Just come to say hello to your friendly community. Being following the forum for some time and found lots of useful tips.
I hope I can be useful as well to someone as the technique i use (filigree)...