Have just made my first anticlastic bangle out of copper and although it's not perfect (I believe the word I'm looking for is "organic") I want to have a go at making one in silver.
I've taken the curve as far as I can so that the ends meet up along the outer edges (like a copper pipe curved into a bangle) so I needed to anneal lots of times. In order to try and avoid firescale I thought I would use reflections silver rather than sterling. However, I've just been on the cookies website and it says that reflections silver is harder than sterling.
Does this mean that the reflections silver will need to be annealed more frequently than sterling? And is more frequent annealing and hammerming likely to cause it to become brittle?
If I use sterling instead of reflections, then presumably I should use a firescale protector? I only use borax cone at the moment, so slathering it in borax flux each time I anneal will be a bit of a pain. Is it worth the effort trying to avoid it or would a good work out with yellow radial disks to get rid of firescale be quicker.
I used .7mm copper for the original bangle. Same in silver or can I cut the cost down and use .6mm?
Lots of questions, sorry. But even with silver having dropped in price a little, it'll still cost over £30 to make so I'd rather not buy the Reflections if its going to be problematic.
Thanks, Susie
Bookmarks