Work in progress
These are the parts I have made so far,
The outer and inner discs are made from reticulated sterling silver.
(overheated to nearly melting point several times and then pickled)
The stone is a 4mm mirror backed Topaz cab, which will be set in the centre tube -
which is a short section of cookson's RSA 047 sterling silver tube
The next processes are as follows - chemically darken the reticulated silver disks with liver of sulfur - (hoping for a blue/green finish), set the Topaz cab, and then rivet the outer and inner sections together with 1mm sterling silver wire with the ends melted into 'blobs' on one end. - polish the edges, the back and the centre setting so they stand out, and finally give the rivets a high polish to contrast with the discs.
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