An Acrylic Cuff With Hinge And Catch.

[Dennis]

Acrylic sheet is fun to bend. You can just put it on a baking sheet in your home oven at 165°C and within minutes it can be formed around a mandrel, wearing thick gloves of course.

It takes a bit of practice to get an even shape, but the same piece can be reheated several times.
Here I used a 30 x 190mm strip and once formed around my oval bangle mandrel, which is slightly tapered, I cut it in half to add my silver findings.

For the cuff ends I made open sided sleeves from textured sterling. The hinge was made using jump rings for knuckles and a tubular hinge pin with heads of balled silver wire.
The catch is of similar construction, but has a split pin made from D-shaped wire which is held captive by a thin divider of white gold in the top jump ring.

The sleeves are glued in place with self curing acrylic.

I also added some foil backed crystals to one side, which can be shown or hidden according to mood. Dennis.