Just thought I'd document my first foray in to jewellery making (and casting for that matter). The fish on the left is my copy of the original piece on the right. The necklace is one my mum has had for 20 years and a good friend of hers always mentioned it and said how fond of it she was every time they met. My mum was planning to give the necklace to her for her birthday, but as I've talked to her about my plans to make some platinum rings among other things, she thought she'd ask me (about 10 days before the birthday!) if I could copy it. I said I'd have a go...

Fortunately it all worked out... surprisingly! Drilling the hole though the middle needed a huge slice of luck, I do have a fair bit of experience with drilling bits and bobs, but I used a 2.4mm drill bit, I didn't want to use much smaller as they can bend and walk off centre, and the thinnest part of the tail seemed to only be 2.4001mm across!! Was a lot of fun and I encourage everyone to give things a go if they're tentative about trying it, I think that's my main point, what have you to lose?