THEME CHALLENGE: New Technique

**MuranoSilver** · 22-02-2010, 01:26 PM

Anyone can join - challenge is to try something new,
the challenges don't close but they change on the 15th of each month.
nic x

**MuranoSilver** · 22-02-2010, 09:10 PM

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/...3487807048.jpg
Here's my first go at rivets - really enjoyed it & glad I took the challenge.
I can see more of these being made and am already looking for gorgeous tins, lol.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2766/...6024642522.jpg
Went a bit close to the edge on the top 2 holes but it's still very secure.
I also wrote down everything I did on my blog in case anyone else fancied having a go (you could do it in sheet metal if you don't use PMC)
PMC Tips: Making a 2 part - riveted pendant.
Nic x

**Ominicci** · 23-02-2010, 12:54 PM

Wow the backs of those rivets look superbly flush!!

Got my Lapidary Journal Jewelery Artist Mag today and the main theme is Rivetting!

**MuranoSilver** · 23-02-2010, 01:04 PM

Lol-I'm going to have to go and buy the mag now -
(it's got so many possibilities!)

Nic x

**barclaybear** · 23-02-2010, 04:50 PM

Hmmm .... I'm new to enamelling so everything's already a bit of a challenge but since 'New Techniques' is the topic, I think I'm going to bite the bullet and try some champleve round some shapes cut from metal clay sheets.

Fingers crossed.....!

**lynnm** · 23-02-2010, 05:05 PM

looks smashing! Did you tumble before fixing together? Looks so shiny I think you must have tumbled but it would wreck the design on the tin....

**MuranoSilver** · 23-02-2010, 05:09 PM

I tumbled it before riveting

nic xx

**Sunnybank** · 23-02-2010, 08:10 PM

Lovely heart Nic, I'll put rivetting on the list of things to try.

**Sunnybank** · 24-02-2010, 09:15 PM

This is my first attempt at maille, in copper to keep the cost down in case I couldn't get the hang of it. The toggle clasp is all reused copper, the ring is sawn off a piece of copper pipe I found in a skip and the toggle is scrap electrical cable.