The Fish Pond Pendant.

[Hans Meevis]

This is a project I have just finished, loosely based on Gary Drostle's beautiful mosiac in Croyden Garden.
I actually have been teaching myself how to paint in vitreous enamels recently, and what was a simple search for some suitable images to practice with ballooned into full on month long exercise of smithing.
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I posted a detailed description of the method of making on my blog in my signature line.

Hans

[ps_bond]

Great stuff, Hans. So... The definitive answer on image transfer is...?

Is it Saral?

[Stirring Moose]

Hans, that is epic, well done!! Just one observation to make, more to do with the photography than the piece itself. Be nice to see a shot with some scaling item, such as a coin, included.

S.M.

[ps_bond]

A pendant chain, perhaps?

[Stirring Moose]

A pendant chain, perhaps?

So pendant chains are a fixed regulation size now are they?

S.M.

[ps_bond]

Well, you may reasonably assume it's going to be between about 1 & 3mm diameter? It's not a precise scale object, but close enough for jazz.
I can tell it's about 25mm +/- 5%

Actually, scratch that - I think I'm looking at a different engraving vice, I'd assumed that was a GRS Microblock but the hole layout is different to mine. If it's the standard block, that makes it about 40mm.

[CJ57]

Men, can you not just say it's a lovely piece of work, which it is Hans

[ps_bond]

It is, I'm just engineer-baiting
(I'm allowed to, I still are one!)

[CJ57]

It is, I'm just engineer-baiting
(I'm allowed to, I still are one!)

Are you finding it lonely working on your own Peter, we can spend far too much time on the forum just for a bit of interaction?

[ps_bond]

Honestly? Not even a bit. Was waiting for some code to compile though.