First ring

[nickylynn]

Hiya
Four or five years ago, my partner gave me a ring with two dolphins side by side, chasing here tails. Sadly it got broken and lost a while back. I thought it might be fun to try to recreate it. Here is my result. It is my first attempt at carving(?) aluminium, so I would be interested to know what you think!
Thanks
Nickylynn

[caroleallen]

You've done a good job there Nicky. How easy is aluminium to carve?

[Nick martin]

That's great! I've never heard of anyone carving aluminium before but I'd be curious to know more.

Great first effort!

Nick

[Dennis]

It's good, but might give you black fingers. Why not do it again in silver? It is not that much harder to carve. For instance my carved silver pendant here:

[enigma]

Nice work, well done

[nickylynn]

Hi all
Thanks for the feed back.
The aluminium is easy to carve, most of the work was done with a saw and file. The bridge between the beaks and tails was carved with a chisel. (I ground and sharpened the end of one of my files) I have done a fair bit of wood carving, and it was nice not having to worry about grain direction! I would quite like to try it in silver, but I have a lot of aluminium, hence it's use. You are quite right, Denis, it did give me black fingers, but only for the first day!
Thanks again for the interest.

[Tabby66]

Very nice Nicky, and very interesting to hear about your use/work with aluminium

[nickylynn]

Thanks, Tabby.
I might have a go at a simple chain bracelet next.....