My bird pendants

[Vanessa]

Hello
If you have seen my other threads you may know I've been working on two bird pendants for Xmas gifts... And here they are! Not the best pics I know...

[Vanessa]

Oh how did that happen... That's a pic of me in the middle covered in rouge! Ha ha ... Santa's cheeky elves at work me thinks

[caroleallen]

Great pics, specially the one of you. Maybe you should try something different like Menzerna maybe!

[Vanessa]

Ha ha thanks... I used fabulustre at first but it left a funny haze on the silver so I used rouge and yep lovely and shiny finish but has side effects! Ha ha. Might look at menserna is it as good as rouge then? At uni we use hyfin which is good.

[Dennis]

I like the birds-- and the picture of Cinderella.

That said, I think some kind of hand made chain, however simple would lift your work no end. Regards, Dennis.

[Vanessa]

Yeah I thought so too Dennis agreed but sadly I left this too late to do but nothing can stop me from working on this after Xmas! 😊 I want to have a play with making my own chain and I need a torch that wont melt the entire chain except the link I am trying to solder... I can solder chain with the microweld at uni but cant afford one of those at home.... Wonder if I get a pencil flame attachment 'thing' for the seivert..

[Nick martin]

They look great Vanessa and I like the stylised birds and bark texture. Agree with Dennis too.

You don't need anything expensive to solder a fine chain.

I use a 'Dremel Versatip' for soldering very fine links and it works perfectly. The Sievert is overkill unless it's a very large piece!

Cheers,

Nick

[Nick martin]

Ps. The Dremel only costs £30-35!

Nick

[Vos]

For me, I like the horizontal bark on the second piece. If I were to approach these I might consider using two jump rings soldered on as bales rather than drilling, but that is purely a personal preference and in no way a criticism. They're quite sweet.

Oh- and I trust they're not your piercing saws behind you - you might want to update them if they are


Vos

[Vanessa]

Ha ha Vos I'd be dangerous with those blades ha ha! I appreciate your comments I'm always learning.

Thanks Nick I'll look into the dremel.

I tried to solder the links to the back but kept melting them! I then decided on what you see and attached a chain and soldered a link closed and thought it was successful until I polished it and noticed the chain had melted sigh so had to go with what you see... I've not soldered the links closed so it gives me room to make chain and attach it after xmas to these birds 😊 I can get a small flame on the seivert but it's not fine enough for soldering chain. Thanks