Arts and Crafts

[vernon]

I did a small Arts and Crafts style reticulated pendent, still no spiffy photo's though!

[ajda]

Looks nice - though the photo's very small... What is the stone?
Alan

[metalsmith]

I did a small Arts and Crafts style reticulated pendent, still no spiffy photo's though!

As Alan says, it's a little difficult to see too much detail in the image. The ring at the top looks a little odd. Is it just a jump ring & not a component of added to the reticulation? Brown's not my colour (sorry just not to my taste) but overall it looks like a well executed piece of work.

[Petal]

I think the ring is folded forward in the pic, that's why it looks a bit odd. Looks fine to me. Is the stone a banded agate.

[DaisyDaisy]

I love the stone....the ring looks fine to me, it's just fallen forward.

[vernon]

Banded Agate is correct, and yes it is just a ring although I may change it to a bale.

[Animalnutty]

I love the piece, I don't think you need a bail or anything, as simple works well because of the beautiful detail of the reticulation. Brown is not my color either, but despite that I still love the pendant enough that I would wear it, beautiful :-)

[vernon]

thanks. I did reticulation at college in the eighties and thought I would have another go.

[metalsmith]

Brown's not my colour (sorry just not to my taste)

Link shows what I know ... right up to date with the latest trends.

In mitigation, I did grind a tigers-eye cab today. Maybe I'm not so polarised as my published statements suggest. Champagne / coffee diamonds, yeah, ok, maybe.

[vernon]

I cut and drilled a piece of malachite recently, not easy and green dust everywhere then wrapped a silver wire around, kept waiting for the Malachite to crack. Is Tigers Eye difficult?