Halo Pendant

[josef1]

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I started with a Cad model of the pendant

I was using a green stone and white stones for the halo, I cadded the pendant in two parts so I could use white gold for the Halo and yellow gold for the center stone as this makes the white look whiter and the green look greener

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I cast the parts in 18ct gold

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I took this picture using a loupe on my phone to try and get a close up
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I was checking to see what size stone I need for the halo In the cad they were 1.3 mm after the shrinkage of casting they worked out at 1.25mm its better to get the stones to fit tightly together


I soldered the parts together after polishing everything up as some parts are hard to get to when assembled also the holes for the stones were opened up with the corresponding ball burr


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I used a thermolock to hold the pendant so I could cut the setting for the stones


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setting cut ready to fit stones. I used a ball burr and a cylinder burr to cut inbetween the holes



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Halo stones all set

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Main stone set it a nice Peridot just over a carat, I tried to make the claws 'pointy' so they were a bit individual




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All finished and in a box its a present for a friend


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I was hoping the pics would show from the links I may need to investigate how to do this,The pictures are not the best I just snapped them with my phone as I worked

***Edit*** I have worked it out but can only add 4 pics in one post so I picked them randomly !