Earrings for Frida Kahlo.

[Dennis]

Following the very successful exhibition at the London Victoria & Albert Museum, ‘Frieda Kahlo: Making herself up’, our project for this term was to make some earrings she might have worn.

I decided to use traditional materials to make, I hope, suitably flamboyant fuchsia flowers in silver wire with gold embellishments.

My first picture shows the main components, which were then assembled and fixed in place by soldering-on a gold bead at the very top. The idea was to reduce the risk to the wire work when soldering. Even so, it proved tricky to get the joint hot enough without melting anything.

Materials: 0.9 and 1.1mm sterling wire, Re-cycled gold from my scrap pot, 3.3mm 9ct yellow tubing for the bead. Dennis.

[Sheen]

Fabulous dennis, i wish i was going to the same class! I've been looking at soldering techniques so am very impressed by the number of joins you must have in these.

[mizgeorge]

Those are fabulous Dennis. As always...

[enigma]

Beautiful, Dennis!

[Dennis]

Thank you Sheena, George and Sarah. As usual with one-offs, there was a lot of learning to do. You will note that I chickened out of using Argentium wire as it is very prone to ca collapse when hot. Dennis.

[TDA20]

They do look lovely Dennis

[Wallace]

I went to the exhibition at the V&A and have to say they would have fitted right in!

lovely work Dennis. You are always so inspiring.

[Dennis]

Thank you Tess, thank you Wallace.

[misspond]

They're smashing Dennis.

[Dennis]

Thank you. Dennis.