Sometimes you just need a creative challenge. Today I tackled a project that looks simple in its finished form but is fairly complex to create. Unfortunately I didn’t chronicle this in photos... I was focused on the project and before I knew it, the day was done... no photos, but a really cool men’s cuff.
Technically this is a “pierced” project but incorporated the following techniques in this order:
Starting with a slab of 22 gauge silver sheet...
- Line texture using rolling mill... wire as the texture.
- Circles cut out of slab using disc cutter
- Base layer of 30 gauge sheet soldered as a “laminate”.
- Reticulate top layer without losing wire design.
- File and sand edges.
- Polish on wheel
- Form on mandrel using rawhide mallet. (yes at this point everything was still flat)
- Dapp “planets” with dapping punches.
- Using liver of sulfur, paint a select number of planets for a blackened patina.
- Polish in tumbler
- Final polish on the wheel.
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