I was pretty steamed. I melted the Dogtooth Amethyst pendant bezel (frame around the stone) a few months ago. I mean I TOTALLY melted it. I had been trying…
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Metalsmithing
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Mr. Zazzy Fish left the pond for good this week. He moved out of my toolbox and onto the Middletown Art Center student artist competition. All the sawing, filing, polishing,…
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Just like I promised, Mr. Zazzy Fish got his sterling silver bones this week. Rework is a 4-Letter Word: I don’t know if you noticed it, but the rough cut…
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Let me be clear: Mr. Zazzy Fish is etched. The Back Story: I need to back up. In case you were wondering, he’s not drawn freehand from my imagination and hand-chiseled…
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Here it is Spring, and the clock is ticking. I’m working on an artsy piece of jewelry for the 2015 Middletown Arts Center student competition, and the submission deadline is…
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[column size=”one-fourth”][/column] [dropcap]I[/dropcap] am particularly fond of squares. Rectangles and triangles are good, too, but I love squares. My current project using square shaped Dog Tooth Amethyst stones…
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You get Dog Tooth Amethyst! Of course, that’s not really dog teeth; it’s actually quartz. But it does remind me of what my dog, Cooper, would look like running around…
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The Red Moss Agate heart shaped stone caught my eye when Andy stopped by with a new assortment of cut and polished gemstones for sale. I loved how the earthy reds…
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…… continued. The bracelet got a more permanent shape on an oval bracelet mandrel with a rawhide hammer. The soft surface of the hammer doesn’t damage the pattern but can…
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I just finished making a cuff bracelet and matching hoop earrings using a 1’ strip of deeply sculpted copper. Since it is a gift for someone special, I wanted the…