Today's Finished Projects

Today's finished projects include some beauties! The students are very fond of etching, as it does give one instant gratification. One more class left to finish things off- stay tuned to next week!

These to-die-for earrings by Daphne were done in 2 parts- the upper part with the coin pearl, and the drops with red faceted glass gems. After bezel-setting each and soldering each to a backplate, Daphne trimmed up and added the ball-trim around the top stones. She then soldered wire attachments along the back, set the stones, and formed the earwires and attachments. Great job!

Kathy loved this etched pattern- after etching on brass, she soldered each to a copper backing and buffed the tops (leaving a cool coppery "window" effect), then created earwires and wore them home!

Nicky's far-out etching inspired her to add a brass square backing to her stone- beautiful!! Kudos to Nicky for creating bezel after bezel to "get it right" even though it's frustrating for things not to come out right the first time!

See you all next week!