Saturday, March 5, 2011

Final Day of Metalsmithing II

Today was the last class in a series of 5 for Metalsmithing II at the Lorton Workhouse, taught by Dana Evans. Some beautiful projects!

Daphne's gorgeous pendant is large- she etched a piece of silver and then soldered on a frame to give it presence. She then chose a cool glass cabochon (called dragon's breath) which reiterated the swirly design theme and made a bezel for it. The bail is also hand-made, stamped with a similar design theme. After oxidizing and buffing, it's time for a chain!



Maureen's ring features a stunning Imperial Jasper cabochon. She stamped the design along the edge to give it detail and personality. Great job!



Kathy's etched pendant features a beautiful glowing moonstone. She added glass drops below for a stunning piece!



Tosha's pendant features a really cool heart etching. She cut, filed and soldered on jump rings, then bezel-set the leaf-shaped stone below. Now it's ready for a chain- beautiful!



Molly's mixed-metal pendant features an etched silver piece soldered onto a copper base. She trimmed/filed the edges, then created a bezel for the glass face stone, and tumbled it shiny. Awesome job!



These are also Molly's- spear earrings. She textured a top plate of silver and soldered it onto a base shape of silver. She then poked holes and created earwires- done!

Nice job everyone!