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Posted by Nattywraps on 2/10/2008
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Nominated for Feature by Tall Mike

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Another piece following the same kind of design concept as the last two, this one is really cool. I stayed up until 5am finishing it. I couldn't call it a night. I also managed to stab myself underneath the side of my thumbnail with my pliers. Ouch! So for this gallery I have a little step by step of the final processes I went trough to complete the piece.

Contains:
- All sterling silver sheet and wire
- 5 Bezel set, faceted blue apatites (Brazil)
- 1 Flush set, faceted red sapphire (Thailand)

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195a 480 x 640 px (90 KB) 0 Comments		195b 480 x 640 px (88 KB) 0 Comments
195d So after completing the wire section of this piece, I created a shell it would nestle into. I didn't think to start taking pics along the way until this step. 480 x 640 px (106 KB) 0 Comments	195e Here you see how it will kinda fit into the shell 480 x 640 px (85 KB) 0 Comments	195f Side view of the shell 480 x 640 px (88 KB) 0 Comments
195g Ok now I wanted to add another piece to accentuate the other edge and give it more movement, so to speak 480 x 640 px (88 KB) 0 Comments	195h I've fitted the new piece on... 480 x 640 px (82 KB) 0 Comments	195i Here you can see the new piece clamped onto the shell in my soldering 3rd hands right before I hit it with a torch 480 x 640 px (83 KB) 0 Comments
195j After I soldered on the new piece, I flush set a sapphire in the right side and then applied a patina 480 x 640 px (88 KB) 0 Comments	195k After the patina, I hit the shell with a fine grit steel wool to give it a brushed gun metal look and then set the wire section into the shell. All I have left to do at this point is to add a weave to the bail. 480 x 640 px (80 KB) 0 Comments

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Comments

nice
Tall Mike: i figured you built the wrap around the casting.
2/10/2008 7:04 AM
nice..
JahLove: i popped the clizzy going sizzy down a one wizzy, drunk pizzy.
2/10/2008 10:49 AM

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