Coral & Floral Pendant Project Download

Description

Cutout silver on coral combines to make a beautiful floral pendant.

Skills: Sawing, filing, soldering, engraving, stone settingMaterials Needed to Complete this

Project:

• 2½″ square 26-gauge sterling silver sheet
• ½″x2″ 20-gauge sterling silver sheet?
• 1½″16-gauge round wire
• 4½″ gallery/bezel wire
• 30mm red coral cabochon
• Scraps of 26- and 20-gauge metal to practice engraving
• Small scrap of wood for drilling
• Hard, medium, and easy solder

Tools Needed to Complete this Project:

• Layout: Pencil, paper, glue stick, fine tip marker, scissors
• Hand tools: Jeweler’s saw, 4/0 blades, blade/graver lubricant, bench pin, center punch, round nose pliers, flush cut pliers, small shears or scissors, needle files, hammer, bench block, graver, burnisher, round object for bending bail (transfer punch, pen, drill bit, dowel)
• Soldering: Torch, striker, flux and brush, solder pick, soldering surface, extra soldering blocks, third hand, pickle pot and pickle, copper tongs, quench water
• Equipment: Flex shaft or drill, bits #54 and #65, graver’s block or other means of securing the metal for engraving 
• Finishing: Assorted sandpaper grits? Safety: Face mask, goggles, good ventilation when soldering

Originally published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, July/August 2019