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Make a colorful open-backed pendant with a mookaite cabochon full of personal history. Designer, Ashley Lauwereins, made her pendant from a cabochon she purchased at her first Tucson Gem Show. Make your own pendant with a gem that means a lot to you!

Specs

SKU: EP18461 Categories: , , , , Tag:

Description

Skills: Basic fabrication, soldering, stone setting

Materials:

  • 22-gauge sterling silver sheet (back plate and bail)
  • 26-gauge fine
  • Mookaite cabochon

Tools:

Hand: Hammers including Fretz HMR-405 Precision-Smith small embossing hammers, flush cut pliers, bezel burnisher, bezel pusher, files, sandpaper

Power: Rotary tool and 3M radial disks in different grits

Soldering: Soldering setup

Originally published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist May/June 2020.

Additional information

Craft

Jewelry
Author/Designer

Ashley Lauwereins
Project

Pendant
Concentration

Intermediate
Brand

Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist
Aesthetic

Women/Feminine
Primary Subject

Jewelry
Product Type

Project Download
File Type

PDF
Materials

Silver
Technique

Metalsmithing
Technique-2

Soldering
Technique-3

Stone Setting
Technique-5

Bezel

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