Guinevere’s Lament Pendant Project Download

Description

Conjure up the romance of the Arthurian legend with this flowery pendant

Skills: Precise Sawing, Soldering, Tiny tube setting, Patina application, Keum boo (optional)

Materials Needed to Complete this Project:

• 1.25" inch square cab
• 1 approx. 2"x3" 20 g sterling sheet
• Sterling and copper scraps, 20-22 g
• 2 mm tube sets
• 5 inches 20 g sterling wire
• 3/16" x 22 g sterling bezel
• Small scraps of keum boo
• Hard and medium solder
• Easy wire solder rolled through the mill to flatten

Tools Needed to Complete this Project:

• Hand:
  • Jeweler’s saw
  • 4 /0 saw blades
  • Burlife
  • 2mm stone setting bur
  • Wubbers medium bail making pliers
  • Flat nose and chain nose pliers
  • AA tweezers
  • Ring holder
• Layout:
  • ?Leaf patterns
  • Ultra-fine tip Sharpie
  • Cellophane tape
  • Tiny scissors
• Soldering:
  • Soldering surface
  • Torch with a large head
  • UltraFlux and brush
  • Clean pickle and pickle pot
  • Copper tongs
  • Clean quench water
  • Extra sharp solder pick
• Finishing:
  • Flex shaft
  • Sharp steel awl
  • Tube setting tool
  • Needle files
  • #4 half round needle file
  • Ultra-fine emery board
  • 3M white silicone knife edge wheel
  • Small 3M texturing wheel
  • 3M Finishing film — 30 micron
  • Soft brass brush
  • Small #5 paint brush
  • Green patina
  • Liver of sulfur
  • Keum boo
  • Agate burnisher
  • Dawn detergent
  • ¼" wooden dowel

Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, May/June 2018