Humming Along Pendant Project Download

Description

Depict a colorful hummingbird with cloisonné enameling to wear as a pendant.

Skills: Enameling and stone setting

Materials Needed to Complete This Project:

• 20-gauge sterling silver 1? disc
• .004 x .05 cloisonné wire
• Enamels: 80 mesh; medium TR302, TR2030, TR2170, TR2832, TR2910, TR2350, TR2620, TR2625, TR2110, TR2215; OP 1996 opaque black and 2061 opal white
• Hard and medium solder
• 20-gauge silver for pendant, 3?x 1½?
• Bezel wire 3½?
• Optional: tiny piece of gold foil

Tools Needed to Complete This Project:

• Pencil
• Paper
• Torch
• Fireproof surface
• Sifter
• Kiln
• Wood doming block
• Distilled water
• Small cups for the enamels and a marker to label the cups
• Fine tip sable paint brush
• Absorbent paper
• Firing fork or trowel
• Heat-resistant gloves
• Kiln shelf
• Trivet
• Mesh firing screen
• Steel block
• Klyr-fire enameling adhesive or Elmer’s glue
• Scouring powder and scouring pad
• Tweezers
• Diamond disc or alundum stone and water
• Flex shaft
• Saw and #3 blade
• Bench pin
• Files
• Sandpaper
• Round item to use when bending the bail
• Chain nose pliers
• Flux and brush
• Small hitch clip
• Pickle
• Copper tongs
• Quench water
• Diamond bit for texturing
• Burnisher

Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, May/June 2019 Issue