Medieval Meets Game of Thrones Pendant Project Download

Description

Amy Buettner and Tucker Glasow’s richly detailed pendant design for a glowing blue cabochon.

Materials Needed to Complete this Project:

• Sterling silver sheet (we used 22 gauge)
• 16 gauge sterling silver round wire
• Bezel
• Silver solder, hard and medium
• Flux and flux brush
• Pickle and pickle pot
• Copper tongs (for pickle)
• Liver of sulfur for the patina
• Turkish blue chalcedony or stone of your choice

Tools Needed to Complete this Project:

Calipers (or ruler and scribe) for marking off sheet, metal snips (something like solder snips, a saw will also work) for crude easy cutting, saw frame and saw blades (we used 3/0), pliers (we used round nose, parallel, and flat nose), wire cutters, rawhide mallet, hammer, bench block or steel surface to hammer on, chasing tool for texture (your choice of mark or texture), files, bezel pusher, small drill bit, tweezers (for maneuvering and placing tiny pieces), torch setup, soldering block or tripod with mesh screen (for heating from the bottom), flex shaft with appropriate attachments for cleanup (we used fine sanding discs, and 3M radial bristle discs in yellow, which is 80 grit), brass brush and dish soap for final burnish, Sharpie fine point marker

Originally published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, September/October 2020