Personalized Power Pendant Project Download

Description

Jewelry tools as fashion statement. Use tools shapes to make your own personal shaman pendant.

Skills: Sawing, drilling, soldering, texturing, shaping and forming, patinas

Materials Needed to Complete This Project

• 2.5" x .75" sheet of copper 24g
• Red brass wire, 14g and 16g, 8" each
• 18g sheet brass enough for the head shape
• Silver head pins 26g about 2" long for bead dangles
• Gemstone beads from tiny to medium
• Assorted jump rings in different metals and sizes for a choice of embellishments
• Liver of sulfur and a reactive green patina solution and/or alcohol inks

Tools Needed to Complete This Project

Jewelers saw and #3/0 blades, deep throat hole punch pliers (or drill bit), flex shaft or rotary tool for drilling and finishing, metal shears, file and sanding sticks to smooth edges, butane or a little torch with oxygen/fuel, extra fine point marker, center punch, side cutters for 16g wire; flat nose, round nose and chain nose pliers; small ball peen hammer, texturing hammer (or pre-etched or roller printed copper sheet, about 24g), smooth bench block, wood block or stump with shallow groove about 2" long x