Description
Designed to embody the ferocity of winter, this elegant and beautiful pendant works up within a matter of hours. You’ll love the combination of blue and silver components that make up this lovely winter pendant.
Techniques: Soldering, stone setting, metalworking
Materials:
- 20 –22 gauge sterling sheet, the size of your stones
- 1x4mm flat wire, enough for the partial bezel and full bezel
- 6” 16-gauge sterling round wire
- Real leaf (not dried), or Decorative Accents leaf, available at craft stores
- Hard, medium, easy solder rolled through the mill on a tight setting
- Glue stick or rubber cement
- 1 blue lace drusy stone
- 1 round coconut agate
- 3.5mm sterling tube set
- 3.5mm Swiss Blue topaz
- Mechanical pencil lead
Tools:
General: Weighted raw hide mallet; flex shaft or Dremel; #55 drill bit; rolling mill; jeweler’s saw and #3/0 saw blades; Wubbers medium and large oval mandrel pliers; metal punch; metal bench block; heavy metal mallet; thin black Sharpie; Fretz HMR 12, sharp texturing hammer; #2, #4 Glardon needle files; flat nose pliers; round nose pliers; snowflake stamp; Lasco SG250 diamond tool, 200 grit
Soldering: Torch, flux, pickle, charcoal block, Firebrick, pickle pot, solder pick
Finishing: 4 3M radial bristle discs on a small mandrel (light green) or rouge on a muslin buff; Dawn detergent and toothbrush; burnisher; safety glasses or Craft Optics
Optional: Anvil
Originally published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist March/April 2020.
