Tiny Bubbles Necklace Jewelry Project Download

Description

Create this unique necklace featuring freshwater pearls and turquoise.

Skills: Sawing, Controlled soldering, Measuring with calipers, Stone carving and drilling

Materials Needed to Complete this Project:

• Seafoam turquoise 40x25mm or botryoidal gemstone
• 1.75×2.5 inch 20 gauge sterling silver sheet
• 5 inches each 20 and 22 gauge sterling silver wire
• Medium and hard solder
• 4 inches 1.63mm OD sterling silver tubing
• 30 to 40 half-drilled round, freshwater pearls from 2.5 to 5mm
• 16-inch strand graduated, round, freshwater pearls
• 8 emerald beads

• Tools Needed to Complete This Project:

  Design:

• Camera, computer and printer or smartphone with photo editing function

• Lapidary:

• Safety glasses, flat lap set up, flexible shaft and handpiece, several 1mm diamond drill bits; 3, 4, and 5mm diamond ball burs, pie plate with water

• Hand:

• Bench pin, jeweler’s saw, 4/0 blades, hallmark stamps and chasing hammer, rubberized bead mat, double-sided sticky tape, watercolor brush, red and black Sharpie permanent markers, alcohol for cleanup, bench block, center punch, digital calipers, wire cutters, flexible shaft, 10 of #67 and #70 high-speed steel twist drill bits, burlube, chain nose pliers

• Soldering:

• Soldering set up with Soft Solderite soldering block, air/acetylene Silversmith torch with #0 tip, Prips flux in spray bottle, metal shears, solder pick, pickle, quench, small flat-bladed screw driver

• Finishing:

• Moore’s medium, X-Fine, and XX-Fine sanding disks and mandrel; 400-grit (1500) Micro Mesh sanding cloth; shot-filled tumblr set up, bench polisher or handpiece buff and Fabuluster, hot, soapy water and toothbrush, disposable gloves, two-part epoxy, one-ounce plastic cups, box of superfine Micro brushes, cotton swabs and acetone for clean up, Teflon-style dental floss.

• Beading:

• Bead tray, cutters, crimping tool

• Originally Published: Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, September/October 2018 Issue