Tag Archives: Silver

MD24 Whoops!

Posted on May 23, 2018 by silvergrrl

I accidentally started making a new chain today. It wasn’t what I had planned to do…. I cut & fused more fine silver links this morning, and that was going to be my project for the day. Then this afternoon … Continue reading →

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MD22 Fusing Fine Silver

Posted on May 21, 2018 by silvergrrl

After yesterday’s debacle, it was a relief to find that fusing fine silver links came back just like riding a bike. Note: The rest of this post is a technical description of the fusing process. Feel free to skip down … Continue reading →

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MD21 The Scrap Heap

Posted on May 20, 2018 by silvergrrl

My latest project turned out to be not at all what I wanted, so it went to the scrap heap. *Sigh* I know this is fine, and I’m trying not to be discouraged. But I am really not feeling particularly … Continue reading →

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MD19 Sweat Soldering

Posted on May 18, 2018 by silvergrrl

Today I proceeded with the parts I was playing with yesterday. Still not entirely sure how it will end up, but I started by sweat soldering the circle of etched brass to the the circle of silver. This is done … Continue reading →

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MD17 “New” Silver is so Pretty

Posted on May 16, 2018 by silvergrrl

I love the way newly cleaned & polished silver looks, especially in chains. This is the Byzantine bracelet, I finished it today.

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MD16 More on the Byzantine

Posted on May 15, 2018 by silvergrrl

I meant to spend more time on jewelry today, but I just didn’t get the time in that I wanted. What I did get done was complete the chain part of the Byzantine bracelet. Tomorrow I’ll do the clasp and … Continue reading →

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MD15 A Byzantine Bracelet

Posted on May 14, 2018 by silvergrrl

If you’ve been following along with this series of posts, you’ll remember that I made some 4mm links last week that I haven’t used yet. They were the wrong size for the Foxtail chain, but they are the right size … Continue reading →

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MD14 Foxtail Bracelet is Done

Posted on May 13, 2018 by silvergrrl

Today I finished the Foxtail chain bracelet. Did the last part of the chain, soldered on the clasp, soaked it in hot vinegar to remove all the black from the annealing, & put it in the tumbler for a couple … Continue reading →

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MD12 The Foxtail Continues

Posted on May 11, 2018 by silvergrrl

Now that I know 4.5mm is the perfect size for my chain, I made several more feet of wire into links today. I was also able to spend some time weaving more of the chain itself. This one goes pretty … Continue reading →

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MD11 The .5 Millimeter Difference

Posted on May 10, 2018 by silvergrrl

As I continued with the Foxtail chain I’ve been working on, I wasn’t very happy with it. The links were just tight enough in the pattern that there was very little flexibility in the resulting chain. So today I took … Continue reading →

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