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If you've always wondered about how jewelry is made and fine craft is done, this is the blog for you! Our intent is to show you the step-by-step of creating jewelry from a silver-smith's and lampworker's point of view. We'll throw in some other interesting craft-work too. Consider this a "tutorial-light" blog in a way. You'll get to see the creative process from start to finish. Sometimes it may take a while to get to the finish, so please be patient! We often have to wait for the muse to strike--sometimes in the middle of a different project!

Sunday, December 19, 2010

"Ringing" in the New Year

I have a Christmas party to go to tonight and I am bringing a handful of rings I made this week...I'm going to just put the pile on the table and let everyone take their pick...hopefully the sizes will work...that's always tough!  We will see how it goes.



I did some wire wrapping/knot tying for these rings.  My first go at wire wrapping.  Boy is that hard!  For those of you who wire wrap---kudos to you!  yow!  I couldn't make two to turn out the same even thought I was working off the same pattern.



So, I decided to leave some shinny silver and some I put a patina on.  I'm not sure which I like more.  It will be interesting to see what my friends like.
 I used fine silver (99.9% silver) because it doesn't work harden as quickly.
For all those of you baking for Christmas, try making rings instead!