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Seafoam Barrette

Stephen Fitz-Gerald - Monday, July 27, 2009 - 1:19am
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Seafoam Barrette

Art Nouveau hair clip in pierced 16ga.stainless steel sheet with glass bead-3,1/2 inch diameter overall.
This piece is designed to be worn on a bun with hair up.

Setting is ARC WELDED (MIG) with glass bead in place.
Anyone care to venture a guess how this is done without exploding the glass ?


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harrr05's picture

venturing a wrong guess probably lol

harrr05 - Thursday, August 20, 2009 - 12:27pm

I would guess that you either covered the stone in a compound like Cool Jewel or used some ingenious form of heat sink like setting the bezel on a wet surface or maybe even on ice


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low tech,high art

Stephen Fitz-Gerald - Friday, August 21, 2009 - 2:28am

Stephen Fitz-Gerald

I weld it over a bucket of water and drop it in immediately.
I'm using a MIG welder and simply holding the piece against my ground clamp with my left hand and I've got the stinger in my right. I just zap it ,then drop it. The heat never reaches the glass...


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SteelyJan's picture

one word

SteelyJan - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 6:02am

Gorgeous!


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welding then dropped in a bucket of water

Stephen Fitz-Gerald - Tuesday, August 25, 2009 - 6:56pm

Stephen Fitz-Gerald

Thank you Jan,

Here's two new pieces done the same way:
One with a red glass bead set,and the other with a jade setting.

http://ou8nrtist2.deviantart.com/art/Lucian-s-Pendant-134153959

http://ou8nrtist2.deviantart.com/art/Lucian-t-Pendant-2-134667275


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