silver

Silver wire pendant with purple glass bead

SteveSilver — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:00:51 -0500

Silver wire pendant with purple glass bead

Coin and lens

Pete Crowbaby — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:50:33 -0600

Coin lens earrings.

Earrings

Pete Crowbaby — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:54:27 -0600

Siler and tin coin earrings 1inc long.

Ghost Canyon Necklace

TangentMetals — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:18:51 -0500

Ghost Canyon Necklace - Reticulated sterling silver overlay with etched bronze on antique ivory. Handmade fold formed sterling silver chain.

StarGate

TangentMetals — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 01:03:38 -0500

"Stargate" Concho Rose Druzy - Brazil, set in patinated sterling silver with 24kt gold keumboo with .06ct white diamond in 14kt gold setting.

One of my most recent pieces.

Sandra G — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:08:29 -0500

Sterling silver and copper bezel, frogskin jasper cut and polished by me. I have been busy and am entering my first craft show this spring.

I made a little anvil/stake yesterday for rings - Love it! (photos)

Daverham — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:11:30 -0500

I made this anvil/stake yesterday, from a steel rod and some scrap wood. I've been wanting to forge a rounded contour to rings for design and comfort and it works perfectly!

The block on the right side slides off to allow the ring to slip over the stake. That's my grandpa's mallet, it's very soft. He was a Boeing machinist - I don't know exactly what he did with it, but it's great for massaging silver without marring the surface at all. I've had it in the back of a tool box for years - since he died in 1986 or so, and now I've found a purpose for it. I couldn't be happier.

Pits when silver soldering

Daverham — Sun, 09 May 2010 13:18:36 -0500

When silver soldering, sometimes I get a pit right where the solder chip was sitting. Many times I do not.. sometimes I do. It never happens when applying solder with a pick, so I suspect it has something to do with the solder sitting there on the hot silver for too long. I always prepare a clean surface, use flux, heat the piece not the solder, etc. Just wondering:

Hello from Houston

MaxBreaux — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 10:36:46 -0500

Hi all

My name Max and I live in Houston, Texas. I stumbled on this site while surfing and I love it. Have spent the last few days just reading posts and learning. I like working with silver, copper, bone, glass, gemstone, Corian, etc. to create jewelery that makes at least one person go "WOW! Dude! That's beautiful!". I am in the process of setting up my shop area to start casting and shaping (after a 15 year hiatus) and look forward to posting here to get feedback.

the last straw

loli1982 — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:43:07 -0500

hi, the idea behind this was to protect the last straw, if i kept it safe, everything would be fine. the piece of straw is in a glass tube, which has been capped with silver domes.