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| ©2020 Barry Smith - Cupped circles within a square frames |
I did quite a lot of letterpress printing over the weekend - but that is for another blog. By way of a change I spent the morning on Saturday making some earrings based on circles - some folk prefer things in the round.
This was opportunity to use smaller flat pieces of silver-plated copper and brass. The circles of metal were punched using a disc cutting tool, the anvil and a very heavy copper hammer.
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| ©2020 Barry Smith - Punched silver-plate |
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| ©2020 Barry Smith - Pieces selected, matched and drilled for jump-rings |
I cut, ground and polished enough pieces to make 8 pairs of earrings.
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| ©2020 Barry Smith - Pieces ready for assembly |
I only got time to assemble 4 pairs - the pair at the start and the three below.
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A gentle and relaxing process.
Love those first ear rings. You are so talented.
ReplyDeletelove your reworking of the old silver plate
ReplyDeleteHi P and MC - thanks for your blog visit and comment - I appreciate the time that takes - I get so far behind. P - good that the pieces come together well at times. MC - I like how I'm able to keep and use interesting smaller pieces of the silver-plate. Stay well. B
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