When we were last in Armadale, Fiona and I did a silver soldering workshop with Lindsey Gallacher in Thurso. Lindsey and I experimented with soldering 1mm thick solid silver wire that had been wrapped around Armadale cave pebbles I had grooved with my diamond saw. See raw grooved pebbles below.
I soldered a few pebbles with Lindsey (see below); and brought the rest home with me.
As you can see from the photos below I wrapped and soldered the remaining stones.
You can see the final outcome in the opening photo - after excess solder has been filed off and wire polished. With the addition of a neoprene necklace these will become funky pendants with a Scottish connection.
Talking of Scottish connections - whilst I was soldering the pebbles I melted metal - mix of pewter and silver plated brass - and poured six wee cottages (see below). These are the same as-similar to the ones I sold in the markets in Scotland.
The Pebble Pendants and Wee Cottages will be for sale at the 9 December Saturday Sale at DEP.
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