nicilaskin — metal shop

  Sterling silver " Rock and Roll " cuff bracelet   I used a 20 gauge 6 inch by 1 1/4 inch strip of sterling silver for the base and 18 gauge sterling silver for the guitars and the star. The shapes were cut out with a 6 inch jewelry saw and 1/0 saw blades. Personally I prefer the german saws and saw blades as I found the quality to be outstanding , but I might be biased because I am german. I used a template to draw the guitars right on the metal and then sawed them out ....

Stuff Made by Imgurians by imgur Every day on Imgur we’re inspired by Imgurians who are doing and making awesome things. In an effort to further show off the cool, real life stuff you guys are creating, we’re teaming up with a new Imgurian every month for Stuff Made by Imgurians in the Imgur store (http://store.imgur.com/products/stuff-made-by-imgurians). This month’s creation comes from metalsmith and registered nurse nicilaskin (http://imgur.com/user/nicilaskin) who originally hails from Leipzig, East Germany (yes, before the Berlin wall came down!). Now, she’s a self-proclaimed nomad who travels between Phoenix in the winter, Sedona, Colorado, with summers in New Jersey–moving...

fresh from the bench - made a butterfly today I added a green Peridot drawing the butterfly on sterling silver I cut it out with a small jewelry saw soldered a bezel cup onto the wing cleaned it up a bit added some doodles/texture cleaned it up a bit again added patina to make the texture pop cleaned it up again and added a jumpring and a chain www.nicilaskin.etsy.com 

turtle dove ring set I made this ring set out of sterling silver , my hubby is not sure if guys would like a ring in the shape of a bird , but I like them maybe you guys like them too the stone I used is a swiss blue topaz out of this :) I used 18 gauge sterling silver drew the birds directly on the sheet cut them out with a jewelry saw the saw I use is a 6 inch saw ( distance between blade and the back part ) and 1/0 saw blades - my eyes...

wedding bands i made   www.nicilaskin.etsy.com I cut 2 different width flat wire stock to length 5mm and 4 mm width stamped the infinity symbol filed the ends flat and formed them so the ends meet flush add flux and solder start heating with a torch quench in water and then clean in pickle solution the black is oxidation that happens during torching after the pickle bath now start forming use a ring mandrel and a nylon hammer first after forming the ring you can use a ball peen hammer to make the dimpled texture , polish the inside I...