nicilaskin — tutorial
guitar bypass ring
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made this today - gold bypass ring in shape of a guitar I started with a mock up in bronze ( much cheaper ) 20 gauge ( 0.8mm thick ) is what I use i bronze or gold as I have a hard time bending things by hand with those 2 metals 18 gauge ( 1mm thick ) I use for copper and sterling silver as both metals are softer and not as springy I drew the shape out on a piece of label paper make it 3 inches long as you have to "bypass " the ends and anything...
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Rock and Roll fo your arm
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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 ....
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seagull tiebar - fresh from the bench
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Today I made a seagull tie bar out of sterling silver and added some stones to it . I used 18 gauge sterling silver, 2 x 3mm serrated bezel cups and 2 x 3mm black Onyx cabochons. what else you need jewelry saw and 1/0 saw blades chasing tools or screw drivers, a hammer , a nylon hammer or rawhide hammer steel wool or sandpaper if you do not have a flex shaft or dremel for polishing a torch , flux, solder , pickle solution patina ( liver of sulfur or black max ) draw your bird on the sheet...
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Featured in Imgu.com for the whole month :)
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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...
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fresh from the bench - started a new collection in my shop
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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
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