nicilaskin — wedding . wedding jewelry

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...

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...