Showing posts with label fidget rings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fidget rings. Show all posts

Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Sea glass cabochon

I originally thought this piece of sea glass was white, but against a white background it appears slightly grey or grey/violet.  Anyway, it was such a nice, rounded shape I decided to mount it in a bezel.  My usual bezel strip wasn't deep enough so I cut a wide strip of 0.5mm sterling silver, sawed into one long edge to give it a decorative "toothy" finish, and soldered it to sterling sheet.  A silver squiggle, small silver balls and "fidget rings" finished off the pendant. 

My soldering ability was really tested on this pendant.  I started with hard, medium and easy solders in that order, but still found that seams popped open due to heat conduction.  I've read that using a rouge/methylated spirit solution painted onto previous seams will protect them... that's for next time.

I originally gave this pendant a satin finish but later polished it up to a high shine.  I think the satin gives a more lustrous feel, so after hallmarking it will probably revert.