Here are four striking bails using the same design principle to accommodate
your large gemstone donuts.
The design is simple with only one soldered joint, making it a good
project for beginner solders.
The bails can be used for rectangular, square or round donuts.
Three of the bails are soldered pieces and one a no-solder project.
The bails can be made in sterling silver, copper, brass or bronze.
You can customize the design further, by using your own stamps or
texture hammers on the metal.
The tubes at the back of the bails are big enough to accommodate
most chains, large gauge neck wires, multi-strand cable necklaces
or smaller bead necklaces.
They can also be used in conjunction with silk cords, ribbons,
beaded Kumihimo cords or larger bead strands.
Go look for those forgotten large gemstone donuts in your bead
boxes and make some awesome pendants today!
Rings are perfect to display small gemstone donuts.
This project is a simple take on an adjustable wrap-around
shank.
It can be made in copper, brass or silver, with any colored stone
donut.
The small domed cup on the center can be changed to a square,
triangle or oval.
The texture on the cup and shank can be stamped, rolled milled
or hammered.
This means that your ring will always be a unique piece of art
jewelry.
Lovely cream, rust and olive jasper rectangles suspended from long triangles, hand-textured with tiny circles.
The ear wires are long curving hooks in sterling silver.
Very easy to put on.
The stones are 34 x 12mm (1 5/8x ½”)
The total length of the earrings is 45mm (1 ¾”)
My favorites! Orange, cream and white rectangles with translucent crystalline inclusions, suspended from long sterling silver triangles, hand-textured with tiny squares.
The silver has been treated with a darkening patina to emphasize the texture surface.
The ear wires are long curving hooks in sterling silver.
Very easy to put on.
The stones are 34 x 12mm (1 5/8x ½”)
The total length of the earrings is 45mm (1 ¾”)
Have commercial findings lost their appeal? Do you want handmade and one-of-a-kind elements for your earrings ? Learn how to make your own.
For the lampworkers and beaders who want to expand their skills in metalworking to incorporate their beads into more substantial pieces of jewelry.
This book will try to fill the gap between working with wire and using metal sheet.
Softcover book.
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