Nadreli - Piece #8

I call these earrings "Curled Pearl." They are crafted with sterling silver and argentium (the posts are argentium). The offset black pearls are natural.

Nadreli - Piece #7

This dark, cocktail ring has been darkened with a silver oxidizer. Small, angled holes have been drilled into the domed portion to give contrast against the oxidized portions.

The interior of the size 6 ring has been high polished.

Nadreli - Piece #6

This small, domed, pendant was created with sterling silver. It hangs on a 16" rolo chain. The interior has been oxidized for a dark effect on the interior.

Nadreli - Piece #5

This pendant was hand-crafted using sterling silver and 18K gold. The silver was oxidized to give it the black colour which shows off the gold nicely.

A centre punch was used to create the dappled texture around the gold dot.

Week 7 - Celtic Wedding Bands

Argentium Sterling Silver wedding bands, engraved with a "doodly" celtic design. Brushed finish.

Another commission, a quick pair of custom wedding bands..  I was told to think of Spanish Class doodles when engraving the celtic twists, which totally works against my newfound need for perfection, but they turned out pretty nice in the end.

Week 6 - Moonstone Ring

Sterling Silver, 14k gold, and a very striated but still very beautiful moonstone.

Soooo behind.   I'm lousy with commissions right now and all of them have been very hard.

This was a commission for a lady who had lost a ring that had a lot of sentimental value to it, and this is the closest copy we could come to. Her original had a tibetan glass stone in the center, and was a little bit bigger, but such is life.

The studio isn't really set up for larger scale silver work with lots of soldering, and this ring is both.  I ended up having to make my own homespun flux for it, because my spray flux I had was burning out too fast and the soldering wasn't working too well.  It's been a LONG time since I've soldered a bezel onto a shank.  I'm going to guess at 5 years. It's not like riding a bicycle it turns out.  It's also been the same 5 years since I've actually set a cabochon, but that went okay.