Thursday 14 November 2013

Jewellery - The First Ring

After recognising that opening and closing jump rings for jewellery making are not my strong points (lol) I decided to sign up for a jewellery class or more precise a silversmithing workshop. It has been quite an eye opener. My respect and admiration for silversmiths and jewellery makers has increased manifold. It is not only the techniques which need to be learned (soldering, annealing, cutting, understanding the different properties of metals, ....) but you need to have a vision of what you want to make and plan it carefully otherwise you will loose the precious metal and it is quite challenging physical work when you start the filing, polishing and everything. In the end it was worthwhile ... I am now the very proud owner of a ring which I designed and created myself (BIG SMILE)
The ring itself is copper. The fine line you see at the back of the ring inside is the joint whereI soldered the ring together.
For the decoration I made a silver dome and soldered it on to the copper ring. As it looked a bit plain I decided to add a little square glas bead. Et voila!

The workshop will finish very soon but I will definitely sign up for thr next term ... there is still so much to learn! Thank you for stopping by, Petra.

10 comments:

2amscrapper said...

imnpressive!

Terry said...

How exciting and fabulous! This is a stunning ring, Petra! Wear it proudly!

Lynn Stevens said...

Its lovely Petra!
Hugs Lynn

Lynn Stevens said...

Wonderful ring Petra, my mom does jewelry so I know what shes gone through to learn the trade. no easy task.
Hugs Lynn

Michele said...

well done Petra! wow! xo

Valerie-Jael said...

Looks fantastic - have fun at your course! Valerie

Marjie Kemper said...

It's fabulous, Petra! Congratulations. I'm not great with jump rings (understatement) but am really becoming drawn to jewelry making, soldering, etc. Your first ring is just wonderful!

Electra said...

This is wonderful, Petra!

Christine Kiehl said...

Wow, fantastic job for your first ring! You are very talented first by way of design and by your blog posts w pics! Don't laugh, some of us can't do it! Sharing our crafts can be a little daunting sometimes! Happy Holidays!

Sherry said...

Brilliant Petra! Your ring is fab. Look forward to seeing what else you make xx

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