The ring I was working on for JM1 at Pratt is finally done. The shiny grey-black on the top of the ring is liver of sulfur patina heavily worked with a brass brush. I got as little of the LoS onto the ring band as possible and it only took a few minutes with sand paper …
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WIP — Pierced Copper Ring
Progress has been made on the ring. A flat piece of copper was hammered and then cut into a circle. That circle was dapped into a dome shape. The the tree bit was soldered onto the domed bit, making a hollow ornament A chunk of 12 gauge half round sterling wire was made into a ring band. The …
WIP — Pierced Copper for JM1 Class.
I’m taking Jewelry and Metalsmithing 1 at the Pratt Fine Arts Center. Our first project is a ring. The top is made of a piece of pierced copper soldered to a half dome. Below are pictures of the two tops that I made last week. The pattern is gluesd on with rubber cement and then …