Serbian Enamel Pin

 I finally got around to making the setting for my Serbian kilt pin.  My goal for 2013 is to really work on getting my silversmithing skills up to a decent level.

The setting is a combination of sterling and fine silver.  I had thought I might want to try fusing those little swirls in place, but after trying some samples, figured it would be easiest to just solder everything in place.  I started with the scalloped bezel wire using hard solder, then did the square outline frame using medium.  It's far from perfectly even, so I made the swirls to fit afterwards, and used medium solder again.

The matching cuff-links used the same scalloped bezel wire, but they were so large already, I didn't want to fuss them up with swirls.  I think they match pretty well...

24K Gold Wire

Man, if I could afford it, I would do all my wires in 24K gold.  It's like working with pure magic.  Seriously, this is $300 worth of gold in my hand.... 

 So I warmed up with a pair of earrings.  These will be ruby red...

Then moved on to a large Griffon Necklace. 

Then, as my gold finale, I made this.  It's going be a present for my friend Jovan and will ultimately be a kilt pin.  He's got the McEwen tartan, but I'm honoring his Serbian heritage here with the crest.  The little fleur-de-lis will be matching cufflinks.  It's going to be a surprise, so don't tell him!

I've got some silver wire to bend tom morrow,  but hopefully I'll be able to start enameling these this weekend. 

Bending wires this week!

I like to warm up with the easy ones:





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Getting organized!

Color samples:

Here are the rejects...




More winners than losers though...

Hi everyone!  

I've got a tutorial in this month's issue of Art Jewelry Magazine!

If you are looking to purchase the "Blue Fuse" fusing liquid I described in the tutorial, here's the link:

Ornamentea.com

Happy Enameling!

New studio space!

I've recently moved into my new studio at Artspace, located in downtown Raleigh. The space is enormous! I've got plenty of room and the light is perfect. My studio is open to the public from Wednesday through Saturday, so stop by and visit!

Artspace
201 E Davie Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Studio 105

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