Filigree Snowflake!

[afmetalsmith]

Sterling Silver Filigree Snowflake #1 My first completed original filigree design! It had something like 28 soldering operations, though I was able to do 2 at a time most of the time.

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[afmetalsmith.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

It is my personal opinion that the confetti rings will actually look nicer in some ways once the super high polish is a bit worn. The metal's shininess distracts the eye from the stones and their sparkle and color, I think, and they'll get more vivid when there's a patina of faint tiny scratches on the metal. I actually used pumice to get a very light scratch finish on yours before doing the hard shine, and the stones just glowed. So fear not! It'll improve.

And if you don't like it without the hard shine, send it back after that happens and I'll polish it up again. :)