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Jan. 11th, 2009 05:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
afmetalsmithI've had a satisfying couple of days in the studio this weekend.
Yesterday I was very bad indeed at soldering (the soldering demons were grumpy), so I didn't get much done there. Some days are just like that. Fortunately today was better, and soldering things went very smoothly.
So I did a lot of work on some commission stuff, plus some other orders, plus some experiments of my own- a satisfying mix!
I'm working on a new loop-in-loop chain from Victoria Landford's new book on the topic
, and am pretty pleased with the results. The links are complicated to make, but once made the weaving goes fairly quickly. I was going to do a couple of short lengths of chain and make earrings, but as it turned out I made almost enough links for a bracelet so I'll add another couple and do that. The book's estimate for the metal required is about double what it looks like it'll take, so if I like the way this one turns out I may make one in gold, possibly with a fancy or enameled catch.
I also tried one of the prong settings in the Cogswell stonesetting book
, with some success. Not enough success that I wanted to set a stone in it, though! I started another one, and so far that one is looking more promising. This si a setting for small stones made out of 10-ga. square wire, and the pictures look simple and graceful and lovely, so that's what I'm after with it.
Yesterday I was very bad indeed at soldering (the soldering demons were grumpy), so I didn't get much done there. Some days are just like that. Fortunately today was better, and soldering things went very smoothly.
So I did a lot of work on some commission stuff, plus some other orders, plus some experiments of my own- a satisfying mix!
I'm working on a new loop-in-loop chain from Victoria Landford's new book on the topic
, and am pretty pleased with the results. The links are complicated to make, but once made the weaving goes fairly quickly. I was going to do a couple of short lengths of chain and make earrings, but as it turned out I made almost enough links for a bracelet so I'll add another couple and do that. The book's estimate for the metal required is about double what it looks like it'll take, so if I like the way this one turns out I may make one in gold, possibly with a fancy or enameled catch.I also tried one of the prong settings in the Cogswell stonesetting book
, with some success. Not enough success that I wanted to set a stone in it, though! I started another one, and so far that one is looking more promising. This si a setting for small stones made out of 10-ga. square wire, and the pictures look simple and graceful and lovely, so that's what I'm after with it.
