I textured my metal by putting it through the rolling mill with 60 grit sand paper. I then attached three of them with rubber cement and set out for hours of sawing fun! When I finished, I realized my metal was much thinner than it appeared to me in the beginning. The pieces are super delicate and I'm not sure they can withstand being a bracelet. I think they're super awesome though and i'm thinking of ways to add sturdiness or to repurpose them. Here they are:
Monday, November 7, 2011
Tube Stone Setting
I'm trying to figure out how I want to incorporate the tube set stone in my design. When I drew it originally, I have the stone floating so I have to figure out how I want to attach it. Here are some of my ideas:
Change in Plans
So since I still do not have my stones for the wax pendant, I have switched production project ideas. I will definitely continue to work on the pendant. My new project is going to be a series of five cuff bracelets that have tube set stones in them. Here are some of my ideas, i've been playing with scale and the amount of repetition.
Carved Wax
Here is the wax carving in progress.
Its not complete because I haven't received my stones in the mail yet. Cant wait to get them! The shape is hard to see in the photo but there is a lot of variation in line thickness. It is meant to mimic how a thick liquid would bunch up in a tube like structure. I still want to push the movement in the piece. Its not quite where I want it yet.