Below is fine silver links fused together and linked with sterling silver rings, I've added two tiny stamped argentium silver circles,one with my signature starfish and the other with two butterflies. Finished with a hand crafted hook...
I've had a bit of a thing for circles lately...here we have three argentium silver circles randomly soldered to a larger lightly hammered argentium silver circle.
Argentium silver rectangles hammered in two directions...domed slightly... three balls each made from my scrap pile of silver, soldered to the rectangles, hanging of course from my own ear wires.
There is something new on the market... in January, Pearl from the Beading Gems Journal did an interesting post on "silver filled" wire...basically the same idea as gold filled. I've ordered some of the wire from Fire Mountain Gems...they are saying it handles like silver, can be hammered and soldered. Once I've had a chance to work with it I'll let you know what I think.Thanks for stopping by...
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So dainty and beautiful looking! You must be busy getting your stock back up, cause it's almost MARKET season again!!!
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They are beautiful. Love the way you make a thing of beauty with scraps. Will wait to hear what your think of silver filled wire.
ReplyDelete:) I can understand that...the planning part.
ReplyDeleteI have been planning a lot of things, in my mind but they are still in my head...LOL
Love your silverwork & soldering (which is also in my "plan"). There are just so much to do.
Have a great day Heather.
Wow! Really unique and interesting pieces. :O)
ReplyDeleteVery nice! The bracelet is so pretty and dainty. I love the handcrafted look. : )
ReplyDeleteI love how you use up your scrap silver! Very inspiring! Pearl
ReplyDeleteOh Heather, I do love your silver work! I think circles are happy... the never-ending circle of love! I can't wait to hear your review of silver filled wire!
ReplyDeleteSending some sunshine and warm weather your direction!
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Beautiful work! I love it!. Your blog is very nice too.
ReplyDeleteThose are AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteHeather these pieces are truly amazing! I love the simplicity of all 3! You are so gifted! xoxo
ReplyDeleteHi Heather, thanks for coming by. I do live in the snow belt and in town the snow is quite gone. Nice work on the blog today. What are people doing about sterling wire , I am horrified at the price of it now . Not sure how to handle this , thinking of switching to more copper but I like you love silver. thanks for the tip on silver filled. xx
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