The finished suite ready to debut at ‘Ribfest’
I have mentioned in previous posts that usually my jewelry acquires
a name as it evolves... well this time there was an aroma too... I was smelling
bacon for days...
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| Prototype sizzling away! |
Ironically, this project came in at the same time as a Vegan
Anklet Custom piece for another great customer, so I was very careful to keep
both projects apart from each other on my bench, it just seemed the right thing
to do.
My bacon client, who I’m looking forward to meeting one day,
won’t mind me saying that she is one crazy lady when it comes to bacon.
I keep a lot of copper around to play with as it’s great to test
things and play with as it’s quick to work with. Seeing the copper and silver colours together
gave me the idea for the bacon colours. I let the colours lead me, and came up
with a prototype.
My client was very happy - I think “freakin great’ were her
exact words. She
decided to have earrings made as well as the necklace... and I have just finished
a bacon bracelet too!
What’s next... A meaty .925 Sterling SilverT-Bone
Steak - I kid you not, stay tuned!
Here a few work in progress shots.
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| Copper & silver cut and on the charcoal soldering block |
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| Love the colour of the copper just after soldering. Ready to ‘pickle’ |
Starting to take shape
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| .925 Sterling Silver polished and the copper has been textured with a Mizzi wheel |
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More filing and a final polish with rouge and mops before a tumble in the barrel machine to heighten that shine on the .925 silver.
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