Filed under: Assignments, Gold + Silver, vanity set | Tags: brush, chains, coil, link, saw, silver, soldering, spring, vanity set, wire
Today I started making the chains that the vanity set pieces will hang off. As I have mentioned before I drew down the silver wire myself. This is the only time in this assignment I will be doing it. I am buying the wire from now on.
To make the chain, it starts out like a spring and you saw through each coil, one by one to create the link.
This picture is of the spring before I cut it up.
These are the links once cut.
This is as I am soldering the links together. Very messy I know. I don’t think I have any fingerprints left.
And just to give you an idea of what the chains will be used for -
Hope these all make sense. K.
Filed under: vanity set | Tags: cast, chains, design, geometric, graphic, idea, ingot, optical art, patterns, process, sterling silver, symetrical, tagged, toggle, vanity set, wire, wire rollers
I have outsourced some of the toggle parts. So right now there is a slight hold on the tagged pieces.
So my focus has changed for now. I am going to be working on my vanity set, so you will see more images of this process soon, I promise. I have to draw some designs for a graphic I’d like on the vanity set. I think that will be the hardest part.
I really life geometic and symetrical patterns – especially optical art. So maybe something like that.
Today I drew down the sterling silver wire to make my chains. This particular length of chain will be made from scratch. I had to cast an ingot and then draw down the wire in wire rollers. Hopefully I will get more images up soon so you get an idea of what I’m on about.
K.
Filed under: anodising | Tags: aluminium, anodising, metalsmithing, toggles, wire
Tomorrow marks the day that I learn how to anodise. Anodising is the process of colouring aluminium. I am really looking forward to this – Aluminium is a reasonable cheap material to buy and use in metalsmithing, so to have this technique to colour makes it so much more interesting.
So I am to begin colouring my toggles. Today I had to strip the aluminium tubes and the wire that I am using to make the jigs for the objects.
These toggles have been beadblasted, then scotch brited. I am still deciding if I want 4 of these, as they are – utilising the aluminium colour. They look so shiney. I love them.
This is the wire that I will be using to make my jigs in the morning. It had to be stripped also, by putting it in chemicals for a certain amount of time.
More anodising images tomorrow hopefully.. stay tuned.
I thought I’d throw this image in. I really do work hard at uni, can’t you tell?
K.
