QuestionHello, I've worked with most metals apart from Gold and I love the liquid gold look I've seen on jewelery like this example: http://sattvagallery.com/sisemiminewf7.html How do you get the liquid or spayed on look?
thank you, Sharon
AnswerHello Sharon,
That is formed from an oval sheet of metal, and the peas are balled up metal.There are instructions for the project in a recent book I purchased, as well as an article that was reccently published in I believe Art jewelry magazine. Its actually quite simple, just cutting , folding and soldering on the stem and sweat soldering in the "peas"..If you give me a couple of days I'll get back to you with the article and book..but if you go to art jewelry magazine's site, it is perhaps in the past two or three months archives of projects, and if not there, then the book which I will search for for you if necessary..but truly, look at the shape.See the oval cut out of sheet?, it's just bent, then the elements soldered on..you could do it in an evening. Otherwise, things mass produced like that are cast from a silicone or non-silicone RTV rubber mould that is them used for a master then either cast in studio or sent out to a casting house..the peapod though is a very easy project, draw it up first though before cutting your sheet, then remember you will cut the ends to form the pod, so a paper model may help you refine the dimensions if tried first. then peas, just require lengths of wire in equal or semi-equivalent lengths to be fluxed and balled up on a charcoal block, then sweated onto the formed pod.., and a finial of a stem, with a bit of flattening to form a hole and hanger in one and a dip in the pickle, a final polish and voila'- done!
Hope this helped somewhat,Best Regards, Ari.
