I am very happy on how my "Moonlight Walk" pendant turned out. I used a jeweler's saw to saw out the bird from bronze sheet and the grass from copper sheet. I used a very rough sander on my flex shaft to give the bird "feathers" and the grass texture. When I drew the grass onto the copper sheet I had to do it in such a way so that it would fit perfect on the sterling silver "moon" and around the bird to give the illusion that he was strolling through the grass. I solder those pieces to the sterling silver "moon", added a handmade etched bail, and a beautiful a genuine turquoise to compliment the turquoise that I added in the necklace chain. The patina really brings out the detail.
Now I am working on a bracelet. I created the large links from 14 gauge sterling wire that I shaped, twisted and then soldered together. I used 26 gauge sterling wire to add some wire wrapping around a portion of two of the links. Now the next step is to fill the openings with colorful polymer clay and embellishments. Check back to see the final piece!
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