Jet powered snail chasing............
The first photo is of a piece of jet i bought in whitby which i wrapped in thin silver wire, to make a pendant. The next photo is of an un-polished piece of jet and one i polishd up on the grinder graduating through 6 different wheels (rough sanding, fine sanding, felt, calico, lambswool, and swan's down) to achieve a high shine!
The next to photos are of a piece of copper with a snail chased onto them. Chasing is a technique where the piece of metal is heated into a container of pitch and hammered from behind to achieve a 3d effect.
Toby.
posted by natural attrill at 5:17 PM
3 Comments:
The jet looks amazing all polished up. The snail is pretty impressive, too.
What a cool experience. :-)
orr wow! all this jewelery making looks very impressive toby. well done for all your hard work. dx.
Love the black one Toby!! (Sorry we couldn't meet up! Next time....PROMISE!!!)
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