Reticulated coins

Today I found some reticulation that I apparently didn't like because it was in my scraps jar. I cut a couple simple circles, reticulated them a little more to soften up the edges and then added a circle of square wire. I don't have any liver of sulfer to patina them but I want to darken the outside and leave the center circle silver.

Lava Beads

Over the weekend I went to the local bead store I found these really cool lava beads. They are about the size of a quarter. I made a simple pair of earrings and am working on a necklace. The necklace will use 8 lava beads. The center 'bar with stone' is a piece of round silver wire. It's about 5mm in diameter. I forged one end to be square, then I files off the edges. The top has two rings and the bottom a stone mounted in a bezel. The stone is pink tourmaline. It's not quite finished as I need to drill a hole in the silver wire and I don't have a drill press.

More Earrings

I had some time today, so I made a few more pair of earrings. These were some beads I had hanging around, I don't really know what they are. I needed some ear wires so I made some based on this tutorial.



This is a simple set of 4, 6MM hematite beads.


These were hanging around, don't know what they are, but I really like these. I made these ear wires also. Once you get the hang of it, making ear wires is pretty simple.


A little different this time, two beads on opposite ends, lightly hammered to strengthen the curve, homemade ear wires.