{"id":271,"date":"2018-05-21T22:06:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T03:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=271"},"modified":"2020-11-09T22:39:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-10T04:39:38","slug":"chasing-repousse-cross-pendant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silverdimensions.com\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"Chasing & Repouss\u00e9 – Cross Pendant"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here’s a collage of pictures showing my 3rd go at chasing and repouss\u00e9, a sterling silver Cross Pendant<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chasing & Repouss\u00e9 – Cross Pendant<\/strong>, work in progress.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to make a cross in sterling, but nothing too elaborate for me to be able to do with my limited C&R experience. Also, having used copper on my previous two C&R \u201cprojects\u201d, and knowing that sterling, being harder than copper, would take more work to get it where I wanted it, I needed to make sure it was easy enough for me to \u201ctest the water\u201d, so to speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When working metal with C&R techniques, there are still areas I need to work on (well, all of them really, but a few especially). I am still needing *lots* more practice with my initial lining, and I continue to catch myself every once in a while pinching the tools between my fingers way too hard (especially when lining it seems). But, I finished this project with only a slightly numb thumb this time, so I’m sure the nerves in the tip of my thumb thank me for that! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also determined that I need to make myself a few \u201cextra small\u201d punches and planishers, but didn’t want to stop to do that, so made do with what I already had. I’ll probably make them before the next project though, even if I don’t need them for that project, as I need to make myself a couple regular small punches, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used 24 gauge sterling sheet for this, and after cutting out the cross used part of the leftover scrap to make a bale. I didn’t cut away the excess at the top of the cross so it could be used to provide a base for a hook that the bale would attach to. I soldered a bit of 18 gauge round wire that had been shaped and sanded to fit at the top, as well as soldered on a bezel to hold a 5 mm cabochon of Sleeping Beauty turquoise at the center of the cross.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After cutting out and around the bale hook and cleaning that area up, I shaped and fit the bale, soldered it closed, then cleaned up the whole piece and threw it in the tumbler for a little while to harden the silver back up a bit. I followed that with oxidizing the interior channel of the cross and set the stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chasing & Repouss\u00e9 – Cross Pendant<\/strong>, finished.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The above collage shows the finished piece on the bench, and the back and front of the piece in more of a “display” setting, though it’s still hard to clearly distinguish between the recessed and raised areas in the photo of the back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It actually turned out a lot nicer than I thought it would, but there are still areas that definitely could be better, and will keep working on those skills as I continue with C&R. Kathy already had a chain that goes very nicely with it, so she used that when taking the \u201cfinished product\u201d pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, I’ve already got plans for my next C&R piece, and just love what can be done with the process, in whole or in part, to produce jewelry. I am very excited to have learned this, and plan to incorporate a lot more C&R into my future work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a collage of pictures showing my 3rd go at chasing and repouss\u00e9, a sterling silver Cross Pendant. I wanted to make a cross in sterling, but nothing too elaborate for me to be able to do with my limited C&R experience. Also, having used copper on my previous two C&R \u201cprojects\u201d, and knowing that … <\/p>\n

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