Scheradella Fine Art and Delightful by Design: July 2011

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Modifying A Ball Pene Hammer To A Raising Hammer

I modified an old ball peen hammer.

To make the hammer, I marked guide lines on the sides with a sharpie, then ground down the top and bottom to the lines using a 6" bench grinder with 60 grit wheel. I dipped the steel into a bowl of water often to keep the steel from getting hot and destroying the temper of the steel. Once it was roughed out I used a finer grinding wheel to smooth the surfaces and refine the shape. I then used a file to blend and final shape the head. I used an orbital sander and sanded the piece to a uniform finish using 60 grit paper. I then hand sanded with 100, 150, 220, 320, 400 sand papers to get the head nice and smooth. I then polished to finish the hammer.

Jim

Sterling Silver Turquoise and Garnet Pendant

Robin's most recent addition to her etsy shop, an amazing sterling silver pendant with turquoise and garnet.

http://www.etsy.com/listing/77868683/sterling-silver-turquoise-and-garnet

This is a one of a kind sterling silver, turquoise, and garnet free form pendant. Each stone is set in a fine silver bezel. The turquoise stone is dramatic by itself, paired with the garnet it is very striking. To further bring out the colors I patinaed the inside of the piece while the outside frame is highly polished bright silver. The whole piece is finished off with an 18" sterling silver box chain. I showed a picture of the back of the piece so that you could see the bail was designed to accomidate many different types of chains.

The pendent itself is about 2" long and is about 1 1/4" wide and the widest point.

Jim

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Sterling Silver and Lapis Earrings, Pendant, and Ring Set

I sketched the design a few months back for a jewelry set using Lapis and Sterling Silver. I found some time and was able to complete the set as a gift for my wife. Here is the finished set with the design sketch as a backdrop.