It's now June. The Second. I'd better get to it.
Stoked Thing #1
Click on the image to see these cuties close up.
Danelle, our shipping manager is super creative and crafty. One morning she came in wearing the necklace that you see pictured above. We liked it so much, we wanted to share her cute idea with you.
The red bird pendant is a vintage button that is epoxied to a sterling bail. She left the shank of the button intact. The epoxy fills in any unevenness so that the bail can connect securely. The two silver pieces are sterling discs that are collage-stamped with a variety of design stamps. The large pendant to the right with the pink birds is this sterling bezel filled with Ice Resin. She added a circle of scrapbooking paper and one of our sterling heart charms before pouring the resin.
For more tips on how to use the Ice Resin, take a look at our online written tutorial.
Stoked Thing #2
Click on the image above to see these soldered pendants in all of their glory.
Hurray for solder paste! And for soldering charms to metal blanks! And for our brand new Design Idea Video that we just posted on You Tube. We also have new video product demos up on several of the metalsmithing tools. Check out the solder cutting pliers, wire and paste solder and flux.
Click on the video below and I'll start my demo for you.
Stoked Thing #3
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Enjoy the remainder of your week...Bead & Button is next week. We'll update you from the show!
3 comments:
I cannot tell you how excited I am about small-scale soldering. Can't wait to watch the video. I'm def going to get some solder paste. :)
This is an awesome idea, and as always I love your videos. This may be a stupid question, but once you have your flux brushed on, your pieces of solder down and your charm/blank on top, how do you actually "solder" them together? Am I missing something?
Not a stupid question at all! You need to solder everything all together with a torch.
We have a great introductory class to show you how here: http://www.beaducation.com/vids/detail/85
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