Jewelry 101: How to Make a Pendant - Part 2 of 2 - Silversmithing Tips and Tricks for All Levels!
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- This is Part 2 of a 33 minute video documenting my process of making a silver pendant with an ocean jasper cabochon that I cut (See my Lapidary 101 videos for stone shaping tutorials!). I walk you through from the very beginning stages all the way to the final polished product, and talk about general silversmithing practices and techniques that benefit beginners as well as seasoned silversmiths.
In the previous video (Jewelry 101: Part 1) I discuss creating a bezel, shaping your metal with saws, files and sandpaper, and texturing with stamps and a Foredom hammer tool attachment. In this installment I talk more about soldering techniques, how to make a bail for your pendant, a great hammer setting technique to effectively set your stone, various polishing techniques and more.
Most of the tools and supplies seen in this video can be found on www.RioGrande.com, and please ask any questions you may have and I'll do my best to respond promptly!
Thanks for watching Jewelry 101! My Instagram accounts are @SeanEckel.jewelry and @eckel.lapidary, please check those out to see examples of my jewelry and my stone lapidary work!
Music created by me.
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Cheers!
Sean
Awesome job. Beautiful piece. A couple ideas to help you. Yellow ochre keeps solder from flowing to unwanted areas a hack is white out does the same. You can buy an extension cord for your tank so you don’t have to hold the bottle. You can use your fordome hammer to set your stone. If you don’t have a burnished you can use the back of a spoon to burnish and finish your bezel.
The angled stamping goes well with the interesting pattern in the jasper. Glad to see a part two!
Cool design! Looks out of the blue. Off the cuff.
Thanks for producing and posting this vid Sean! Very informative and straightforward.
What a gorgeous piece! Thanks for sharing
I'm really happy to see you're posting again. Your videos have been very informative and helpful. One of them came up in my recommendations a little while ago and so impressed that I added you to my subscriptions on the chance that you'd start posting again some day. I hope you've been well and wish you every success for the new year.
Aw that’s amazing! Thank you so much! And yes, I apologize for my lengthy absence.. but I’m really going to focus on my RUclips presence this year, so please stay tuned! :D
Thank you! A gorgeous pendant!❤
Nice to meet you Sean! Beautiful work!
Yay! Part 2! I watched your part one last year and was curious why it wasn’t out yet! Great pendant! You did a great job!
Thanks! Yeaaa, just got distracted and put it off for a year haha
Awesome!
Hi again, so you use a polishing cloth on the bottom of your bezel and on the back plate before soldering? A polishing cloth has polishing compound IN it, polishing compound will hinder a good join, the metal is then essentially "dirty" after using a polishing cloth. Also, having the "tooth" of a good sanding is the best surface to surface "clean" for a good join. Flux will keep it clean too. I'm sharing some tips because you've mentioned that you are self taught... I hope input is helpful. I appreciate how conscientiously you fabricate, for a clean quality setting. I like your channel, you seem humble - how refreshing! 😅
Curious how much time you have in on that piece and what you’d charge for it?
I really enjoyed your tutorial...I am new to stone setting & found your techniques effective & easy to understand...thank you !
Thank you! I’m very glad my videos help! Please reach out if you have any other questions I haven’t covered in my tutorials :)
Thanks for sharing. beautiful piece.
so stoked on the part two! Was enjoying part one yesterday evening
Heyyy awesome!! Glad you weren’t one of the ones who was waiting almost 2 years for the finale lol 😂
@@SeanEckelArt that's funny
thank u for sharing dude!!
Thank you so much for you. Bravo. Bravo. Bravo.
Thank you! Beautiful piece & interesting technique. 💚
Beatiful work. thanks for the video
What an interesting pendant; it’s very angular and yet you’ve added touches that give it an organic feel. I love it. Your soldering tip in the previous vid is awesome. I will definitely be placing the solder pallion underneath the seam of the bezel from now on! I notice you said you like using steel wool after you have used liver of sulphur; me too. I now use the steel wool attachments for my dremel. They come in brushes and discs, such a time saver and great for nooks and crevices. Hope you are staying safe and well 🤘
More videos, please!!!
I enjoyed the lesson easy to follow I am ready to try
I might be way too late to support your work. I hope you’re well. ❤
Love it. Beautiful. Thank you. Learned a lot. New subscriber :)
Thank you!! I’m glad this was helpful for you :)
Thank you
Thank YOU! :D
I Like What you do with the metal. getting it looking good and addind embellishments to the metal.
where do you get all your material from? i go to jam shows and somtimes it's not available when i need it. thanks again I love all the videos.
I get my jewelry supplies through Rio Grande mainly, and I do my own lapidary work with old stock stone material I’ve bought and collected over the years :) @eckel.lapidary on Instagram if you care to take a look! 🙏🏼
Aussom
Very nice tutorial. I like your bail. Is that a Taylor?
Thank you!! And yes it is! :) Taylor Big Baby to be exact.. I don’t like the name but I love the guitar.
@@SeanEckelArt I got a NOS 2004 214 6 years ago, lovely sound. When they were still solid sitka, mahogany b&s, no laminate, made in USA. No electrics, either. I'm going to take your ideas and get back into smithing. Too many nice cabs laying around. I'm following you on IG now. Off to the gem & mineral show. Glad I found your channel. Hard to find ppl into smithing AND guitars.
That’s awesome! I’m glad my video inspired you a bit :) and yea I play a lot, trained as a bass player but focus a lot on guitar these days. Thanks for following my work! I’m excited to do more videos partly because I’ve started recording all my own music for them, and it’s a big motivation to get back into song writing
@@SeanEckelArt I thought that might become the case. Just remember to copyright them somehow....
Do cabs have "girdles"?
Yea the girdle is the wall of the cab, so an even girdle is important when you’re using a bezel to set your stone so it’s the same height all around :)
very nice mate and great vid also