March 2015 – rosebud arts

Forged Sterling pendant. About 2 inches long. It’s a single piece, with an added embellishment (a riveted jump ring).

I found an odd shaped scrap piece in my sweeps drawer and started hammering on it. This is what came of it.

You can get an idea of its size here. It’s almost 2/10 of an inch thick.

This is the reverse.

Here’s the detail of the jump ring. I wasn’t thinking this would be for suspending it, rather, I just liked the look of it.

And two more. Not much of a story with this one. I was simply messing around with a form in my head and this is what it gave me. I like it.

Forged Sterling (1.48 oz). The tongue is 2″ long. The buckle fits a 1 1/8 belt.

The buckle will be attached to the belt with the rivet going through the tongue. The excess will be trimmed off then. The loop at the top end of the rivet will stay. Kind of weird, I know. But I like the looks.

This is the loop on the rivet that will stay. When the belt is worn, this loop will be at the top.

The reverse.

The dimension is more visible on this view. It’s substantial.

Another angle.

One last view. If you’d like it, send me the belt you’d wear it on and I’ll attach it. If the loopy rivet it too far out there for you I can replace it with a more standard, plain one (see the post from June 20). $225.

Another variant of the turquoise shadow box theme. This one is a little larger, and lighter (22g silver) than my previous versions (see the June 19 post below for one other). This one is just under 1 1/4″ in diameter, and with the bail it’s just over 1 3/4 inches. The bail articulates on a long rivet (going through the tube at the top of the disk).

The turquoise is especially fun on this one. It’s a 9mm round cabochon of Sleeping Beauty turquoise. The Sleeping Beauty turquoise comes only from a single mine in Arizona and is known for its vibrant sky blue color and absence of veining or webbing. The stone used for this piece is in its natural form–no stabilization or dying. It’s been sitting in storage since it was mined and cut during the 1970s. I was pleased to build a setting around it.