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Steel and Gold Dragonfly Earrings

A pair of steel and 24k gold dragonfly earrings we did, inspired by a possible commission.  These were a lot of fun to make!  The 24k gold inlays are parallel wire inlays, inlaid into the steel.  24k gold has an … Continue reading

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Dancing Frog Silver Earrings

Here are a pair of tiny dancing frog earrings I just finished.  They’re made of hand fabricated and engraved Sterling silver, and are 3/4 inches tall, and 5/15 inches wide. Thanks for looking!

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Floating Treasures Part 2

Here is the Dragonfly Floating Treasure Pendant finished. It’s about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, with a Sterling silver bowl, engraved and textured steel “floating” plate with .999 Fine silver and copper inlays.  

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Koi Pendant

Another project I just finished (it’s been a sort of cleanup the projects kind of month), the Koi Pendant.   It has an inlaid silver koi and copper inlaid lily pads and is backed with silver, with an Argentium™ silver chain. … Continue reading

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Dragonslayer Spike Poniard and Reliquary

My latest major project, the Dragonslayer Spike Poniard and Reliquary (and The Project From Hell). I guess you can call it finished, but it turned into one of those projects where it became more abandoned than completed – it just kept … Continue reading

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Ants Miseretto part 13 – Risk Reduction

Finishing up the pendant by adding my signature to the silver backing, and beginning texturing.  On the left you can see the beginnings (outlining) of my “scribble” texture, and on the right, starting to fill in – it’s a pain, … Continue reading

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Ants Miseretto part 12 – Risk Reduction

OK. no more dancing around, time to add the gold legs. I started by engraving the cuts for the legs, first with a Lindsay Universal graver, followed by a Carl Bleile narrow graver, so the cuts are quite deep.  The … Continue reading

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Ants Miseretto part 11 – Risk Reduction

Further work on the ant pendant.  I began carving the wood texture and knothole, using carbide burrs, and engraving the thin lines for the knothole.  Above is how the shibuichi looks without the patina. And a quick patina to see … Continue reading

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Ants Miseretto part 10 – Risk Reduction

Now to inlay a gold ant into shibuichi – just to make sure I can do it, and work out any difficulties before risking my miseretto canvas… Here I’m test fitting two Argentium™ silver jump rings to the pendant.  I … Continue reading

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Ants Miseretto part 9 – Risk Reduction

Now that my “canvas” is completed, it’s time to turn my efforts to the design phase of the project.  I’ve spent an awful lot of time making the knife, and I’m concerned about inlaying the gold ants in the shibuichi. … Continue reading

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