{"id":1889,"date":"2012-11-08T20:35:20","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T20:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1889"},"modified":"2012-12-12T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2012-12-12T15:45:36","slug":"floating-treasures-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1889","title":{"rendered":"Floating Treasures Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the Dragonfly Floating Treasure Pendant finished.
\n\"\"<\/a>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.<\/p>\n

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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.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[23,30,28,31],"tags":[9,3,7,17,16,10],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6qLAy-ut","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1870,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1870","url_meta":{"origin":1889,"position":0},"title":"Floating Treasures Part 1","date":"November 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"In the distant past I made a bunch of pendants I called \"Floating Treasures.\" \u00a0These were loosely based upon kagamibuta style netsuke. \u00a0Kagamibuta netsuke became popular in Japan after the wearing of swords was banned, and the metal artisans who spent their lives creating the wonderful sword furniture we admire\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/kagamibuta2.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2352,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=2352","url_meta":{"origin":1889,"position":1},"title":"Engraving and Carving Antler – Celtic Lizard Pendant","date":"September 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Well, engraving the tiny Orca knife in antler was so much fun, I just had to continue on in the same vein, so the Celtic Lizard pendant was born. \u00a0A little less than 2 inches tall, engraved and carved from naturally-shed elk antler, with a titanium backing and massive silver\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"Antler_Celtic_Lizard_Pendant_6aWeb","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Antler_Celtic_Lizard_Pendant_6aWeb.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1057,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=1057","url_meta":{"origin":1889,"position":2},"title":"Cherry Blossom and Dragonfly Tsuba Pendant part 1","date":"January 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's my next project attempt! It's a tsuba (Japanese sword guard) pendant with cherry branches, cherry blossoms and a dragonfly. The first image is a Photoshopped version of two antique tsuba, and the second image is my pattern I drew from that. I cast a small shibuichi ingot (precious Japanese\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Cherry_Dragonfly_Tsuba_3.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3425,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3425","url_meta":{"origin":1889,"position":3},"title":"Baby Sea Turtle Pendant Part 4","date":"September 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Above, I've finished carving and sculpting all the flippers and her cute little tail. \u00a0I've also carved the track details, and textured the sand. And a side view. Pretty deep carving, even though it's low relief! \u00a0Now it's on to the silver back... I've engraved the outlines of the starfish,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Baby_Sea_Turtle_Pendant_23.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3739,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3739","url_meta":{"origin":1889,"position":4},"title":"Yet Another Baby Sea Turtle Pendant","date":"March 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Back to work with a baby sea turtle tag. \u00a0I swear this is the last one! \u00a0Top left then clockwise - cutting out, soldering on silver backing, and rough grinding... Upper left\u00a0image Levitra Ohne Rezept Kaufen , deepened the background by twice around the edges with a square graver. \u00a0Bottom\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Carving"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/baby_sea_turtle_II_7.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3392,"url":"http:\/\/sterlingsculptures.com\/wp\/?p=3392","url_meta":{"origin":1889,"position":5},"title":"Baby Sea Turtle Pendant Part 1","date":"September 1, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"This is how an engraving begins. My design is laser printed on ordinary kitchen baking parchment. The laser printer toner doesn't stick well to the paper, and with a little encouragement from the antler burnisher, will transfer to the sticky Dammar varnish. 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