Sorry for the shadow and slight blurriness in the photo that's the camera lens, I'm still getting the hang on of taking jewellery photos
Topic: Silver Boar - Small Status Update - 27th September 2016 - page 5. (Read 67888 times)
This is something my teacher taught me today, we used a plain fine silver bezel strip and two sterling silver jump rings to make a setting and I found it a lot easier to make, the shape is also more rounded than the other setting I made and the gemstone sits a lot better. I plan on putting a Carnelian into this one and putting it up for sale while I work on the Rose Quartz necklace which is almost done now too.
Sorry for the shadow and slight blurriness in the photo that's the camera lens, I'm still getting the hang on of taking jewellery photos
Sorry for the shadow and slight blurriness in the photo that's the camera lens, I'm still getting the hang on of taking jewellery photos
Just thought I'd let you know guys, I ran into a noob problem, my gemstone fell out! After taking the setting to my teacher we found out there was a blob of solder on the inside that was preventing me from setting the gemstone properly and causing it to pop out. I'm getting used to making them now though and already have two new settings on the go though I did end up accidentally chipping the old gemstone because I was getting infuriated with it. Luckily Rose Quartz are cheap and I know to always check the inside of the setting now before I try setting the gemstone, the chipped gemstone has been set aside so it doesn't accidentally make its way to anyone. I'll be setting a new Rose Quartz and a different Carnelian Gemstone, photos will be posted up, I'm already halfway through both of them.
Time to get a proper production line started
now if only it wasn't so fucking hot >_<
Time to get a proper production line started
now if only it wasn't so fucking hot >_<
After doing some more research on prices etc. ( It really is hard at times to decide what to sell it at ) I'm lowering the price for my necklaces so I can get sales, let me know what you think.
New Price: 0.5 BTC 15 LTC
Changes will be made on Bitmit as well.
( link removed, please use my main site to browse )
New Price: 0.5 BTC 15 LTC
Changes will be made on Bitmit as well.
( link removed, please use my main site to browse )
My necklace is now finished with the Rose Quartz properly set and the setting itself polished, it's up for sale.
Price: 0.7 BTC or 25 LTC
With the necklace chain
Let me know what you think guys, I see tons of views here but no one has ever posted >_< could use some feedback and some buyers to have a look at the stuff I'm making, I will also be putting my stuff up on Bitmit, let me know if the price is too high etc.
Price: 0.7 BTC or 25 LTC
With the necklace chain
Let me know what you think guys, I see tons of views here but no one has ever posted >_< could use some feedback and some buyers to have a look at the stuff I'm making, I will also be putting my stuff up on Bitmit, let me know if the price is too high etc.
The setting is now cleaned up and I've soldered a jump ring on it, here are some WIP photos, now I need to sand any marks off it, polish it and then finally set the gemstone and polish and clean it up again.
I got my cabochon gemstones from here like the other smaller gemstones: http://www.kernowcraft.com/ they have a much better selection than Cooksons who seem to specialise more in the tools and metals side of Jewellery
I'm halfway through the round cabochon necklace I showed earlier, I'll be posting WIP pictures and the finished product soon, if anyone gets interested and wants different gemstones for their necklaces I can order them from the site above. Depending on the sizes etc. the price may need to change depending on how expensive the gemstone is but feel free to have a browse, I can only do oval and round gemstones at my current skill level.
I'm halfway through the round cabochon necklace I showed earlier, I'll be posting WIP pictures and the finished product soon, if anyone gets interested and wants different gemstones for their necklaces I can order them from the site above. Depending on the sizes etc. the price may need to change depending on how expensive the gemstone is but feel free to have a browse, I can only do oval and round gemstones at my current skill level.
Sorry I haven't posted updates in awhile, I'm going to be posting more often now, I keep discovering extra tools etc. that I need for more specialised tasks but I'm almost entirely set up now and I'll only need materials from now on to make my pieces, here are some WIP photos of a Rose Quartz cabochon necklace I will be putting up for sale soon. It will be 0.7 BTC like the other I have for sale but this one has a proper gemstone for the setting I've made with a flat bottom so you won't get any problems with a pointy end going out the back.
I'm also carrying on my learning and I've made a flush setting and currently I'm working on setting an oval gemstone
For those of you who are curious, here's a photo of my workbench too
I'm also carrying on my learning and I've made a flush setting and currently I'm working on setting an oval gemstone
For those of you who are curious, here's a photo of my workbench too
I've finally got the gear I need to completely finish pieces at home, I'll be posting stuff up over the week.
And here are the gemstones I will be working on:
Got the gemstones today! Will begin making the settings for them and also posting up photo's of the gemstones themselves, I should note, these are all the same size 3mm round and natural gemstones, I'm always going to double check that kind of thing from now on just to be safe There are four in total, Garnet, Peridot, Emerald and Sapphire, all of these will be going up for sale, these are Cabachon's and have a flat bottom and round top, making them much easier to set because of the shape and so on.
There are four in total, Garnet, Peridot, Emerald and Sapphire, all of these will be going up for sale, these are Cabachon's and have a flat bottom and round top, making them much easier to set because of the shape and so on.
Some interesting news folks, my teacher recommended me this site for Cabachon gemstones: http://www.kernowcraft.com/
With this I'll be able to make much better quality gemstone settings and I have decided to try the site out and have a really nice variety of gemstones coming in, I'll be sure to post some photos of the gemstones and the finished products for you to have a look at, all these necklaces will be the same 0.7 BTC price.
To check things out I have ordered:
. 1 Peridot
. 1 Emerald
. 1 Sapphire
. 1 Garnet
All of these will be 3mm Cabacon's, colours will be varied so there will be a selection of necklaces to choose from.
With this I'll be able to make much better quality gemstone settings and I have decided to try the site out and have a really nice variety of gemstones coming in, I'll be sure to post some photos of the gemstones and the finished products for you to have a look at, all these necklaces will be the same 0.7 BTC price.
To check things out I have ordered:
. 1 Peridot
. 1 Emerald
. 1 Sapphire
. 1 Garnet
All of these will be 3mm Cabacon's, colours will be varied so there will be a selection of necklaces to choose from.
I have also decided to accept Litecoin payments for my Jewellery, I will be making more stuff and I'll post more photo's up over time.
Bumping to inform you all that since there was no offers I've decided to just name a price myself, making another post to tidy things up a bit from now on, message me or post if you want to purchase, I'm happy to do escrow as this will be my first time selling something physical. The chain for the necklace is unhallmarked silver, the jump ring is sterling, there is also a fine silver setting and a round Amethyst, for now I regularly get all my stuff from www.cooksongold.com who are trustworthy when it comes to the metal and gemstones.
Cubic Zirconia Purple Necklace - Gemstone is set the other way round to normal: 0.7 BTC/23.6 LTC - 1 in stock
Postage is free for UK customers, postage cost depends on where you want to ship it internationally.
Cubic Zirconia Purple Necklace - Gemstone is set the other way round to normal: 0.7 BTC/23.6 LTC - 1 in stock
Postage is free for UK customers, postage cost depends on where you want to ship it internationally.
Amethyst Ring with a claw setting
Cubic Zirconia Necklace, gemstone for this one was put in with the point first, normally it's the other way round, the jump ring, necklace chain and gemstone are manufactured
I'll be making more of these necklaces guys and this one is up for sale, what I'd like to know is what you think you'd pay for them, I will take payments in Bitcoins to start with and maybe even consider Litecoins too, please post some feedback and comments.
Oh and if anyone is in the UK I thought I might plug my Jewellery teachers website here: http://www.pinkbutterflyjewellery.net/
Cubic Zirconia Necklace, gemstone for this one was put in with the point first, normally it's the other way round, the jump ring, necklace chain and gemstone are manufactured
I'll be making more of these necklaces guys and this one is up for sale, what I'd like to know is what you think you'd pay for them, I will take payments in Bitcoins to start with and maybe even consider Litecoins too, please post some feedback and comments.
Oh and if anyone is in the UK I thought I might plug my Jewellery teachers website here: http://www.pinkbutterflyjewellery.net/
I just thought I'd tell you all in advance, I have a bunch of gemstones coming in which I'm going to set in claw settings and turn into necklaces, they'll be put up for sale once they're finished.
Blatant plug - Frontier Space being updated, now with a chatroom!
I've gotten things sorted out finally with my new host and so far everything seems to be working fine, I'd like to see some people turn up and use it now though
I have a makeshift chat room up which will be public but I'm still keeping the forum invite only to keep out the spammers, if you want to get in either PM me here with the email you'd like to receive the invite code with or talk to me in the chat.
Here's the link: www.frontier-space.com/chat
You do not need a password to get in, you should just need to enter in the name and it will work, I don't know why it won't let public people register but I'll figure something out eventually, everything seems to be working fine now regardless, there really are no rules now as to what you can post on my website, just keep out the virus' and child pornography but I think for most of us that goes without saying.
I've gotten things sorted out finally with my new host and so far everything seems to be working fine, I'd like to see some people turn up and use it now though
I have a makeshift chat room up which will be public but I'm still keeping the forum invite only to keep out the spammers, if you want to get in either PM me here with the email you'd like to receive the invite code with or talk to me in the chat.Here's the link: www.frontier-space.com/chat
You do not need a password to get in, you should just need to enter in the name and it will work, I don't know why it won't let public people register but I'll figure something out eventually, everything seems to be working fine now regardless, there really are no rules now as to what you can post on my website, just keep out the virus' and child pornography but I think for most of us that goes without saying.
I've gotten some better photos now, sorry about the quality of the last ones, also added some Amethyst claw settings I did for necklaces.
Edit: Forum has been removed, please use my chat room instead, it's the chat button on the main site.
Edit: Sorry for the bad quality photos again, I'll be sure to borrow a real camera and get some clearer photographs taken.
Edit: Better photos below
Edit: Better photos below
Here's the silver I'll be working with for the first ring or two, does anyone want to make an order for a specific ring size at all? If not I'll be making them fairly small so that I can sell them fairly small, I've also provided an invoice from the place I get the silver from so you know it's genuine, my own teacher gets her materials from this company as well.
Let me know if you're interested! Otherwise I'll assume you're not and just make a couple rings randomly and put them up.
If you don't know anything about ring sizes here's a chart to help: http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/ulysses/ring_size_chart_1.jpg
Edit: Just did some real math and realised I'd only be able to make one with this amount, at least I know for next time now lol will be sure to get my hands on some more silver when I can afford it, it may also be better do an amulet or something perhaps than a ring.
Let me know if you're interested! Otherwise I'll assume you're not and just make a couple rings randomly and put them up.
If you don't know anything about ring sizes here's a chart to help: http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/ulysses/ring_size_chart_1.jpg
Edit: Just did some real math and realised I'd only be able to make one with this amount, at least I know for next time now lol
will be sure to get my hands on some more silver when I can afford it, it may also be better do an amulet or something perhaps than a ring. Jump to: