Night Stone Jewelry

This one took over 10 hours to make. The idea was to take filigree wire, twisted pair, and then put some details on the ring. However filing and some other stuff became a factor. It looks ok. The opal has lots of color though, which is nice. Size 5.5

Opal is 9mm x 7mm in size. Was a cracked one that I had. I used it because I didn’t want to worry about breaking a good one since this was mostly a practice piece. I have lots of room for improvement, but I’m getting there.

This is a Dichroic Glass cabochon that a friend sent me. It had some issues with uneven-ness across the surface, so I took it to the Genie and smoothed it out. The picture came out really amazing. (Note:the verticle stripes on the left side are the reflection of the sun through the blinds)

We got out and shoveled the driveway.
There are some really interesting drift formations on parts of our roof as well (pics #4 and #9)
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Going to put up some pics here of the snow storm we are in right now. Is interesting to say the least. Pics will be via links, and are 1280 x 1024 in size, so might take a bit to download.

“View out the back”
“Snowploughs working(?)”
“View up the street”

Just a small abstract (about half an inch tall). Was not easy to make because of where I chose to solder it, but I am thinking of ways in which I can overcome that in the future, so will probably make more, just for fun.

She wanted one with a stone, so I set out to do just that.

closeup of the opal

Size 7.5. Fits my wife perfectly. This was an okay run for a first try I would think. It is becoming apparent that one thing I really need to work on is getting the right amount of solder when I’m making my joins, as I tend to end up with too little, which results in areas that show.
Still, she likes it.

Just an experiement to see if I could do it. It came out really well. I am happy with the results being that it’s my first one.

Just because I wanted to know.

This is a picture of a dime, one of my first 5 jump rings ever soldered, and the 2nd bezel I’ve ever made which holds in it a 3mm opal.