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In this tutorial you will learn the process to make a hammered silver pendant with a bezel set stone. This project is great for beginners and will cover a lot of silversmithing techniques such as: soldering; texturing sheet silver; stone setting and oxidising using liver of sulphur.
I love making pieces that are all rustic and hammered (I guess they are a bit like me in many respects haha). This is different from my usual clean style, but hammered jewellery can be very forgiving and fun to make.
The finished piece makes a great statement necklace and is sure to attract compliments to the wearer - this makes pendants like this great products to sell or give as gifts.
I hope you learn a lot from this tutorial, see you at the bench!
-- Blue Lace Agate --
The star of the show for this pendant was a stunning Blue Lace Agate cabachon. Not only was the stone gorgeous but it was also my favourite shape for a cabachon (almost tooth shaped!).
-- Silver Sheet --
For the backing plate of the bezel setting I used a piece of 0.7mm sterling silver sheet but you can use thicker if preferred. I buy my sheet silver from Cookson Gold:
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-- Fine Silver Bezel Wire 5mm x 0.3mm --
This Fine Silver Bezel Strip, also known as bezel wire, is traditionally used for making Rubover or or Cabochon settings. This fully annealed strip measures approximately 5mm wide x 0.3mm thick and can also be used to create flat rings and short cylinders without the need to pierce from larger sheet.
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