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What you're looking at was my first foray into the exciting world of silversmithing. The "vines" are made of Argentium silver (silver 930) that I melted and fused together, and then sweat soldered to a piece of copper cut from sheet metal. The bail is sterling silver, similarly soldered into place. I hung it on a sterling chain with a sterling clasp.

I just finished this Thursday, and this was meant to be one of my ten pendents for my Etsy promotion, but fate decided otherwise. This was my only sale at the Farmers Market today, but it easily paid for the time. The only reason I get to show you guys at all is that the customer wanted it on a magnetic clasp rather than the one I used, so I needed to bring it home to change it out.

Actually, it's not even really finished. It still needs another pickling and polishing, which I will do this evening before I call her to tell her it's done.

It sold for $90, and represents my most expensive piece to date by far.

Description
What you're looking at was my first foray into the exciting world of silversmithing. The "vines" are made of Argentium silver (silver 930) that I melted and fused together, and then sweat soldered to a piece of copper cut from sheet metal. The bail is sterling silver, similarly soldered into place. I hung it on a sterling chain with a sterling clasp.

I just finished this Thursday, and this was meant to be one of my ten pendents for my Etsy promotion, but fate decided otherwise. This was my only sale at the Farmers Market today, but it easily paid for the time. The only reason I get to show you guys at all is that the customer wanted it on a magnetic clasp rather than the one I used, so I needed to bring it home to change it out.

Actually, it's not even really finished. It still needs another pickling and polishing, which I will do this evening before I call her to tell her it's done.

It sold for $90, and represents my most expensive piece to date by far.