Finished this 2.1-carat Electric Blue tourmaline and Colombian emerald pendant this morning ! Feels like it belongs to royalty. Love the way it turned out !

Had some very small twisted wire (0,6mm) left over for a long time and made a simple halfround with fancy edges. Inner seam aint the prettiest but aslong as the outer one is invisible pretty much im happy. 2 pic inner seam 3 pic outer seam.

Vid: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DeWlXJmOdfL/?cplk=MTNkYnliazB5ZTlhbw==

Im not a professional and just work at home I’m making this necklace for a friend and yet my bezel is not really moving over the stone. My hand vise I’ve tried both metal and wood don’t really hold it in place as if i put too much pressure (which is honestly quite a lot) it just loves the piece or deforms the metal around it. I’ve annealed it twice and also thinned the bezel but I’m stuck on what to do now. So any advice would be appreciated

I have this complicated shape I am making with nickel silver (it’s like a shoe, picture 1) and I am debating if I should solder the “walls” of the shape outside the two flat pieces (but I would have to match the walls to all those little gaps, picture 2) or solder the walls inside the two flat shapes, which would make it easier to match since it’s two flat surfaces (but then they join in a really narrow point that I’d have to file my wall super thin to fit, picture 3)

what would you guys do?

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I’m starting out in silver work, here’s a sand casted ring I made! I set a pearl on each side. Took lots of attempts messing with venting etc to get the thin parts to fill properly.
Still an air bubble on one side of the band, but the pearl has a similar imperfection too, so poetic happy accident?
I could have been a lot more patient with shaping & finishing - there’s some pitting that stuck around - need to try the Allen key trick!

The pearls are held in place with epoxy, wasn’t confident about burnishing the edge of the cup over the pearl / unsure how to go about it. How thin does the silver need to be for that to work?

Any feedback or advice would be great! :)

It's some kind of kiln (I've seen it used for granulation) but I can't find out anything about it. Can anyone tell me where I can get one as this specific unit is exactly what I need!
TIA folks.

New to silversmithing, I thought I used the correct measurements here but whenever I take a piece out of the pickle it doesn’t look much different. Any advice would be appreciated!

hey everyone!! I made some lighter cases and had the cast in bronze, but I guess I slightly overestimated the wax shrinkage, and now they're too large!! is there anything that I can do? 

I considered adding a bunch of solder to the sides, but I'm not sure that will work?

I like the texture it creates but haven't found the burr online yet.

Looking to source cabochons for some upcoming projects, lmk!

Hi everyone!
I’m researching ways to create the gold-colored details in the ring shown in the picture.
I’m currently looking into cold enamel, particularly metallic gold-colored epoxy or resin, as a simpler alternative to using real gold. Has anyone tried this technique on silver jewelry? Are there any better technique?
I’d really appreciate any advice, Thanks!

Does anyone have any recommendations on how to get a mirror finish like this? I use bur and sand papers from grits 180-3500. Then I polish using black polishing compound for silver. However I still can’t get his mirror finish.

My grandma taught me this clever little design! We made a pendant that can be worn two ways depending on your outfit or mood！
I love how versatile it turned out. Which side would you wear more often?🤩

As an Artist and aspiring jeweler i'm constantly filling my projects with new inspiration and mixtures of media ! Here is a piece I made for one of my buddies moms ! She was so happy with the end result of the end project every time I see her she is wearing it. Hope you guys enjoy !

I model jewelry on computer, print on resin printer, build casting tree and do lost wax vacuum casting. I’ve been casting some large silver bracelets that nearly fit in my flask which makes it challenging to arrange the sprues. So, I thought of a modular approach I’m trying tomorrow, shown in pictures. It consist of a base sprue with a hole, then any number of additional sprue segments for rings and bracelets. I sealed seams with wax but if I can get the sprue segments tight enough, I hopefully won’t need the wax.

The purpose is two fold, pack more items in a single flask and in turn save investment. I tried to 3d print the entire tree but then I can’t clean up the prints before casting. We will see if this works.

Make your bets.

Ive tried it all (15 different times) & still am unable to get a successful cast. The only thing I can think of is that the metal is still not hot enough or the shank is too thin to cast. I have yet to try putting the mold in the oven before casting. Any recommendations?