• shaping silver earrings with mallet and punch O

 

My first projects that will be finished pieces. Before I have just been practicing on scrap pieces.

My first pieces to be finished.

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I’m really getting my toes wet now, it feels good seeing a piece start to finish. I’m excited to see many more I’ve got a long way to go also I’m seeing many improvements. Working with silver is proving to be a fun medium. I can also really appreciate all of the work and detail that go into nice pieces. With the earrings Jenny let me use an Eagle design of hers. I crosshatched it made a border. Then pounded it with a mallet and a norm block to get it to the right shape. After that they were polished and cleaned and then signed. These will be my first piece and they went to my wife for a Christmas present.