Another Bracelet Is Finished
Another Bracelet Is Finished
I just finished another silver bracelet in my silversmithing class.
I know I have only been home from Portugal for 2 weeks, but as usual, I hit the ground running as soon as we got home. I am still taking my jewelry classes. Now I am in silversmithing 2. In the first class, we had assigned pieces. This class is more of our own ideas. Last night I just finished another bracelet. This is my own design and concept.
The design for this piece was inspired by a bracelet my dad bought me years ago, that is one of my favorites. My instructors weren’t quite sure about it, and were perplexed by my idea and concept. But, I proved them wrong and proved I could do it.
It is a “floating” rope design. If you look closely, the center rope is suspended in the middle. I only soldered it on the ends. This is after the first cut.
Then I soldered it together and sanded, polished, sanded, polished, and sanded and polished again, until I had a new finished piece.
And now, I have a brandy new shiny piece of bling. 
Here are the two bracelets I made – the lightning bracelet and now my floating rope bracelet.
I already have a few more pieces in the works too. Hopefully they will be finished before too long as well.
Have a great day and make everyday great. We are never too old to learn new things. Learning new things keeps us young, even if only young at heart.
‘Til next time./
