Dewdrop Pendant and Earrings
Dewdrop Pendant and Earrings
Instructor Janice Berkebile shares this unique design that shows how to craft pendants and earrings from fine silver. Learn how to forge heavy-gauge fine silver wire into delightful flower shaped forms adorned with delicate silver dewdrops. This class is packed with information including special tips on fusing heavy-gauge wire as well as how to make balled head pins and using a variety of hammers to shape and texture metal. Students should have some experience with fusing and forming metal before taking the class.
This class has a run time of 42 minutes.
Pre-requisites
Tools
-
Fretz Chasing Hammer - $57.00 - or other Chasing Hammer
-
Circle Divider compliments of Tim McCreight
-
Measuring tape
-
Sharpie marker with a fine tip
-
Blazer Butane Torch - $79.90 - for the earrings
-
Max Flame Jeweler's Butane Torch - $41.95 - for the pendant
-
Butane fuel
-
Fire extinguisher
-
Non-combustible work surface
Materials
-
10g FINE Silver, Round, Dead Soft Wire - 1 ft - $21.57 - 3 1/4 inches for the pendant
-
12g Fine Silver, Round, Dead Soft Wire - 1.5 ft - $21.61 - 5 inches for the earrings
-
18g Fine Silver Round, Dead Soft Wire - 1/2 oz (~6 ft) - $26.82 - 11 inches for the dewdrops
-
Sterling Silver 6mm I.D. 14 Gauge Jump Rings, Pack of 10 - $12.40 - 1 for the pendant
-
Sterling Silver 4mm I.D. 18 Gauge Jump Rings, 1/4 ozt - $17.84 - 1 for the pendant, and 2 for the earrings
-
Sterling Silver Balled Earwires - $2.21 - Janice uses Bali style earwires in the sample shown
-
2 pearls for the earrings
-
Thai silver charm
Optional
-
Tiny dapping punch
Wow, another excellent video from Janice. This gives a whole new take on balled head pins. Loved it! And I can't wait to make these. Thank you so much for for the education. I am so appreciative and I highly recommend all of Janice's videos. Aloha, :)
03/25/2015
Bobbie aka: Rogue Perfumer
One of the BEST classes demonstrating how to shape metal. Be patient and take the time to follow the steps. Invaluable resource for all future projects where you need to shape/anneal metal into jewelry pieces. Also wonderful technique on how to shape multiple balled head pins into decorative pieces. I'd like to try this soon!
11/09/2015
Lauretta
Great class. Really liked all the detailed instructions.
04/28/2016
Penny C.
Another excellent video! Janice makes this project look so easy. I can see how these techniques can be used in lots of designs. Janice is very easy to listen to and explains everything very well. I can't wait to try the things I've learned.
08/29/2017
Karen B
Viewers of this class also watched
