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10
Mixed Media
Best of
Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist,
Volume 4
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Jewelry Projects
Jewelry Projects
, Volume 4 of the
Best of
Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist.
Mix metal
with paper, fiber, ceramics, mechanical parts, resin,
polymer — even foodstuffs! — to create jewelry that
tells a personal story and is sure to inspire compli-
ments! 10 Mixed Media Jewelry Projects, Volume 4
of the Best of Lapidary Journal Jewelry Artist, brings
you some of our favorite designs in this hot, hot, hot
genre. You’ll make earrings, pendants, pins, and a
bracelet while learning to adapt a wide variety of
materials to jewelry as you recycle found objects and
interesting remnants. So pull out your stash of cool
things that you haven’t been able to decide what to
do with and let’s put them into jewelry!
Editor-in-Chief
&
Managing Editor
10
Mixed Media
Contents
Metal & Paper or Fiber
Felt Tassel & Silver Bracelet
By Michele A. Friedman
A fusion of fiber and metal..................................................................................................................3
Paper, Resin, and Peridot Pendant
By Eleanore Macnish
Embed a famous design into a pretty wearable ...............................................................................5
Vintage Illustration Pendant
By Eleanore Macnish
A confection from recycled ephemera ...............................................................................................8
Framed Focal Charm
By Shoshana Farber
Interchangeable inserts that can change with your mood............................................................11
Metal & Found Objects
Found Object Pendant
By Eleanore Macnish
A vintage ruler and typewriter key mark a milestone..................................................................14
Pottery Shard Brooch
By Julie Jerman-Melka
A nostalgic keepsake from a broken dinner plate ..........................................................................17
Metal & Miscellaneous
Sprinkle Earrings
By Eleanore Macnish
Sweet little treats make a speedy gift...............................................................................................20
PVC & Silver Brooch
By Robert Dancik
Faux Bone — fantastic plastic for jewelry work ............................................................................22
Colorful Resin Earrings
By Tom & Kay Benham
Pretend plique-à-jour enamel ............................................................................................................27
Multi Technique Enameled Pendant
By Cynthia Alderdice & Lois Mansield
Combine metal clay, cloisonné, etching, stone setting, and chain making in one design ......30
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e’re proud to bring you
10 Mixed Media
Jewelry Projects
Felttassel&sIlverBraCelet
MICHElE a. FRIEDMaN
Opening Photo: HaP Sakwa
Project Photos: JOHn aMeS
a fusion of fiber and metal
I
have been designing and
skills
you
need
making jewelry since 1992.
The focus was always metal.
I had never incorporated any
color in any material in my
jewelry until I started explor-
ing the possibility of using wool
felt in my work. Whimsical and
bright, the tassels were the first
expression of my new direction.
I knew I was on a very different
path from the one I had been on
when only working with mixed
metals. Now, I combine metal-
smithing skills with an alterna-
tive color choice: wool felt.
•
sawing
•
sweat soldering
•
patina use
materials
and
tools
you
need
MaTERIalS
Silver tubing (ID 2.5mm) nine
3.5mm-3.56mm sections
TOOlS
Flux
liver-of-sulfur or other
oxidizing agent
Hard and easy sheet solder
Scotch Brite pad
2.5mm sterling mesh chain
Saw blades
220-grit sandpaper
10 sterling jump rings, tiny
(for wire)
2 sterling jump rings, small
(for bracelet ends, clasp)
Scribe
Pickle pot and pickle
Straight edge
Cutting surface
Torch with small or medium tip
Soldering surface
10 sterling jump rings, medium,
(for wires and tassels)
Sharp scissors and
rotary cutter
Soldering pick
Soldering tweezers
18- or 19-gauge sterling wire
10 sterling end cones
Nippers
Round, flat, and needle
nose pliers
Oxidizing tweezers
Copper sheet to act as heat sink
if needed
End caps
Sterling clasp
Fine square/flat needle file
Tube cutting jig
Felt sheet
Saw frame
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Saw 9 sections of tubing, each approxi-
mately 3.5mm long.
edge and cutting surface for accuracy.
Insert 2–3 paillons of easy sheet sol-
der inside each section of tubing and
heat until solder melts.
{Photo 3}
Use needle and flat nose pliers
to attach each eyepin to bracelet with
medium jump rings. Place between tubing
sections and end caps.
Sand outside of each section, leaving
inside unsanded.
Repeat for end caps. Pickle.
{Photo 4}
Attached eyepins move only
between tubing sections, not over them.
Cut about 7” of mesh chain. Snip 10 sections
of wire, each about
3
/
4
” long.
{Photo 1}
Close 10 tiny jump rings.
Solder opening of each ring against
flat end of each wire section to cre-
ate eyepins without openings.
Solder medium jump rings closed.
File one end flat on each.
Oxidize entire bracelet and cones.
With rotary cutter, cut 3
1
/
8
” wide x 1
1
/
4
“
long strips of felt for each tassel. Use straight
Slide tubing sections onto mesh chain.
Space each section equidistantly. Position
end caps on ends of chain. These compo-
nents need to fit snugly.
Rinse, let dry and strip oxidation as desired
with Scotch Brite pad.
{Photo 5}
Make tassel by placing hand-
made eyepin through top of cone. Pierce
and place felt strip on eyepin.
tIp
{Photo 2}
Sweat solder tubing and
caps to mesh as follows: Apply generous
amount of flux. Heat each segment until
solder within flows to join them to chain.
{Photo 6}
Use scribe to force felt
into cone.
n
Pay careful attention to all
parts of the piece and avoid
overheating. Try using copper
sheet to shield the piece and
act as heat sink if needed.
Pickle. Check each section and end caps
for successful soldering. Repeat until all
pieces are soldered and secured.
Leave approximately
3
⁄
8
” of wire, snip excess.
Use round nose pliers to loop end under felt
to prevent it from popping out of cone.
Solder clasp and end jump ring using
remaining 2 small jump rings.
Repeat for all cones. Trim felt with scissors
as desired.
Michele A. FriedMAn has been a self-employed metalsmith and jewelry designer since 1992.
She has exhibited jewelry lines in art, design, and craft shows all over the country and is repre-
sented by galleries nationally. E-mail: mafdesign@hotmail.com Web: www.mafdesign.blogspot.com
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paper,resIn,andperIdotpendant
embed a famous design into a pretty wearable
ElEaNORE MaCNISH
Opening Photo: JIM LawSOn
Project Photos: eLeanORe MaCnISH
the work of William Morris
since attending an exhibit
of it at the Victoria & Albert
Museum in London many years
ago. I remember just walking
though it over and over. By the
fourth or ifth walk-through,
the security guards and I just
nodded to one another — hope-
fully they didn’t think I was
“casing the joint”! Many years
later, I still love his designs and
use prints of them in much of
my work.
SKILLS you need
•
wirework
•
soldering
•
resin use
MaterIaLS and tooLS you need
MaTERIalS
EZ solder
Soldering tools:
lux, pickle, torch,
nickel (5-cent piece) to use as
soldering support, lex shaft cut-
ting disk, chamois bufing wheel,
polishing compound, level
24 gauge bezel with a wall height of
2.30mm high: Rio Grande #950274,
www.riogrande.com
30mm sterling silver bezel cup
Two part epoxy resin
14-gauge sterling wire: 6” length
Popsicle stick and clean disposable
plastic cup for mixing resin
14-gauge sterling wire jump ring
hammered lat
Sterling beaded wire: approx. 1
1
⁄
4
”
Resin:
Rio Grande Colores Resin
with Thin Hardener 1:1 ratio, www.
riogrande.com.
Paper towel
Optional tools:
ring mandrel, circle
template
TOOlS
Resin tools:
glass drinking cup,
butane lighter
TIME IT TOOk:
6mm sterling bezel cup
Hand tools:
wire nippers, round
nosed pliers, hammer, steel block
1 hour plus curing time is what it
took me. I used a premade bezel
both to cut down on time and to
make it more accessible to begin-
ners (I’d say about 2 hours if you
wanted to fabricate you own bezel).
6mm peridot cabochon
SOuRCES:
Desired image (copied onto HP
Glossy Photo Paper with HP ink
jet ink — other brands may also work)
Finishing tools:
ammonia, water
and liquid dish soap solution, soft
bristled toothbrush, oxidizer or
liver of sulfur, ile or sandpaper
Tools & Materials:
Most of the tools
and materials for this project will
be available from well stocked
jewelry supply vendors.
Glue stick or white craft glue
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