{"id":4669,"date":"2011-12-20T21:57:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T05:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:36:28","slug":"project-for-the-holidays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/project-for-the-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Project for the Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Jenny asked how I made the swirl earrings that accompanied my previous posting<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Swirls\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

If you have some free time over the holidays, here is the project. I have made it twice more, once with a combination of copper and White Bronze, and once with a combination of copper, bronze, and the new Quick-fire Steel XT<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But before I turn you loose with the project, here are a few announcements:<\/p>\n

1. A workshop in Sierra Madre, California, was added to my schedule. The dates are June 2-3, 2012. Contact: Ketarah@earthlink.net<\/a> at MASSC.<\/p>\n

2. The “architectural” intensive at my studio is full. Next intensive<\/a> is in March. Next year’s workshops will combine architectural designs with patterns of color, as shown in the photo below.<\/p>\n

\"Architectural<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Because of a scheduling conflict, Holly Gage’s teaching engagement at my studio will only include the workshop “Jewelry that Rocks<\/a>.” The dates are February 13-14.<\/p>\n

\"Green-Red<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now for the project.<\/p>\n

\"Swirls<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Cu-Br-St\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Make a disk for your extruder with a square hole, 3×3 mm. You can also use a circular hole of about the same size.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Make the stack and extrude it.<\/p>\n

\"021\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. With your fingers taper the end of the cane (the one that came out of the extruder first). Coil the cane around itself. If you used a circular hole, flatten the coil now.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. Repeat step 2. Coil the cane in the opposite direction. Do not get tempted to extrude one long cane for both earrings!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5. After drying, sand one or both sides of the coil until the pattern shows. If the earring becomes too thin, add a copper backing layer.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6. Sand the earrings into shape and size with a nail polisher.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7. Fire.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So Jenny asked how I made the swirl earrings that accompanied my previous posting. If you have some free time over the holidays, here is the project. I have made it twice more, once with a combination of copper and White Bronze, and once with a combination of copper, bronze, and the new Quick-fire Steel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9158,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669\/revisions\/9158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}