{"id":5597,"date":"2012-09-24T15:45:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-24T23:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/?p=5597"},"modified":"2023-02-22T14:36:26","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T22:36:26","slug":"golden-threads-free-project-for-brilliant-bronze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/24\/golden-threads-free-project-for-brilliant-bronze\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Threads – Free Project for Brilliant Bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"

You will need a clay extruder, a disc with the smallest round hole, and a cylinder mold, such as a dowel or a mandrel.<\/p>\n

1. Set the cylinder on your work surface. Fill the extruder with a chunk of Brilliant Bronze. Start extruding the wire, using a circular motion, to wrap the the wire around the mold.<\/p>\n

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

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

2. Continue until you are satisfied with the thickness of the wrap. Be sure that the wire ends at the beginning of the wrap.<\/p>\n

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

3. You can remove the mold immediately and let the wrap dry.<\/p>\n

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

or: use a second mold for the second earring, and let the wraps dry around the molds.<\/p>\n

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

4. Optional: If you don’t want the back of the earrings flattened, once the wire is dry turn it over, insert the mold in the center, and wrap-extrude some more wire on the other side.<\/p>\n

5. Cut a narrow strip, 2 cards thick.<\/p>\n

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

6. Fold the strip around the top of the earrings and join its end.<\/p>\n

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

7. With nail scissors, cut away the excess from the strip. Dry.<\/p>\n

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

7. Drill a hole in the part of the strip that sticks up.<\/p>\n

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

8. Fire about 6-8 degrees below mid-fire schedule.<\/p>\n

9. To finish, tumble the earrings. Then sand the strip with 220-, 400- and 600-grit sandpaper and polish with rouge. (See finishing instructions in the document entitled “Finishing Fired Metal Clay<\/a>“, linked on the right-hand panel of this blog.)<\/p>\n

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

The ear wires are gold filled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You will need a clay extruder, a disc with the smallest round hole, and a cylinder mold, such as a dowel or a mandrel. 1. Set the cylinder on your work surface. Fill the extruder with a chunk of Brilliant Bronze. Start extruding the wire, using a circular motion, to wrap the the wire around […]<\/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\/5597"}],"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=5597"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9412,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5597\/revisions\/9412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/artinsilver.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}