Due to the flood I've been taking a few weeks off to get things back together. I decided to start with a copper piece to get back into my flow. This is the first piece I did. This one hasn't been tarnished yet, but this is how it looks so far.
Here's the finished product
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| Photo Credit - Renee Sosanna Olson |
I started with a base weave on 6 wires and wrapped them around the tear drop shaped stone.
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Photo Credit - Renee Sosanna Olson
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Next I joined the top together and circled the back to create the frame. Using the weaving wire I created the bail by using a simple figure eight weave.
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Photo Credit - Renee Sosanna Olson
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Once the bail wires reach the back I pulled them around to continue to access the front of the piece.
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Photo Credit - Renee Sosanna Olson
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Here the bail wires are woven with a three three pattern and then attached to the front frame of the piece.
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Photo Credit - Renee Sosanna Olson
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The second set of wires are also woven with that same three three pattern and attached to the frame.
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Photo Credit - Renee Sosanna Olson
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This photo shows the back of the piece where the stone is framed in as well as the spirals I created along the opposite side of the stone.
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And the finished piece. I still need to tarnish the copper. I'll be doing a video of that for the blog a bit later.
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Photo Credit - Renee Sosanna Olson
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Photo Credit - Renee Sosanna Olson
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Photo Credit - Renee Sosanna Olson
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