Well Sunday ... we went in search of Vikings. hmmm I was convinced I'd seen that there was a Viking festival on that day in Sheringham .. well we got there nice and early. no Vikings to be seen ... no adverts for Vikings... not even a small sign of a pillage in Sheringham. so we sat down and indulged our selves in a full english while we checked the internet. seems the Viking festival was actually way back in February, talk about getting the date dramatically wrong. oh well we had a nice morning out in the Dolomite an a walk down to the sea before all the holiday makers came out
and here is something I have wanted to get started on for some time, I have had the silver wire ready and waiting and the ideas in my head and finally this week I have got round to actually doing them. I have made 6 sterling silver bangles, spent the first half of the day melting lots of bits of silver into tiny silver balls for the granulation I am going to use on some of the bangles
Then once they have been soldered and hammered and shaped, the slightly tedious task of attaching the granulation
Once thats done, then on to the exciting part, beads and colours and themes, I wire wrapped the beads onto the bangles, oxidised the hamered textures and handed them to my chief polisher - the hubs, he always does such an excellent job and he loves it - bonus.
and here are the finished articles, I loved doing these - they will need hallmarking as they are over 7.78 grams each and until then, they wont be for sale unfortunately
and more details in the next few pics, the designs are quite appropriate to the coming seasons
This one is 'Fields of Heather' as the heather will soon be appearing around us in the countryside, this design is quite appropriate. It incorporates agates, mother of pearl, a dyed freshwater pearl and amethysts and its quite lovely I think you'll agree
This one is named 'Frosty Morning' adorning this bangle are tiny moonstones, teamed with silver sparkly beads and little blue and lilac flourite beads, with a slightly hammered, polished texture to the silver.
This pretty one is inspired by the recent Perseid Meteors and just titled 'Perseid' we have frosted, filigree and plain silver beads, wire wrapped around the bangle along with some freshwater pearls and a tiny Garnet to represent Mars. In among the granules decorating the bangle are tiny brass stars and a copper moon - perfect don't you think
I have to say this one is my favourite so far, this is 'In the Woods' with a tiny brass running hare, lots of different shades of green and moss agate, an imprint of a perfect tiny leaf and a representation of a piece of tree bark both created in fine silver and last but not least a small garnet in a beautiful deep red to represent the fruit and berries we start to see towards the end of the year
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