Rough Roads Cuff

by Dorothy Hubbard.
(Richmond, Virginia USA)

After completing this cuff I was kind of disappointed in it for myself, but when my husband saw it he fell in love with it and wears it proudly. He gets a lot of : Man I like that or where did you get that.

So by a mistake for me it became piece of jewelry for men. This cuff started from a sketch on paper then with a piece of 22 gauge aluminum sheet metal it was born. In texturing it I had to found out how to anneal aluminum, because you know the more blows from the hammer it gets hard.

After some research I found just using plain old house hold soap as a flux did the trick. By my husband loving it some much I thought I would carry it a step higher in another design by adding chains. Another winner!

Dorothy Hubbard
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