Marriage Made in Heaven
by Elizabeth Reid.
(Rockville, MD)
I consider myself an “intermediate” jewelry maker and love learning new techniques.
Recently I did some broom straw casting and love the unexpected and beautiful results.
I had a beautiful seraphinite cabochon that I had been waiting for an inspiration for its use
Taking a piece of the casting and placing it against the seraphinite struck me as a marriage made in heaven and I presented my idea to my mentor who encourage me to proceed.
I bezel set the cabochon first and then undercut the casting and riveted the casting to a piece of the bezel backing.
Then I used a length of Double Viking Knit w/28 Ga Fine Silver to suspend this truly One of a Kind piece from
Elizabeth Reid
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