When I started making the soldered charms, my friend Sally sent me pictures of some charms she had bought at a craft show with lace embedded between the glass. What a great idea! Now that my elbow is getting better I was able to play around with making a few more charms. I'm getting the hang of the soldering, but still am struggling to cut the glass straight and get the jump rings on top. I just bought a little "jewelers hand" gizmo that hopefully will help make doing the jump rings easier.I experimented with making made several charms with little dangles underneath.
For my friend's birthday, I made her this simple little charm on a silver chain:
And since chains are so popular right now, I also made her a longer chain with a couple of charms on one side and some silver loops on the other side.
3 comments:
These are beautiful Karen! Very interested in the "soldered charm" movement and appreciate your progress!
Please can you help me, I’m soooo frustrated. I’ve made the pendant but can’t get a jump ring to stick!,,,
It can be tricky. I use a jeweler's hand like this to help me with holding the ring:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000RB38X8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B000RB38X8&linkCode=as2&tag=clevkare-20&linkId=be726341f7df55e66b0fbc27476b7ba0
Be sure to use flux and a large dot of solder and use the jeweler's hand to hold the ring in place until it sticks.
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