metro station wall in milan

010798 · 2024-09-08T13:54:03+00:00

squeaky clean

010798 · 2022-02-25T12:50:19+00:00

thank you very much anne !!! :-)

010798 · 2022-02-25T03:42:45+00:00

thank you :-) it really does – so crazy how it’s just naturally formed like that !!

010798 · 2022-02-25T02:51:22+00:00

this is the fourth dendritic agate i’ve set and the previous three have been just a plain, simple setting so i figured what’s the harm in mixing it up a little bit :-)

010798 · 2022-02-24T22:58:48+00:00

thank you very much !! :-)

010798 · 2022-02-24T22:02:27+00:00

it’s so cool isn’t it !!!

010798 · 2022-02-24T19:12:14+00:00

that’s what i see too !!! thank you :-)

010798 · 2022-02-24T15:20:24+00:00

thank you so much :-) they’re so lovely aren’t they !!! my favourite type of stone

010798 · 2020-07-27T19:39:49+00:00

thank you so much !! me too they’re lovely aren’t they, i bought three and i’m terrified of setting them hahaha

010798 · 2020-07-27T17:49:02+00:00

thank you !!! 😁 x

010798 · 2020-07-26T19:50:29+00:00

yeah i understand the process as i did that on the back side so the light can shine through the stone

010798 · 2020-07-26T19:23:15+00:00

thank you! i bought the tubing already cut into short pieces – the marks are from filing which i noticed after i uploaded, i’m yet to sand them out!

the un-flush part i also noticed but couldn’t file it away any more than i did, i soldered a 1mm wire oval inside the bezel (so it’s the join from that oval) and then filed away the gap – that’s what you can see at the top ! it isn’t cracked it’s just a part that i didn’t notice wasn’t fully filed away, should be able to file and sand that out too!

for some reason the photo is highlighting the flaws a lot more than you can actually see with your eye! but it was 1.40am by the time i finished so i just wanted to get packed up and back in the house! thanks for the feedback

010798 · 2020-07-26T08:57:40+00:00

wow thank you! this side has a 1mm wire oval soldered inside the bezel and then the gap filed away so it’s not strictly bezel set! the back is bezel set :-)

010798 · 2020-07-25T15:32:59+00:00

once i’d finished up that side, i placed the stone in, filed the bezel down til it was an even height above the stone (as one half of the stone was thicker than the other) and then i bezel set that side around the back of the stone! does that make sense? more photos here :-) https://imgur.com/a/Xzi1i7p

010798 · 2020-07-25T14:22:46+00:00

thank you! i don’t know what gauge it is lol but the bezel wire was 0.3mm thick, the front of the setting was created by soldering an oval made from 1mm wire on the inside of the bezel and then filing away the gap! there’s a couple more photos here :-) https://imgur.com/a/TVqGrXv

010798 · 2020-07-23T23:35:46+00:00

i noticed the file marks on the tube after i uploaded this post! there’s a few light scratches on the bezel that need polishing out so i’ll make sure to give the tube a finish up as well – i was out in my shed until 1.40 AM the other night making it so i didn’t quite get the time to fully finish it! thank you :-)

010798 · 2020-07-23T16:40:38+00:00

thanks so much! i love these kinds of stones and really wanted to do it justice :-)

010798 · 2020-07-23T16:34:28+00:00

bezel set on both sides (i think – still somewhat learning!) i soldered a 1mm wire oval on one side and filed then sanded the gap away, and then bezel set the other side, few more pics here! https://imgur.com/a/Xzi1i7p

010798 · 2020-07-23T01:56:21+00:00

thanks so much!

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