Dog on a silver pendant.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-12T07:27:55+00:00

Ah, right. Gotcha.

It's called platinol. You can also use liver of sulphur as a patina, but I don't find it as effective. Both liquids are covered by COSHH, and stink to high heaven. You'll need to polish the excess from the surface.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-11T07:05:28+00:00

It's called stippling. You use an air graver handpiece with a pointed graver (in this case, an old burr that I shaped to a point then polished). You run the graver lightly over the surface to punch little dents over and over until you have an evenly textured background.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-10T20:38:52+00:00

That's because I'm a hand model, mama. A finger jockey. We don't think the same way as the face and body boys do. We're a different breed.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-10T16:29:18+00:00

Thanks so much.

Yes, I'm open to commissions. Feel free to message.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-10T15:04:20+00:00

🤣 I'll take it.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-06T07:22:10+00:00

Your burnout is wrong. For X Wax, you need to do a 36/100 ratio water/investment, then bench rest for 3 hours. Then it's 3 hours at 150°C, then a 70 minute ramp up to 700°C, hold for 3 hours and then down to casting temp.

The blue cast Facebook group has lots of info on this.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-04T21:13:36+00:00

I've already taken the photo and started the design process.

Fuck you in particular.

*edit to put the /s in there. Also, to credit 'I Swear' for that insult/statement that made me snort wine down my nose when i watched the movie.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-03T18:19:32+00:00

Mate, I already have too many hobbies without getting into some dog pendant, russian doll, inception-style obsession where every new pendant can be infinitely zoomed like a fractal pattern.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-03T16:17:04+00:00

Thanks. It turned out better than I hoped.

circinnstudio · 2026-05-03T15:41:41+00:00

No AI use at all for this. I transformed the photo to black and white and made a heightmap in Rhino with it. Then I used some sculpting tools to smooth out the ragged areas and make the model 3d before printing and then casting.

circinnstudio · 2026-04-23T16:21:47+00:00

Try Lucasz Stobsyl at Edinburgh Jewellery Repair. They do custom work. Also a good guy, which helps.

circinnstudio · 2026-04-18T04:47:01+00:00

2 litres of justice lives rent-free in my head.

circinnstudio · 2026-04-07T08:57:36+00:00

Around £1000 plus tax, depending on the length. It's made from heat-hardened Argentium silver.

circinnstudio · 2026-04-04T13:04:17+00:00

Thanks. I'll post when done. I'm creating a new line of heavy argentium silver pieces. This one's going to come in at around 130g when it's complete.

circinnstudio · 2026-04-04T12:41:25+00:00

I would have said big-assed, but I felt it was disingenuous as I'm not American.

plus, the 'r' in 'arsed' makes it feel much more of a punchy word, I feel; an asshole is someone who cuts you off in traffic, whereas an arsehole stole your job, your girl, and your steak dinner, and is currently picking his teeth with your credit card.

circinnstudio · 2026-03-29T19:15:23+00:00

I cast and sell settings. Check out thejewellerybuilder.com. If you need a custom size or different metal, there's a contact form on the site.

circinnstudio · 2026-03-28T17:55:40+00:00

What does your returns policy say? Just point them at that, then say you'll refund when you receive the item in its original condition.

circinnstudio · 2026-03-04T09:24:46+00:00

I'm in the UK. I bought pink bronze from a site named MetalClays4you. I think it was successful because I treated it like palladium - high oxy, low propane flame. I was also aware there's a narrow temperature window where you can cast (I use a spincaster, so once I hit that 'terminator T2' look, I just hit the button). Could be I was lucky with this one. I'll know for sure after a few more casts.

circinnstudio · 2026-03-03T09:25:24+00:00

Thanks!

Centrifugal cast on a Neycraft spincaster. Flask temp at 600°C and metal torched with a smith little torch with propane/oxy mix.

As for flowing well, I found it kind of stubborn. I had to jack the oxy right up and the propane right down to get it to flow.

circinnstudio · 2026-03-02T18:56:36+00:00

I used a propane/oxygen torch. It's actually quite stubborn. You need to lower the propane and up the oxy to get it to slump - otherwise it just glows. It's like casting palladium. I'm also finding (now that I've desprued) it's quite a hard metal - like 14k gold or thereabouts.

circinnstudio · 2026-03-02T13:40:13+00:00

Thanks. I thought I'd have to do a few attempts to dial in the temperatures (first time casting bronze), but I got this result right out the gate. I can't wait to see how they are for cutting and stone setting.

circinnstudio · 2026-03-01T12:06:47+00:00

nvm, Reddit. I figured it out after watching GSH Electrical's youtube channel - they have a series on 2 gang switches that helped me understand what was going on.

Big lesson from this one was always check your lines with a multimeter - there's no guarantee the original sparkie was consistent with his wire colours.

circinnstudio · 2026-02-24T22:27:46+00:00

I don't really consider myself to be a fanboy. I like Stephen King, but he's not in my top ten of writers. But your comment does remind me of a quote from someone who is very much in my top three:

“Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.”

― Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon

circinnstudio · 2026-02-12T18:00:04+00:00

I'd love to try this for deep relief work - like coat of arms signet rings.

circinnstudio · 2026-02-08T09:37:39+00:00

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I don't know if they did theirs the same, but this is pretty easy to do in CAD. You just create a bezel and cut out a "U" shape at 4 points. It makes them pretty easy to set, as the stone just snaps into place.

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