New Rhodonite pendant.

I'm in the middle of making some new pieces for my website, hearts of brass.

 www.heartsofbrass.co.uk

I'm trying to use up some gemstones that i seem to have collected over time, and never put to good use. The big smoky quartz is one of my favourites, i'm not to sure what i'm going to make with it yet. 

These gorgeous pink stones are, Rhodonite.  I love the pink mixed

with the black. The picture makes them look a lot bigger than what they are.  I was going to make rings out of them, but that's all i seem to making these days. So i decided on a pendant. 

 I don't use bezel to set the stone, i always find it too flimsy to work with. 
I use 0.70mm sheet sterling silver, the same as the the pendant background. The silver is lightly hammered, i like this effect when polished up. 

I added another piece of hammered silver to the top of the pendant. Just so there was a bit of movement. All the jump rings are soldered, i do this with all my jewellery. There is nothing worse than losing bits off your jewellery.

And this is the finished result, still needs a bit more polishing. This one isn't on my website yet. If you interested in buying one you can contact me lorna_luv@hotmail.co.uk

NEW RINGS

I've been busy making some new rings for my website.  These ones have just been put on today. The others will be filed and polished, then added over the next couple of days. 

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/products/handmade-sterling-silver-brazilian-brandy-citrine-skinny-ring

This is another skinny ring for my collection, i have quite a few skinny/knuckle rings now. It can be worn with plain stackers, i will be adding plain ones for sale. 

The gemstone is Brazilian brandy citrine, a lovely colour for summer holidays.

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/products/handmade-sterling-silver-and-garnet-skinny-ring

I also do the  same ring with a garnet gemstone, above.  Both these rings sell for just £12.99.

My next ring is a sterling silver band, with a solid brass center. 

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/products/handmdade-sterling-silver-band-with-brass

This is made from sterling silver D wire, 2.30mm by 1.50mm. 

The picture doesn't do it justice. It's quite hard to get a good picture of polished brass. The colour always comes out different. I have added child and adult sizes to this ring. So sizes start from B through to U. This ring is £14.99

Handmade double brass heart ring

I've been busy in my work room again. I've been making a hammered band ring with two small brass hearts.  This is the end result. It's on sale for £22.99, any size.

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/products/handmade-double-brass-heart-band-ring

It's made from sheet sterling silver, 0.7mm thickness. The finish is left matt, i thought it looked better this way. I can polish it for any of my customers if that's what they prefer. 

The hearts are cut out of sheet brass. I know most people use a piercing saw, but i'm a bit lazy.  :)  Because the brass is soft, i managed to use my metal snips. With the hearts been just over 0.5 cms in height, it wasn't easy to file them.  I often do my hand filing whilst watching the television, so they fell down the side of the sofa more than once!

I lightly hammered the sterling silver band, then soldered the hearts on. I was going to do just one heart, but opted for two.  I may still do an option where you can chose if you want one heart or two. 

I use a very fine sandpaper to polish the scratches out of the brass. It's a wet and dry sandpaper, mechanics use it on fine car scratches. 

I would normally polish up hammered sterling silver, but i prefered this one left matt.

The ring is now for sale on my website from today

 http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/  

I hope you can find the time to take a look at my work.  I would welcome any feedback or comments.  :)

Handmade skinny and knuckle rings

I've made quite a few skinny rings now, here are some links to them. This one is made from 1.5mm by 1.5mm sterling silver square wire. I sell this one for £15.50

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/products/handmade-sterling-silver-skinny-ring

This next ring, was one of my first gemstone rings. It has a real garnet cabochon on it. This sells for £12.50. I have made this in Brazilian citrine which is a lovely shade of yellow. I haven't added it to my website yet. 

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/products/handmade-sterling-silver-and-garnet-skinny-ring

I have two types of daisy skinny rings. They come in copper and brass. There were meant to be children's rings, but i added adult sizes as well. They look good with two worn together like in the picture. These are only £5.99 each. 

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/products/handmade-sterling-silver-copper-daisy-ring

This next ring, is a simple cross skinny ring.  I have done this one lightly hammered for one of my customers. It is £15.50. 

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/products/handmade-sterling-silver-skinny-cross-ring

I do the next ring as a set. It's a small copper heart skinny ring, and a plain one. These are a good buy at £12.50 for a set of rings. The copper goes really well with the sterling silver. I can do the copper heart polished or matt finish. 

http://www.heartsofbrass.co.uk/products/sterling-silver-skinny-ring-with-tiny-copper-heart

I will be adding new rings and jewellery all the time so please keep looking. :)

If anyone has any ideas, please leave a comment for me. I like to get constructive feedback.