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