New wide silver bangle

[galadryl]

Received a customer order from a sweet lady from Missouri: a wide textured sterling silver bangle.
I wasn' t too keen on the order cos using a rolling mill (specially my moody rolling mill) with silver, you really only have the one shot to make it right.

ok...

Once upon a time there was an innocent 20 mm wide sterling silver strip



It was annealed and textured with a rolling mill.



afterwards given a round form



after lots of cursing and sawing it was soldered



I am quite proud of the seem



off into the tumbler for a couple of hours



The end of the story was a pleased customer who bought it straight away

How about that for a jewelry artisan`s bed time story

[violetmoonnl]

Something to dream about, I can imagine she bought it right away.

[gbobmi]

Oooh! Right up my alley, Sylvia! Gorgeous bracelet and thank you for sharing your process! I loves me some silver...

[rocknwow]

Yep, lining up a wide bangle seem is not easy...that's why most bangles become cuffs. Then you have the added pressure of wasting a lot of silver if it doesn't quite mesh...nice work...glad it sold too.

[Michele]

Love seeing the creative process of one of your gorgeous bangles. Lucky lady.

[lotty64]

Beautiful work as always.

[koolbraider]

No wonder your customer bought it. And taking pics of each step helps us to understand how these are made. (Ain't gonna ask about which particular curse words were used in the making.)

[caeterle]

That's a wonderful bedtime story all the way!

[galadryl]

Thx Cat

[Loki]

Love it. You always make the most wonderful cuffs and bangles.

[galadryl]

Thank you so much, Loki (blushing here)

[gabysayer]

I loved your story, Galadryl! I get easily frustrated when soldering so seeing you successfully achieved a beautiful piece gives me hope Thanks for sharing

[galadryl]

Thank you, Gaby. I guess we all get frustrated from time to time then the success is that much sweeter when it does work out, isn't it