This pendant presented a host of problems. There were some trial and error pieces before the above came about.
I put two pieces of Faux Bone together with double-sided tape and sanded the top side and bottom to remove the shiny surface, (the top is 1/16" and the bottom is 1/8"). I turned the bottom side up and using a circle template, and a 5 mm lead pencil, I drew the outer circle and then the inner one, making a washer shape. Then I roughly divided the washer into uneven thirds. I wanted the end result to have three segments of unequal size in length.
To keep from smearing the drawing during sawing, I sprayed it with PYM II.
I sawed out the outer circle, filed away the saw marks, keeping the sides straight up and down, and then separated the two pieces.
I drilled an access hole for the saw blade into the inner circle and sawed this out. Then I sawed out the segments. I wanted a gap between each segment, so these had to have a bit sawn off one end. Then removed the saw marks and sanded the top of the segments. I roughly reassembled the segments and colored them with different colored alcohol inks. The inner edges were colored gold using a gold leaf pen. I also colored the inside of the bottom disc and drilled a hole in the center with a No.67 drill bit for the 20 gauge wire which will form the post for the half-drilled Swarovski pearl.
The bail. Previously, I had to figure out how to make a bail for the pendant. After fiddling around with this and that, here is what I came up with:
A short, bent piece of 1/8" outside diameter copper tube held by two 20 gauge wire staples, ends riveted on the other side.
Now to assemble the pendant. Each segment piece was attached, one at time, with 20 gauge wire rivets, done on at a time. To hold a segment in place while drilling and riveting, I used the Speetog plier/clamp. These can be hard to find, but anyone can make a serviceable plier by purchasing a mini vise-grip or similar plier and padding the jaws with strips of leather held on with super glue.
Once the segments were attached, the pearl was placed on its post with one small drop of super glue. Oops! I'm not supposed to say "g__e." I'm supposed to say something like "Industrial Strength Adhesive."
Then, lastly the outer edge was colored as the inner edges were.
Something a little different coming next weekend. Still more Faux Bone and Alcohol inks and half-drilled Swarovski pearls. Stay tuned.
