Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Simple Links of Sterling Silver

This little Sterling Silver Bracelet is simple but effective and feels great to wear. I have again used a medium gauge wire, made the links, forged them with a jewellers hammer and hand polished the finished piece. 

All my pieces are finished and polished by hand. I don't have any mains power where I live. I get all my electricity from a Solar Array, a battery bank that stores the power and an inverter that inverts the power from 24 volt to 240 volt. I haven't been able to find any energy efficient tools to help me make the finishing (filing, polishing etc) of my pieces any easier so I do it all by hand. I think being less mechanized  gives me a stronger connection and affinity with my creations. This piece is also featured at the Candlenut Gallery in Port Douglas.

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