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Did you read my last post? Do you remember how I had two spare lozenge links? What’s a girl to do but to make matching earrings? Now, there were no original earrings that went with the necklace. However, the Louvre has a pair of Hercules knot earrings, where a single knot motif is suspended from…
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So I’ve been in a making-stuff slump for the past few months. The price of silver has been a downer and made me more inhibited to work on projects. But I finally found a project that inspired me. I’ve, incidentally, been going through some medication changes, and I think that’s helped, as well. But this…
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I’ve been taking a small break from all manner of projects. Too much hand sewing affects my shoulder and I was starting to feel it. I’ve been making cordials, which are (the way I’m doing it) not period, but tasty, amd don’t affect my shoulder at all. It is awakening a growing interest in brewing,…
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An Tir West War is a large SCA event that happens July 4th week near Gold Beach, Oregon. It’s at a gorgeous site in a valley surrounded by lush hills, minutes from the ocean. This year, we had a baronial encampment, and were lucky enough to be immediately adjacent to a camp with many friends…
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This is the final segment of the Byzantine Necklace. I think this was my second or third soldering project at the time, six years ago, and my first filigree. I share my failure as part of the post, because I definitely did not succeed the first time. I did eventually make a closer reproduction of…
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Historical Fine Metal Soldering Taught by Claudia Helena, MKA Jennifer Lee, seamsandsilver@gmail.com Barony of Stromgard Timeline of Sources: Pliny the Elder: Natural History, written 77-79 CE Theophilus: On Divers Arts, written 1120 CE Benvenuto Cellini: Treatises of Ben. Cellini on Goldsmithing and Sculpture, published 1568 CE What the Sources Say: Natural History: “The [solder] is…
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This was originally posted on Blogger in January of 2020. Reposted here with the same photos and some slightly tweaked text. So I want to show you two ways of finishing your necklace, both valid. A basic hook and eye, made cold with just pliers, is readily documented to Roman occupied regions from at least…
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Originally pasted on Blogger January of 2020. This post uses the same photos, the text has minor updates. I found this necklace on The Met’s Pinterest page, and several more, similar ones, from various sources. It’s a relatively easy thing to make (except the clasp; this particular one is a lovely piece that involves some…
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So my next jewelry project is a big undertaking. I want to make my own strip twist wire, and then turn that into a Hercules knot necklace (and redo my old Hercules knot necklace, which I did incorrectly the first time.) Strip twist wire is how wire was made in Rome, and everywhere else for…
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I learned how to do the magic hem from the internet a million years ago, but I’m doing my own post on it because I personally think that there cannot be too many sources on the subject. I have no idea who started this technique, or when. I’m absolutely not claiming that it’s in any…
