Breed Specific Jewelry...the art of Silver Smithing
our hand crafted sterling silver jewelry begins as an idea, sketch and raw materials like these:
And become a beautiful perfect jewelry piece such as this:
Intricate designs and finite details require years of experience & practice along with extreme patience.
This dog ear applied to the proper gauge of silver is cut utilizing very fine saw blades and driling holes.
The extremely fine bleades can be the size of hairs and there is absolutely no room for error - or the peice becomes intant scrap silver.
The piece is soldered together using an acetylene torch, flux and solder.
Once all the firescale is removed, artistic etch can bring out even more intricate coat detail where muscle tone or hair flow needs to be shown.
The jewelry piece is then oxydized to sharpen those details giving it depth. And then another final buffing and polishing process is necessary to finish the piece.
And become a beautiful perfect jewelry piece such as this:
Intricate designs and finite details require years of experience & practice along with extreme patience.
This dog ear applied to the proper gauge of silver is cut utilizing very fine saw blades and driling holes.
The extremely fine bleades can be the size of hairs and there is absolutely no room for error - or the peice becomes intant scrap silver.
The piece is soldered together using an acetylene torch, flux and solder.
Once all the firescale is removed, artistic etch can bring out even more intricate coat detail where muscle tone or hair flow needs to be shown.
The jewelry piece is then oxydized to sharpen those details giving it depth. And then another final buffing and polishing process is necessary to finish the piece.
Samples of just some of the fun dogs breeds we've created for
Vizsla
Cardigan
(some of the photos are prior to final etching and oxydation.)
corgi
ridgeback
huskie
huskie
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