Count Down Fun! 5! Part 1

Here's a quick sneak peak at one of our new Fern Pendants!

Sterling Silver and Bronze.

The stream pebble is set in a Sterling step bezel, and then coated* so it is "wet".

The Christmas Fern is cast in Everdur, my favorite of all metals, a Silicon Bronze alloy used for sculptural work and jewelry.  It's a lovely metal!

Keep an eye on this Hummingbird Vine! 

Ipomoea guamoclit

Also known as Cyprus Vine or Star Glory.

I'm going to try an experiment with today's Count Down!  If I have a chance I'll post updates as the day progresses, instead of trying to catch up tomorrow.  Lets see how it goes . . .

*We get the "wet" look on the pebble by using the nastiest cheapest clear fingernail polish from Wally's World!  We also use it to coat the Silicon Bronze so that it won't oxidize over the years.  We have some Silicon Bronze Earrings that we made 20-some years ago that where treated this way after being heat coloured.  They still look as good as they did when we made them.  So we know this coating is good for at least 20 years!

Oh, the Hummingbird Vine bloom?  You'll just have to wait and see!

The Fern flask is going into the preheated kiln now.  If all goes well I should be casting around 8 or 9 tonight.  A little later that I would normally prefer, but not too late.