So I have been obsessed with soldering lately. Actually, I've been obsessed with figuring out how to solder correctly. Apparently you need a soldering iron that actually gets hot enough (seriously?) I ordered some one inch square glass pieces online and they are a great thickness (2 mm) and give a lot more weight to the pendant.
These two photos are the same pendant, front and back. Notice the lumpy soldering job (I'll call it an artistic decision and pretend it's supposed to be lumpy. We'll call it "texture", thanks.) One side is cut from the queen of hearts card from a very old deck of bicycle cards and the "S" on the other side is from a vintage dominos advertisement. It think the vintage ad sheet came from Marco's? Or maybe The Queen's Ink. Not sure.
I've been wanting to try this because I have all kinds of ideas for it - I'm going to make Christmas ornaments using vintage Christmas postal stamps and papers, I want to try making a suncatcher with a photograph printed on transparency in between the glass and I want to see what other fun stuff I can come up with. I'll make sure to keep posting the results!
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Why must you continue to tease me with things that burn stuff up? I want to play too...
I miss you! How cool is soldering?? Glad to hear you are in flux. :::groan::: Love, Love the necklaces!!!
-Amy
OMG -- Is that my Christmas present? How cool are you to do that for me!! ;) LOVE it! I soldered once with my dad ... OK, technically, my dad came running to the garage after he smelled it, but it was sorta, kinda with him, right?
Hi - Those are really neat looking! What are great inspiration for Christmas presents...I'm new at jewerly making: Is it made of two pieces of glass with the picture sandwitched between? What did you use to wrap around the glass? Did you learn to make this from a website or book (I hope!), Any help is much appreciated.
Thanks! There are two pieces of 2mm thick glass with the two images between. You wrap the glass around in copper tape then solder it.
I didn't really learn it from anywhere, I just saw a lot of soldered pieces out there and had purchased a few stained glass soldered pendants from an artist online. I really liked the look but wanted something beside stained glass and thought I'd try it (I knew basic soldering techniques already.) But you can definitely find info online by Googling "Solder jewelry" and adding "collage" or "glass" to the search as well to refine it.
Good luck and have fun! :)
Thanks!
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