Posts Tagged ‘bracelet’

Coin Bracelet Fixer Upper

Monday, June 8th, 2009

Yay!!! Double Yay in fact!

New post, with photo’s which are a huge improvement on the previous photos :-) I can’t say that they are anywhere near as good as Shahar’s photos are - but since I can’t do a daily run to have my work photographed by a professional photographer these make me really happy.

Enough blah blah - lets get down to what really matters now

Clients Bracelet set with ancient coins

Clients Bracelet set with ancient coins

A client brought me this bracelet to reset the coin on the left. to the left of it is the original setting, that the coin popped out of, and it was similar to the one on the left, that still is holding the coin.

My client didn’t like the original look, of the bezel hugging the coin, because since the coin wasn’t round - the bezel wasn’t either and that bothered her. I actually like that look for this kind of work, but since its not my bracelet, I tried to come up with something else for her. Knowing that she likes the work I do, I decided to add some of my own personal style into the bracelet, which is not something that I would always do.

Coin and base for new setting

Coin and base for new setting

This is my starting point - the ring that will surround the coin. It doesn’t touch the coin at all points, but only at some points. because I used my dots as the claws in the setting, and they are rather large, they made up for the space, but leave it visible which allows you to see the ring in its entirety, including it uneven edges.

one side of the setting

one side of the setting

The front and back of the coin don’t look exactly the same, but that is fine as far as I am concerned and fitting for this beautiful and uneven coin.

Other side of setting

Other side of setting