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February 15, 2010
antimony valentine
by sven at 7:00 am
For Valentine's Day this year I made Gretchin an "Antimony" necklace.
Our favorite online comic lately has been Gunnerkrigg Court. The main character's name is Antimony ("Annie"), and she wears a necklace like the one I made.
The necklace is made from nine pieces of stainless steel. I cut, milled, bent, brazed, dremeled, and filed the thing into being… Including that ring at the top, which required building a special jig.
I'm really excited by this project — it's the first time I've actually made a piece of metal jewelry from scratch… It brought together a lot of self-taught metal-working skills from the past few years.
posted by sven | February 15, 2010 7:00 AM | comments (8) | categories: other art
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so amazing! :D
Posted by: gl. at February 15, 2010 9:44 AM
Wow!
Posted by: Shelley Noble at February 15, 2010 12:06 PM
Top quality metal working Sven.
Posted by: Andy from Workshopshed at February 16, 2010 4:12 AM
So very cool! I may have to commission something from you for Juli at some point :)
Posted by: ubatuber at February 16, 2010 1:05 PM
a) Yay!
b) Thanks!
c) Gosh, thanks!
d) Thanks — and we can talk. ;)
Posted by: sven at February 16, 2010 10:52 PM
Love is Grand!
jriggityPosted by: justin at February 17, 2010 12:15 PM
Wow, that's really beautiful(and romantic!) I can't believe it. I wish I had half your skill in metallurgy. How long did it take to create? Do you think you could make more if you used a mould?
Posted by: Reynardine at March 6, 2010 12:04 AM
Thank you, Reynardine! The pendant took about 8 hours to make. I think it would be possible to make more of these using a mould… Unfortunately, at this point I only know how to do castings in plastic — not metal.
I keep thinking how great it would be to make a second Antimony necklace for the Siddell household, in gratitude for such a fine story…
I doubt this is going to be possible anytime too soon — but I do keep thinking about it…
Best wishes, Sven
Posted by: sven at March 7, 2010 10:24 PM