Constructed, cold joined
Sterling silver, fine silver, paua shell
L 19 cm x W 1.5 cm
I have lots of supplies left over from my classes at Haliburton, which I’ve decided I will not be using next year. The cabs I ordered were a huge disappointment, with widely variant thicknesses. In particular, the green paua shell cabs were paper thin, making them virtually useless for wrapping. Basically, they can be pressed into something else, like maybe polymer clay, glued into a pre-manufactured setting or as part of some other craft item. Unfortunately, by the time I got them, it was too late to send them back to the supplier and order something different: the supplier wouldn’t have been able to give me anything else in any case, because I had already cleaned out the stock she had. The students who had to work with these cabs did admirably, but we had to change the project to make it work. Oh well, lesson learned. I’ll use a different supplier next year and put the remainder up for sale as a destash on Etsy to see if I can recoup any money that way.
The blue pauas were meant to be used for rings, but again, the thickness (while much better than the green) was an issue. They are actually quite pretty, so I may try to make something out of some them.
The first go is this variation on my Art Nouveau Bangle, which uses four wires instead of eight. It ends up being a very dainty looking piece.
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