Posted 7 years ago
kyratango
(439 items)
I'm not a jeweller, halas...
So, this is really not a professional mounting! :-D
I ordered an oval 925 silver mount only convenient for the opal length.
The side gaps were filled with polymer clay, leaving open back, opal was pressed in, then I "dressed" the sides with spare little diamonds embeded in the clay. I removed all exceeding clay and carefully removed the opal before baking in oven at 110°C for 15 minutes.
Once cold, the opal was replaced and secured with superglue applied with a toothpick at back.
An antique paste removable spare bail from my "in case of" box was added and the hugie is now hanging from a rubber necklace at my neck :-)
kyratangoed pascale the super
opal dream dangles from your silken form
berlovely !!!!!!!!
Beautiful
Wow! You did an amazing job! Just gorgeous!
Thanks, thanks, THANKS for all these sweet comments, Malkey, Jean and Betweenthelens, and for being so prompt to love my "bricolage" ;-))
Amazing and beautiful Pascale as always!
Gorgeous!!
Very good apprentice I could say, you going there very fast, lol
Nice job again.......;-)
Fantastic Kryatisation!!! You are truly a magician when it comes to repairing jewelry!
Oh I love opals and you worked your magic again :-) xo
Jenni, Mrstyndall, thank you for your always encouraging comments! love back to you :-)
Alan! Thanks! I'm not sure if an apprentice would use putty tacs for stone mounting, lol ;-)))
Scott! you're always so enthousiastic about my kyratisations, thanks a lot :-D
Mani, so kind comment from the true angel you are! Thank you XO XO XO
Mary, thank you, not being able to create a conventional setting, I have to be creative in my "bricolages" ;-)
This polymer clay is a providence for that...
Adele, Fortapache, Tigra, Aura, Phil, Mike, Vetraio, Lisa, warm thanks for your lovely visit!
Wow Pascale! Such a lovely result, you amaze me with your thinking outside the square for your restorations......well done:-) )
Genius Pascale!
Judy, thanks! Thinking outside the square is the only way to fix things you don't have the possibility to do in conventional manner...
Call it the "Mac Giver's way", lol!
Mary, thank you, glad to bring you a trick for using the "quite not the exact fit" ;-)
Jewels1900, you're too kind... it is only a "bricolage"! Thank you for your compliment!!!
I love it. You have quite a taste!!