Thursday 26th February, 2015

Today I soldered the Wire onto the bases of the ring shanks then cleaned them up and placed them in the barrel polisher for about an hour.

I also had a go at making the earring back tops but was having difficulty in making them anything elaborate like I wanted to inspired by the gates at Erddig, unfortunately I couldn't using the workshops the week after so I made the bases simplified with too swirls on each side,
On the night I decided to finish the paper elements of the rings which took a few hours, I tried to cut neatly and decided the tracing paper was the best contender when I experimented with different papers. It looked neater and more ghostly, I enjoyed their ethereal look.

Wednesday 25th February, 2015

Today I finished polishing my ring shanks using wet and dry paper in all grades from 400- 1200 and wrapped them up ready to solder the wire on  tomorrow.

Tuesday 24th February, 2015

Today I couldn't find a tap and dye tool small enough for the wire I wanted to use on my rings so I had to unfortunately change my design idea. I thought about using a similar method to an earring back and consulted Julie about the idea and she told me how they work.

In the afternoon we went to Erddig to look around the inside of the building and so they could find out about our display arrangements. The visit was confusing as I wasn't sure where my work would go but once we got back to university we were told to arrange photos, display ideas and cabinets and send the information to Erddig.

Monday 23rd Febuary, 2015

Today I began making my ring shanks with the square silver wire(3mm) I decided to go down a square ring shank and a 2 finger ring shank.

 

16th-20th Febuary

Unfortunately I was ill this week but I tried to do some research for my contextual file.

Friday 13th February, 2015

Today I carried on finishing the rings up and I also drawn and designed my final piece in my sketchbook and bought my silver once I knew the shape I wanted to make and the width of the wire, comparing prices on cooksongold.

Thursday 12th February, 2015

Today I played around with different shapes using square copper wire.

I really liked the chunky brass ring I made except from the fact it was tougher to solder completely without gaps.