little Silver pendant

[Mario Sarto]

This is a little pendant made of Sterling Silver. Its diameter is 31 mm. Background was removed, stippled and blackened by sulfur. It was difficult to take a photo of the front - the plate is rounded slightly.
Thank you for watching this!
Mario

 

[bronc]

Mario,
That is beautiful work. Very nicely done.

Stewart

 

[eastslope]

Hey, that is cool. You are very skilled and thanks for sharing, Seth

 

[KCSteve]

And a lovely little pendant it is!

Thanks for the side shots that show the depth.

 

[Arnaud Van Tilburgh]

Mario, very nice work. I notice you made a lot of progress.
I never tried a kind of Bulino like your bird, I will have to give it a try soon.
It ads a lot of possibilities when one can do some Bulino , bird, dog, horse etc.
So well done, and keep posting your progress.

arnaud

 

[Cloudy]

neat! What did you do around the edges of the disc iself?

 

[Mario Sarto]

...What did you do around the edges of the disc iself?

Hello Cloudy, you mean the little pearls around? Those are very simple do - you cut two lines very close, leaving a burr in the middle. Then you take a millgrain-wheel and roll it under pressure over the burr. That's it.

Thank you for your kind words, Mario.

 

[Sam]

Lovely work, Mario!

 

[Andrew Biggs]

Hi Mario

A beautiful pendant in every way

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Jim Sackett]

Mario thanks for the little perals tip. I've been playing around with a millgrain tool and wasen't sure how to do it. "Two lines close together, leave bur, run millgrain tool between them." I'm gonna try it.

Jim

 

[Mario Sarto]

... I'm gonna try it.

Hello Jim, i hope that works for you. If not, let me know - i'll post a picture. It's a really simple action.
Sam and Andrew, thank you, too!

 

[Leonardo]

I like your work very much Mario, that pendant is really beautiful!
All the best,
Leonardo.

 

[qndrgnsdd]

Mario: Nice work! To take good pictures of rounded silver objects you need to set your camera for Aperture dominant, That will allow you to use a small aperture and longer exposure, which will give you greater depth of field. this means all of the curved silver object will be in focus. Play with it it works

 

[Jim Sackett]

Gonna try using my millgrain tool!

Mario send the picture, I'm not sure the lines are close enough together. I'll try it tomorrow. Do you push the millgrain like a graver or is it better to drag it?

Jim

 

[Mario Sarto]

Hello Jim, i made a "five step" picture for you.
step one: using a compass doing a line on the surface
step two: engrave the first line inside the circuit close to the line (you can still see the line, don't you?)
step three: engrave the second line outside the circuit close to the line, you can see now the burr in the middle.
step four: take the millgrain-wheel, set it on the bur and start rolling it over the bur. You go forward and backward
step five: with more pressure onto the wheel the little pearls came out

That's all - hope it is a little help for you.

 

[Mario Sarto]

...Play with it it works

I'll practice that.

Thank you Leonardo and Owen, i am glad you like it.
Mario

 

[Kevin P.]

Very nice work; is that a type of woodpecker?
Kevin

 

[Doc Mark]

Thanks for the very clear tutorial Mario! I've never used a Millgrain tool but I thought I knew how it basically worked. Your great foto made the technique really make sense now. Thanks again,

Mark

 

[KCSteve]

I've played with them a bit and Mario's tutorial covers everything I've learned.

They're made to run along an edge so if you don't have an edge you just cut a pair of lines to make (what amounts to) an edge. When you (or at least I) use them you can feel them kind of walking along forming each little bump.

 

[Roger Keagle]

Mario

Our English is getting better, and your engraving even better...love the treatment in this work...thanks for sharing !