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Once, I worked a little number two pencil down to a nub. I had drawn many simple drawings and delightful sketches with my little yellow stick. When it finally became too small to fit in my hand, I just didn’t have the heart to throw it away. I decided to set my lucky pencil into a bezel setting and wear it as a lavish jewel. Do you have a small prized possession like my pencil and don't know what to do with it? Learn how to bezel set a small found object like a pencil, a small toy, or a simple stone into a simple setting. Of course, this is not limited to just jewelry, you can embellish an altered book cover with an interesting found object, or adorn a shrine with a devotion. You'll learn how to make your own bezels using a jeweler's torch and solder. Fight design disasters with simple planning techniques. Finish your setting with polishing and aging effects. This valued technique will help expand the possibilities of many future works of art you make.
Supply List:
- Small pair of needle-nosed pliers
- Metal file
- Tiny charms, pebbles, tiny starfish, beads for embellishing
Optional Supplies:
- A small inexpensive hand drill or metal hole punch
- Salvaged old chains or junk jewelry parts
- Small bench vise if you need an extra hand
- Small anvil or jewelers block to hammer on
- Envirotex Lite- pour on resin (found in most hobby and craft stores)
- Pipe cutter (Harbor Freight makes a Ratcheting tubing cutter which is excellent)
- Scrapbook paper or text
Materials fee includes: metal for several projects, bezels, bezel wire and the use of hand tools, wire, hardware, solder, torches, and fun little findings
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