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Recent Posts
- ScrapHappy August 2022 – Seaglass Aug 15, 2022
- ScrapHappy Reticulation July 2022 Jul 15, 2022
- Association of Contemporary Jewellers Conference Jul 4, 2022
- ScrapHappy April 2022 Apr 15, 2022
- ScrapHappy March 2022 Mar 15, 2022
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ScrapHappy August 2022 – Seaglass
This year one of MrG’s nieces got married in Lindos, and all the family were invited. It’s one of the many events that was bumped due to the various C-19 lockdowns, and it was the first time we’d left the … Continue reading
Posted in cheeryuppy, DGDCheeryUppy, processes, ScrapHappy, silver, Tech Tip, tutorial, Uncategorized
Tagged jewellery, tools, ReuseIsBetterThanRecycle, ScrapHappy, tutorial
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ScrapHappy Reticulation July 2022
I’ve failed to document our scrappy makes recently, which is rubbish, but I did revisit reticulation this month, and reuse the smaller pieces of that… Reticulation* is where a sheet of sterling silver is heated to annealing temperature, quenched, pickled … Continue reading
Posted in #SmeltyMelty, Aquaflame,, processes, ScrapHappy, silver, Tech Tip, tutorial, Uncategorized
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Association of Contemporary Jewellers Conference
I’m a member of the ACJ and this weekend was their/our conference. It was a special conference to celebrate 25 years of the guild and they chose to hold it in Exeter, my home town so of course I bought … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, friends, geek, Law, Hallmark, Meet The Maker, Other Blogs, Uncategorized
Tagged ACJ, Conference, inspiration, Makers, ReuseIsBetterThanRecycle
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ScrapHappy April 2022
Remember this? Reusing old nails and champagne corks for setting tools? Well. I’ve found an even less effortful and scraphappy adapation*. This time I just sawed the end off an old toothbrsh – one of the flexible and soft plastic … Continue reading
Posted in cheeryuppy, DGDCheeryUppy, geek, Gems, Meet The Maker, Other Blogs, processes, ScrapHappy, Tech Tip, Uncategorized
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How did I do that? – making end caps for snake chain
Snake chain (so named because of the way it flexes) requires a wrapping at the end when it’s been cut, into which one would attach the components (known as findings) used to connect the clasp. These are commercially available, but … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, geek, Meet The Maker, processes, SciFi, Stuff I love, Tech Tip, tutorial, Uncategorized
Tagged geek, jewellery, kahpla, quapla, silver, star trek, tools
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