Botanical Shadow Box Bracelet Materials & Tools List - Europe
In addition to the tools and materials listed below you will need the following household items :
scissors, a permanent marker, two small paintbrushes - one for flux and the other for oil, a permanent marker, a blob of blu tack, and access to fresh water for quenching.
You will also need a small amount of oil (we use olive oil but any culinary oil works well)
optional saran wrap/cling film to reseal any clay you aren’t using
deionised/distilled water to rehydrate dry/cracking clay
And for torch firing you’ll need a timer (the one on your smartphone is perfect)
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Materials
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Silver Clay (20g)
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Siligum Moulding Compound
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Hard and Medium Silver Solder
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Silver Sheet (approx. 120mm x 20mm x 0.6mm/22 gauge)
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Rectangular Silver Wire (3mm x 0.5mm x approximately 350-400mm) or strips of silver sheet (6 x (0.5mm/24 gauge x 3mm x 55mm)
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Round Silver Wire (18mm x 2.5mm/10 gauge)
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Silver Tube (internal diameter 2.5mm x at least 40mm)
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9 x 10mm silver jump rings
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4 x 5mm silver jump rings
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0.6mm/ 22 gauge round wire (approximately 300mm) any sacrificial metal will do, it is just for making spacers
Tools
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Acrylic Sheet
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Cutting Mat
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Tweezers
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Plasticine
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Scalpel/Craft Knife
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A Ring Mandrel
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Playing Cards
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A Bench Peg
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A Jewellers Saw
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Saw Blades
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A Steel Block
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A Set of Needle Files
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A Pair of Snips/Side Cutters
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Flat-nosed Pliers
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A Rawhide Mallet
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A Flat File
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A Template (optional)
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Cutters (optional)
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A Mirror
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A Scribe
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Vernier Gauge/Digital Caliper
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Chenier/Tube Cutter
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A Flat Edge Graver (1mm tip)
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A Pair of Dividers
Tools for Torch Firing
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Fire Brick
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Blowtorch
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Cotter Pin
Tools for Kiln Firing
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Cotter Pin
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Kiln
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Steel Mesh
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Firing Fork
Tools for Soldering
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Flux
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Fire Brick
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Blowtorch
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Steel Tweezers
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Brass Tweezers
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Soldering Probe
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Pickling Unit
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Pickle
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Copper Tweezers
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Reverse Action Tweezers
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A Turntable
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A Cotter Pin
Tools for Polishing
In this project I recommend hand polishing with optional pendant motor polishing, and barrel polishing to finish, but use whichever polishing methods you prefer. This piece also looks great oxidised if you prefer that finish.
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Sanding Sponges
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Sanding Sticks
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Emery Paper
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White Polishing Pad
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Polishing Cloth
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A Pendant Motor
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Felt Polishing Points
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Polishing Compound
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An Ultrasonic Cleaner (optional)
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Barrel Polisher (optional)
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Stainless Steel Shot (optional)
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