Pearl Blossom Ring
Materials & Tools List - USA
In addition to the tools and materials listed below you will need the following household items :
secateurs or scissors to cut up your twigs
a small amount of oil and a paintbrush for making your moulds (we use olive oil but any culinary oil works well)
double-sided tape, a permanent marker and baking parchment/greaseproof paper for when you dry your ring on the mandrel
optional saran wrap/cling film to reseal any clay you aren’t using
deionised/distilled water to rehydrate dry/cracking clay
For torch firing you’ll need a timer (the one on your smartphone is perfect)
and a piece of card, a blob of blu tack, and a broken saw blade for setting the pearls.
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Materials
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Silver Clay
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Hard Silver, Medium, and Easy (optional) Silver Solder
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Siligum Moulding Compound
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Silver Sheet (approx. 20mm x 45mm x 0.4mm/26 gauge)
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Round Silver Wire (100mm x 0.6mm/22 gauge)
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Round Silver Wire (100mm x 0.8mm/20 gauge or the same size as the holes in your half-drilled pearls)
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3 x 5.5mm half drilled round pearls
Tools
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Acrylic Sheet
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Acrylic Roller
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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 Vice
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A Ring Mandrel and Sizer
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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 Riveting Hammer
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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 Doming/Dapping Block
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A Rawhide Mallet
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A Drill Bit (0.8mm or the same diameter as your round wire and drill holes in your pearls)
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A Centre Punch
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A Half-Round File
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A Pendant Motor
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A Ring Clamp
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a cup burr (0.8-1.2mm)
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Araldite Glue
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A Pusher
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
Tools for Polishing
Hand polishing: This ring can be hand-polished with sanding sponges, sanding sticks, polishing pads and a polishing cloth
Pendant Motor Polishing: To polish with a pendant motor you will need a polishing motor, sanding barrels, radial discs, felt polishing points, and polishing compound. An ultrasonic cleaner is useful for removing residual polishing compound, but hot soapy water works too.
Barrel Polishing: Barrel polishing is recommended, but not essential for this piece. To barrel polish you will need a barrel polisher, stainless steel shot and barrel polishing compound, or at a pinch, a tiny amount of washing up liquid.
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Sanding Sponges
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Sanding Sticks
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White Polishing Pad
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Polishing Cloth
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A Pendant Motor
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Sanding Barrels
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Radial Wheels
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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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