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Raising a Bronze Pendant

25/2/2012

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No, I’ve not gone out and adopted a little orphaned pendant.  Raising is a term used to describe a metal-smithing technique whereby (typically) a flat sheet of metal is hammered to form a 3D shape. 

The classic example would be forming a bowl from a flat disc.  If you just want to take a quick look at a series of photos of this pendant in the making, click on 'read more' and skip to the bottom of this post.  If you want the gory details, read on…..

First, a bit of background.  I made a similar pendant a while ago. 
That was made out of copper, and a started with a strip of metal which I bent round and soldered to form a very large, flat, thin ring – almost like a small napkin ring.  I then formed that to give the final curved shape.  Doing it that way (soldering a ring) meant much less hammering to do.

The downside was that there was a line of silvery solder visible at the joint.  That didn’t matter, because I had the piece gold-plated, so the silver was covered up.

I used the same technique to created what I can only call the woggle.  It’s just smaller and less formed than the main part.

That wasn’t just a decorative feature:  it holds the knots at the ends of the plaited cord.


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