Deryn Mentock's Jewelry Challenge Project #11: "Tin Lid Pin"

YEA!!! I have finally finished the next project, Project #11: "Tin Lid Pin", in Mary Hettmansperger's book, Wrap, Stitch, Fold & Rivet for Deryn Mentock's Summer Jewelry Challenge. It was so nice to have a few hours to sit still and create - life can get so busy, can't it?

The techniques shown in the example are:

• Forging wire
• Doing a sumac weave
• Making wire-wrapped loops
  

For the base, I used a lid from a Starbuck's beverage that I heat-treated and sanded. I then drilled a whole lot of holes in the lid - my lid was bigger than the example, so I had 37 of them!

I then found the objects for the center design of the piece and riveted them together:

• an aerator screen from a faucet - heat treated
• a mirror rosette, pounded flat and colored with alcohol ink, then riveted to the center of the piece and manipulated to resemble flower petals

Following the instructions, I threaded wire through each hole from the back that had been forged on one end, stopping the wire from pulling all the way through. Then I proceeded to weave 28-gauge wire around the piece until I was h appy with the depth of the weave. I secured the ends of the wire and pounded the piece flat, making sure to first secure the 37 wire ends on the underside of the piece with a piece of adhesive-backed copper sheet.

What resulted was a pendant/ornament that looks great hanging in my workroom window - on to the next project!

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