Hand maded work

Work for 2014

This is a custom pendant 14k made for someone who's nickname is bookworm

My sketch & my work.

In order to achieve a greater engraved depth and more 3D effect I start out making a lost wax casting and then doing the final gravure work with diamond and carbide rotary air tools. I generally work in nicr or cocr and then hand polish. The "gun" itself fires a commercially available blank although most of my work is collected for display....and yes these metals are VERY hard.

vine on 3" case knife with dental bur only background