Tag: art

• A little aluminum vs. sterling experiment

    I did a little experiment a couple of days ago in my own facebook   https://www.facebook.com/NiciArt/  and a metalsmithing group I belong to that is also in facebook . My posting there asked the question ” which is which ? ”  What guitar pick is made of sterling and what is the aluminum . Just […]

  nicilaskin

  August 9, 2018

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  aluminum, art, artist, guitar, guitar pick, handmade, music, plectrum, sterling

• Flower Ring with Amber

  the prongs get pushed with a bezel pusher over the stone finished ring with the bangle I made too well actually I made the bangle first a couple of days ago , but I wanted a ring too hope you like it

  nicilaskin

  October 4, 2015

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  amber, amber jewelry, amber ring, art, handmade jewelry, how to make jewelry, jewelry making, jewelry tutorials, ring, tutorials

• Dainty bird necklace by Nici Laskin

  [shopify product=http://metalopiajewelry.com/products/dainty-bird-necklace-by-nici-laskin]

  nicilaskin

  September 11, 2015

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  art, bird, cute, handmade jewelry

• guitar bypass ring

  made this today – gold bypass ring in shape of a guitar I started with a mock up in bronze ( much cheaper ) 20 gauge ( 0.8mm thick ) is what I use i bronze or gold as I have a hard time bending things by hand with those 2 metals 18 gauge ( […]

  nicilaskin

  August 31, 2015

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  art, guitar, guitar ring, guitarhero, handmade jewelry, how to, how to make jewelry, metal smithing, metal tutorials, metal work, metalwork, metalworking, nicilaskin, silver smith, silver smithing, smithing, tutorial, tutorials

• Silver cross and blue Topaz necklace

  Just playing around with metal I started out with some sketches I always use scratch paper for the initial sketches and when i like the design I will trace the design onto a piece of label paper . label paper has already ” glue ” added to one side soI do not need to glue […]

  nicilaskin

  August 27, 2015

  pendant

  art, blue topaz, bracelet tutorial, handmade jewelry, hot, how to, how to make jewelry, jewelry making, metal smithing, metal tutorials, metalwork, metalworking, nicilaskin, silver cross, silver smith

• Sterling Silver Flower Pendant with Black Onyx

  This sterling silver flower necklace was sawed and constructed entirely by hand from 18 gauge sterling silver and features a genuine black onyx stone in the center to complete the botanical statement. Embodying the organic flow and rhythm of a flower shape, the outer pedals were sawed as one continuous shape from the flat sheet […]

  nicilaskin

  July 26, 2015

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  art, flower pendant, flower ring, handmade, handmade jewelry, how to, how to make a bracelet, how to make jewelry, metalworking, nicilaskin, silver smith, smithing

• copper guitar pick

  [shopify product=http://metalopiajewelry.com/products/copper-guitar-pick-1]

  nicilaskin

  July 15, 2015

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  art, bracelet tutorial, guitar, guitar pick, handmade jewelry, metal, metal smithing, smithing

• Boho Rings

  I was procrastinating today a bit and those 2 rings are the results I am actually supposed to work on fathers day orders but for some reason I got side tracked i used galery wire for the so called bezel setting wrapped once around the stone tightly to make the setting soldered the ends together […]

  nicilaskin

  July 12, 2015

  rings

  art, bear, boho chic, gemstone rings, handmade, large stone rings, metal art, metalsmithing, metalworking, rings, turquoise

• fresh from the bench – small cross with peridot

  dainty cross charm with Peridot I love peridots , they are with sapphires and garnets one of my favorite stones . The vibrant green always reminds me of spring and nature and fresh mowed grass . drew on some 18 gauge sterling sheet I used a template made from plastic as I am not so […]

  nicilaskin

  March 21, 2015

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  art, cross, cross pendant, easter, handmade jewelry, jewelry tutorials, metal tutorials, metalwork, peridot

• fresh from the bench – started a new collection in my shop

  fresh from the bench – made a butterfly today I added a green Peridot drawing the butterfly on sterling silver I cut it out with a small jewelry saw soldered a bezel cup onto the wing cleaned it up a bit added some doodles/texture cleaned it up a bit again added patina to make the […]

  nicilaskin

  March 19, 2015

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  art, butterfly, butterfly art, butterfly jewelry, butterfly ring, cute, metal, metal shop, metal work, metalwork, tutorial