Thursday, July 24, 2014

Braided rings

I've  been working on a set of braided gold and silver bands. These are open braids with one 2gold and 1 silver. The other is 2  silver and one gold
The braiding starts with 16 gage wire annealed to dead soft. I'm doing 2 different patterns so I need 2 coils 



The braid looks irregular and uneven at this stage but it can be straightened after soldering  the ends together by forcing it onto a mandrel

the finished rings silver and gold braid


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