These heavy sterling bracelets are designed for the rugged individual. I made them for the person who wants something totally unique but yet simple enough to wear comfortably with anything on a daily basis. The texturing is subtle but with age the contrast increases. I used a textured hammer to create the surface forged them from 1/8 inch thick (4mm) square sterling rod and 3/16 (5mm) square rod. No two are the same. These cuffs are medium to large for men or women. They can be slightly adjusted if I know your wrist size. I wear one myself!
Available on the etsy store here
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| The process starts with a length of square sterling bar stock |
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| This is about 1/2 way through the forging, at this point I'll start working on the ends and then bend it to the right shape |
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| It takes a fairly heavy hammer to move this much silver |
Some of the raw material and the bracelets in process
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| I made 2 of from the smaller 1/8 inch stock and one each of the heavier 5mm 3/16 stock. the round rod in this picture were made into different designs not discussed here |
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| This is the heavy 1/8 (5mm) cuff |
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| Here I'm using the 2 different sizes of square silver to make these textured cuffs, 5mm and 4mm square rod. |
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| 5mm square sterling rod forged | thinner on top and wider on the ends |
2 of the lighter 1/8 square silver rod are on the etsy shop here There are one of each of the bigger designs
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