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A while ago I made my first pearl ring. I had an idea of how I wanted the ring to look, but when I started I went with the flow and the ring is more abstract with pearl melting into a silver shank/ring.There are two stop motion animation clips, the first one shows the process of carving the ring and the second one shows the ring finished. Wyświetl ten post na Instagramie Post udostępniony przez MAD NEECO ACCESSORIES (@madneeco) Wyświetl ten post na Instagramie Post udostępniony przez MAD NEECO ACCESSORIES (@madneeco)

Always wanted to learn hand engraving but I just couldn't figure out how to start. Two months ago I found a video, with the basics of engraving. It shows how to prepare your gravers and how to turn old needle files into gravers. I took my old dull files grinded them to the shape, bought a few handles, and... it worked! The most important thing was learning to preapere gravers when they are prepared correctly it is a joy to work with them. Here is a photo of the gravers I made:I usually start my day with 1-2 hours of engraving, I melt some of the scrap metal into an ingot and I flatten it down with a hammer. This...