Christina Made It

Custom kiss necklaces, based on a tattoo, a matching set, one rugged and one smooth and delicate. I used Platinol for the first time to create the oxidised effect on the rough one. [I progressed from my oxidising with a boiled egg method]

Custom ringed necklace, made from solid brass. There was a lot of hoops, links, drilling and filing involved. The brass polished really easily so there wasn’t too much polishing involved luckily.

And a lovely review too:

“I just wanted to say a massive thank you for recreating a beautiful necklace. I am in LOVE. You really are a talented lady and I am so happy I found you on Etsy. Thank you so much, it fits perfect and looks stunning.”

Custom drop earrings, gold plated with fresh water pearls. Based on a pair a character was wearing in a TV series.

Platinum ring resizing. This wedding ring and engagement ring set needed to go up 4 sizes so a piece needed to be added in. Platinum is one of the more difficult metals to resize. I decided to complete this on the laser welder to hide the join lines as when joining with a flame it’s difficult to blend the solder seam as the colour is different. The welding looks quite messy to start but after the sanding and polishing the end result is neat.

Rebuilding the customers 3 separate rings into one joined ring.

Custom silver duck necklace (this the the back with the hallmarking, the front has personalised engraving)

Some more rune stud earrings although this time they are Witcher ones. The customer wanted a non matching set. I’ve had a few requests for these symbols but didn’t realise until now what they were.

I’m attempting to recreate pearls using paint. A customer has some very old sentimental costume jewellery where all the coating has come of the fake pearls and they’ve turned yellow. It’s not really something I’d normally do, but I thought I’d give it a go. I sanded them all down and found a good pearl effect paint and then I’m going to coat it with a gloss spray to make them appear shiny like real pearls. It actually already looks way better, so hopefully from a distance they’ll look good enough.

Feel a bit like I’m on The Repair Shop doing this.

Customers own design, modelled in 3D, cast, filed and polished

Some more nurse rune earrings being polished up.

Dagaz - Illumination, hope, awakening