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Instead Of Watching TV, I Went Back To My Workbench And Made This
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Instead Of Watching TV, I Went Back To My Workbench And Made This

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Yeah, it’s nice to relax, but it’s more rewarding to make something. So last night, I worked on a new "flat 3D jewelry piece," a technique I haven’t used in over 10 years. It took about 5 hours of sawing, grinding, filing, sanding, and polishing, but it was worth it!

You can find it in my Etsy store down below!

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    This is what happens when I ignore the TV and go back to my workbench instead …
    I have been wanting to do another “flat ” 3D jewelry sculpture. Its been at least 10 years since I made my magpie pin ..so I drew this fox on a piece of flat silver stock, used a jewelers saw to cut it out and then used a barrel bur to do the major grinding. i used variety of other smaller burs to get into the tighter spots and by 2 AM I had filed, sanded and polished my way to this fox pen/pendant.

    sawing out the outline

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    rough grinding

    more grinding

    using files to found out the curves

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    sanding sticks and felt wheels get it to a smoother finish

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    after about 5 hours and a final polish with the big buffs.. its done

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    michael tatom

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    born in new new mexico . lives in santa fe

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    michael tatom

    michael tatom

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    born in new new mexico . lives in santa fe

    Diana Lopetaitė

    Diana Lopetaitė

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    Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

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    Diana Lopetaitė

    Diana Lopetaitė

    Moderator, BoredPanda staff

    Hey there, Pandas! My name is Diana (though some prefer to refer to me as Diane, Deanna, and even Liana sometimes), and I am a Community Post Moderator Lead for Bored Panda. As my position title states, I am one of the people (employed Pandas for bamboo) over here who work with the community side of things on this website to ensure all is well, and while at that, I also help various creators and artists get recognition for the incredible work they do by connecting them to a large worldwide audience. Other than that, outside of work, you can find me brewing a nice cup of coffee, making a pizza from scratch, or baking brownies. I also love traveling, concerts, and cats (heavy on that, because I am a cat mom).

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