dichroic pendant progress

[Lyn]

New pendants, I'm happy with the silver bails. Some would look better with gold bails. Know of any available?
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[Lauri Levanto]

What is "bail"?
Is it the same as a "Catcher"
-lauri

[Tyler Frisby]

Ive always been wondering how to get such detail as in your tree and your horeses in the dichro ? could you give up you secret. I havent tried making jewlry yet but I'd love to make some for my MOM

Tyler

[dee]

What is "bail"?
Is it the same as a "Catcher"
-lauri

lauri, a bail is the part that allows you to suspend the pendant from a chain
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[Lyn]

Tyler, The horses and tree are etched by hand into the dichro glass using an engraving tool.

[Val]

Very nice work Lyn, I love the engraved horses.

What size are your pendants? How do you engrave so small an area?

Val

[Tyler Frisby]

engraving tool like a dremmel I have one of those , Which tip to you use ?
You mean engrav your pattern into it before or after firing ?, im confused.

[Lyn]

Tajai,
I use an Inland easymark with the tip that came on it. Its small like a big pen and much easier to handle than my Dremal which will work but even with a flex shaft is much harder to control.The Inland is designed for signatures and since mine is years old I've heard I'm lucky it still works. I got mine at Alpine stained glass for under $30.00.
The images are etched, you are removing the dichroic coating, before firing.
Val,
The smallest pendants are 1 inch across. I use magnifying glasses and go stir crazy in about 30 minutes and have to go do heavy work. Which is no problem around here as I care for 25 horses.
Good luck and thanks for the positive comments.
Lyn