gold wire for pendants?

Lyn · Post by **Lyn** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 7:33 am

Some of my dichro pendants would look better with a gold bail. I've tried 14 K gold wire between layers, it held up for the firing (unlike sterling silver wire) but became so black I can't seem to get it clean. A local jewler suggested a higher 22 K gold. Has anyone tried that?
Another suggestion was to get silver or nickle plated gold. Locally there is onle a place that does not specialize in jewlery with a $45.00 minimum and no over the phone quote.
I haven't tried brass or bronze, how do they fire? Just the look of gold would be fine with me. I have a great little book about patina's but can't find it at the moment. Any suggestions?
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Cheryl Wade · Post by **Cheryl Wade** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:56 pm

Lyn
There's a site which may have something suitable - http://www.wire-scuplture.com which sells a vast range of precious and base metal wire. They're in MS, sorry, I don't know what state this is the abreviation for. I was looking for a UK supplier of silver wire to include when fusing and found this, so I'll be ordering some soon. What guage would you recommend for pendants?
Cheryl

Lyn · Post by **Lyn** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 12:25 pm

Cheryl,
I used 20 gauge for the 1 inch round pendants.
I could not get that website to display?
Lyn

Geri Comstock · Post by **Geri Comstock** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 3:32 pm

There's a typo in the name which is why it wouldn't display for you.

Try this link:

http://www.wire-sculpture.com

Geri

Cheryl Wade · Post by **Cheryl Wade** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:45 pm

Lyn - Thanks
and Geri - sorry about the typo, I got my twingers in a fist.
Cheryl

Judy Schnabel · Post by **Judy Schnabel** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 8:25 pm

If you make your own jump rings from the gold wire how do you close them? If you solder, you'd have to have gold solder, right? Or do you close them with a torch or something?

Judy