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Making Stamped Silver Leaves with a Soldered Vein
A tip from @spiritmountainsilver for sawing silver leaves, stamping details, soldering a wire vein with a solder ball and doming them.
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Here is a tutorial on making silver leaves from @spiritmountainsilver - “These leaves are made using 24 gauge sterling silver sheet. I simply draw the shape of the leaf using a sharpie and saw it out. Then I used a line stamp for the details of the leaf and 20 gauge round wire for the center vein! When soldering the vein to the leaf, I like to first melt my solder into a small ball and gently place it on top of the vein at one end of the leaf. Then I heat the whole leaf and the solder flows down the vein and doesn’t get in to any of my stamped lines! I then use a dapping block to give it a 3 dimensional shape!” Thanks for sharing this! We always appreciate tutorials ☺️ #jewelrytutorial
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