the hands take a beating making jewelry!
We learned how to make tube riveted metal beads in class on Saturday at Veberod Gem Gallery. It was cool to learn how to make my own beads, but super hard!!! Because after you dome the circle shape, you gotta drill a bigger hole through the middle so the tube will fit, and you have to hold the tiny piece between your fingers and the metal gets crazy hot when you’re drilling it!
Then when you’re riveting the tube, it’s really hard to do it without making the tube crooked, need lots of practice! I used the same rolling mill technique to get the textures, you can see my paper cut out on the right top corner of third pic. I’m really enjoying doing that and I plan on spending a lot more time making intricate cut outs for the metal, it’s very satisfying seeing a finished looking pattern come out!
