Struggling with this one...

I'm struggling with this piece… I've been working on it over the last couple weeks & its just been giving me lots of trouble… I'm trying new things, and combining different methods, and its fighting me!


I tried double-pressing, didn't get the result I wanted, so I tamped & then pressed - that's on the background for this piece (not shown) which is a "cloud" of silver with some bubbles… I still need to enamel that portion & attach a pin to the back - both things I have struggled with in previous attempts (sigh)…

Reminds me of a Picasso Trigger Fish

My latest struggle is getting the bezel to form to the stone, its Fine Silver and should bend/mold easily, but its taking all the strength I have to make any progress, and the enamel on the copper has cracked a bit in the process (though it still looks ok at this point)… Argh!!


Hopefully later this week I'll have a finished piece…  I sure hope its worth the effort when it gets completed… and I hope it doesn't end up being "the one that got away".


I think I'll go back to simpler settings for a while after this one!!  I need to keep reminding myself I'm just a novice & its all part of the learning process…