Augustus Rose

I’ve been spending hours surfing Pinterest, looking for inspiration – especially simple ways to add a bail to a pendant. Along the way I found an archival scan of a jewelry making book by Augustus Rose from 1917. After seeing this piece I was inspired to reproduce it. I had to learn how to transfer a design to metal, pierce it with a drill, and then saw it. It was a test of my limited sawing skills but I still enjoyed it thoroughly!

A few weeks later, I made the same Augustus Rose piece again in silver. My sawing skills have improved thanks to Metalsmithing class at @lillstreetmetals. Plus, silver is much easier to work with than copper … and thinner sawblades helped too. I’ve gone from hating sawing to finding it *really* cathartic in just a few months. #silversmith