Copper and Fire. Pendant. 3/3.

Knowing today was going to be tough due to work commitments and appointments, I gave myself a head start last night. I have quite a few bits and pieces of unfinished work: spare parts for pieces I was working on in class, and sample pieces that date back to my three years at CIT. Out of that collection, I pulled a couple of die formed copper hearts I'd made while trying out the press. They were only samples, so I hadn't done anything with them. They were cut out but not filed back and had discoloured with time. I filed the edges and sanded them last night, going from the dirty looking mess on the left, to the shiny bright pieces on the right.

To the left (in the photo at left) and at top of right hand photo, one concave "inside" view. The article to the right in each case is how the same pieces came up after a bit of sanding.

I managed to finish today with time to spare, despite the limited time available.
During my afternoon break between appointments, I decided to solder the two hearts together to make a hollow formed piece, to which I added a jump ring. I wanted colour, so I opted for borax and flame, then cleaned back and used some sulphur. Smelly, but effective!
I left a little of the natural fire scale visible too. To seal and preserve, I polished with some dubbin on a rag. I would have liked to put this one on a dark brown or black leather thong, but I didn't have any handy, so opted for 2mm neoprene to finish. Working title for the piece is Burning Heart (or possibly Heart's Afire). I've photographed both sides.

Burning Heart. Front view.

Burning Heart. Back view.