[Jewelry making - Article 00415] - Re: [Orchid] Wire weaving

[Trevor F]

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>             Tiffany & Co. sells a ring of woven wire:
>     http://www.tiffany.com/images/products/zoom_images/16429996_xl.jpg 

    I'm no expert but if I'm not mistaken that design is a slightly
    flattened version of the Mesh Chain, Project 16 in Alan Revere's
    "Professional Goldsmithing", p.121 It's simply a number of
    interlocking wire coils. In the Tiffany piece it appears they may
    have used oval coils instead of round. In Alan's case the ends of the
    wire coils are finished with sweat soldered disks whereas in the
    Tiffany piece it appears as if they've simply turned the coil ends in
    a bit. It's hard to tell for sure from the photo but it sure looks to
    me as if you can see the ends of the wire coils along the sides of
    the weave. 

Cheers,
Trevor F.


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