[Jewelry making - Article 01253] - Re: [Orchid] Guitar String Jewelry

[J Morley]

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Vicki,

    you can make a ring, necklace, bracelets or earrings.  I would take
    the thickest string the low e string anneal it this will take out
    some of the springy-ness. Wrap it around a steel rod the diameter of
    the links you want to make as if you were making jump rings. Cut the
    circles you have created into links solder or laser weld them into
    shapes. You can shape the links into ovals or twist them. Now you
    can solder these together into a bracelet or necklace. You can put a
    nice patina on brass and seal it with acrylic spray. You can also use
    the ends of the string with the little grommet for jewelry. If you
    have full set of strings you have six beads cut the grommets of the
    end of the guitar string voila a bead now you can use the beads in
    earrings or a necklace strung on the old string. I would cut lengths
    of the string say 2 inches and make a simple loop on one end so you
    could suspend the 2 inch length from an ear hook. You could glue or
    silicon the beads from the string on the string itself. You could
    inset the six beads into the channel of a ring. You could cut the
    string in small lengths say one inch. Lay the cut lengths out next to
    each other on some sort of backing like stiff cardboard the way
    crayons sit in a box. Now glue or silicon the strings onto the
    backing. You now have a square "guitar stone" that can be bezel set
    in any type of jewelry. You could make it any shape, glue it to a
    domed or curved backing to make it more interesting. Patina them.  

Regards J Morley/Goldsmith/laserwelding

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