[Jewelry making - Article 00063] - Re: [Orchid] How often do you "start over"

[Loren Damewood]

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    Perhaps one could say that I start over very frequently, since I tend
    to tie a silver "prototype:" ring just before doing a gold or
    platinum one, but it's seldom that I'll actually put a piece in
    progress out of its misery and move on. I try to keep my students on
    track, but if a wire goes in the wrong place and I can't fix it, it
    just gives it an interesting difference from the others. 

    My most dramatic incident of backing up and starting over, though,
    was years ago -- I had just thirty two inches of triple-twisted
    platinum wire, and was making a ring for myself that should have
    taken thirty one inches. I got almost to the end and it was a
    quarter of an inch short. Very frustrating, a holiday weekend, even
    if I wanted to order more, and it was only for me, anyway, so I
    untied it completely, annealed it, stretched it another two inches
    (several annealings) and started over with the same pattern. I ended
    up with a quarter of an inch left over... go figure. 

Loren
http://www.golden-knots.com
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