Some things begin with a stone. A Mexican beauty known as senora turquoise. My intention was for this stone to be used as a brooch/pendant. The design was drawn up and penciled mark where I was going to place the back pin and such. In other words... I had a plan. I used 20g for the base (2"H x 1-3/16"W). The snake was forged out of 16 g round silver. The Vision I have two torches, acetylene/air and a Smith little torch. I REALLY love that little torch of mine. I started with the acetylene torch thinking that I was going to get the heat I needed but that failed. Threw the piece into the pickle pot and meditated on it. Problem...#1 Base is pretty big. Solution...to #1 Move to Smith Little torch, use charcoal block, and above all be patient. Hot damn it actually worked! Everything was soldered down, even the snake. Next, clean up all that solder gunky mess. Bezel and snake soldered down. Hot damn! Time ...
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