How to make a bracelet

First, get some silver.

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Apply fire. A lot of fire. Then, when it’s all nice and melty, pour it into a mold. It will look something like this:

 

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Then stretch it out. It will take a lot of pressure and some more fire.

Eventually, you will have something like this:

 

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At this point, you should pick out a rock. Bracelets always look nicer with a shiny rock on them.

 

 

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Once you have the rock, you will need to make some of your silver flat so the rock has a place to sit. This involves a lot of pressure and a lot of applications of fire. Then  bend your long skinny silver into a wristy shape.

 

 

Now you need to make a setting for the stone. This involves more fire,  some sawing, a  lot more fire and  copious amounts of sanding.

 

  

 

Then, take some more fire and weld a couple of loops onto the setting so you can hook the rock onto the wristy part.

 

 

At this point, the end is in sight!

You just need to set the stone in the bezel, which involves more sanding and burnishing, and then bend loops into the wristy part so you can hook the rock to it. This involves a lot of profanity, hammering on an anvil, and wishing you had some more fire.

Then, more sanding. A lot more sanding.

 

When you are done, you have this:

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It’s…rustic…but I built it myself. It was an interesting process. I hope to learn more about it.

 

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