{"id":9814,"date":"2015-04-21T05:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9814"},"modified":"2015-04-20T22:43:40","modified_gmt":"2015-04-21T05:43:40","slug":"how-to-make-a-bracelet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9814","title":{"rendered":"How to make a bracelet"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, get some silver.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_2711.JPG\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Then stretch it out. It will take a lot of pressure and some more fire.<\/p>\n

Eventually, you will have something like this:<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

At this point, you should pick out a rock. Bracelets always look nicer with a shiny rock on them.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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 \u00a0bend your long skinny silver into a wristy shape.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Now you need to make a setting for the stone. This involves more fire, \u00a0some sawing, a \u00a0lot more fire and \u00a0copious amounts of sanding.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, take some more fire and weld a couple of loops onto the setting so you can hook the rock onto the wristy part.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

At this point, the end is in sight!<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Then, more sanding. A lot more sanding.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When you are done, you have this:<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It’s…rustic…but I built it myself. It was an interesting process. I hope to learn more about it.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, get some silver. 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:     Then stretch it out. It will take a lot of pressure and some more fire. Eventually, you will have something like this:     At … Continue reading How to make a bracelet<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-2yi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10294,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10294","url_meta":{"origin":9814,"position":0},"title":"Where there’s fire, there’s..wait, how does that go?","author":"Michelle","date":"July 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Metal smithing, lesson four: playing with fire. Soldering with big scary torches. Acetylene. Yes, they still scare me even after the other class I took. Don't get me wrong--I can use one, but I need a seriously Big Brave Facade in place to do it. Instructor: I thought you said\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"image","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image-300x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":10400,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10400","url_meta":{"origin":9814,"position":1},"title":"In which I make a circle","author":"Michelle","date":"August 5, 2015","format":"gallery","excerpt":"So, you take this flat piece of silver with a design sawed into it. Then you bend it into a not all that circular shape, making sure the ends are flush. Then you apply fire and solder to make it into a continuous circle-ish shape. You are not overly concerned\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"IMG_0303.JPG","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_0303-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7533,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=7533","url_meta":{"origin":9814,"position":2},"title":"An imaginary conversation about being confused","author":"Michelle","date":"September 16, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"So what are you going to do? Fuck, I don't know. It seems pretty obvious to me. I know it does. I wish it did to me. It doesn't? Well, yes, actually it does. It's totally obvious. So what's the problem? I don't like it. It feels wrong. The logical\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Imaginary Conversation"","block_context":{"text":"Imaginary Conversation","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=18"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":947,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=947","url_meta":{"origin":9814,"position":3},"title":"If you want it, here it is, come and get it","author":"Michelle","date":"August 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 The moth don't care if the flame is real cuz flame and moth got a sweetheart deal. --Aimee Mann\/the Moth \u00a0 There is a lot of talk in\u00a0 the inspirational quotes racket about getting what you want, knowing what you want, wanting what you get. \u00a0 Wanting. How do\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":9529,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9529","url_meta":{"origin":9814,"position":4},"title":"New thing to do #3,479","author":"Michelle","date":"March 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Tonight I started a class on turning silver into jewelry. Fabrication, to be specific. There will be very little casting, and a lot of welding, cutting, milling and whatever goes into putting hunks of precious metal together.Last night I did several things for the first time--I used a propane torch\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Words"","block_context":{"text":"Words","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=7"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10488,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=10488","url_meta":{"origin":9814,"position":5},"title":"Metalsmithing summary","author":"Michelle","date":"October 6, 2015","format":"gallery","excerpt":"Here are the things I learned to make this Spring and Summer. Bear in mind that some of these are just learning exercises. And yes, that is a Sea Monkey. It was an exercise in using a jeweler's saw. I think he is very fetching.\u00a0 Techniques? Simple soldering\/braze welding, bezel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Random thoughts"","block_context":{"text":"Random thoughts","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?cat=20"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image10-e1440381838257.jpg?fit=500%2C616&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9814\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}