Making A Hammered Silver Bezel Pendant (Blue Lace Agate & Sterling Silver)

In this tutorial you will learn the process to make a hammered silver pendant with a bezel set stone. This project is great for beginners and will cover a lot of silversmithing techniques such as: soldering; texturing sheet silver; stone setting and oxidising using liver of sulphur.
I love making pieces that are all rustic and hammered (I guess they are a bit like me in many respects haha). This is different from my usual clean style, but hammered jewellery can be very forgiving and fun to make.
The finished piece makes a great statement necklace and is sure to attract compliments to the wearer - this makes pendants like this great products to sell or give as gifts.
I hope you learn a lot from this tutorial, see you at the bench!
-- Blue Lace Agate --
The star of the show for this pendant was a stunning Blue Lace Agate cabachon. Not only was the stone gorgeous but it was also my favourite shape for a cabachon (almost tooth shaped!).
-- Silver Sheet --
For the backing plate of the bezel setting I used a piece of 0.7mm sterling silver sheet but you can use thicker if preferred. I buy my sheet silver from Cookson Gold:
www.cooksongold.com/Sheet/-Al...
-- Fine Silver Bezel Wire 5mm x 0.3mm --
This Fine Silver Bezel Strip, also known as bezel wire, is traditionally used for making Rubover or or Cabochon settings. This fully annealed strip measures approximately 5mm wide x 0.3mm thick and can also be used to create flat rings and short cylinders without the need to pierce from larger sheet.
www.cooksongold.com/Strip-Bez...
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[@kathybradbury]

Looking good! (Pro tip-files only cut in one direction-the “push” away from you) really nice to see what can be done with few tools and creativity!

[@Sekhmet1Songstress]

Lovely looking finished piece! I probably would have made it open back with a translucent stone, but the patina really works well.

[@SteveC38]

That's a Beautiful Piece Dan!

[@Susanarylander]

excellent process video, thankks!

[@JiggsysShed]

Beautiful work Dan

[@martykrausse]

Great job, I learn a lot from your videos, plus a great sense of humor. Thanks for sharing

[@zachkitty5416]

Incredible

[@barrythedude1234]

Good job dude!

[@maconSTUFF]

Wow man!... that is really impressive work...

[@4759690]

i love it

[@sologems]

Cool

[@jjsmama401]

Soldering the bezel perfectly takes lots of practice! When the bezel wire is very thin, wouldn’t the hard solder take too long to melt, risking that your bezel will melt?

[@NavajoWarrior666]

invest into a bench grinder a lot faster than a file.

[@THusbands]

also means the nice expensive silver shavings go everywhere.

[@NavajoWarrior666]

@@THusbands i made a catch on mine always save ur scrap filings to trade in for more silver.