Amulets!

etching!

I finished up a necklace I was working on.  

I marked where prongs will go with my sharpie, Center punched the marks, found a drill bit to match my wire and drilled holes through my frame.

Once I had my holes drilled I pushed my wire into the brick. I nipped more than I needed and then hammered them into the brick so they were all sticking out a bit.

 

After the prongs were soldered, I gently pried off the frame from the brick, pickled it and then test fit the piece.  I then flush cut the back prongs and sanded the back flat.

Once the back was sanded I figured out my bail and soldered it to the frame.

Once the bail was soldered on I patinated it with liver of sulphur and the brass brushed it.  Then I set the piece and connected the chain to the bail with a split jumpring.