My co-worker, Chris, and I got to talking about enamels last week - heck, I'll talk about enameling with anyone who'll listen - and he fell in love with our work. He's decided to order an enameled pendant for his mother, and since last Friday we've been in negotiations about colors and cost and design. We've gotten nearly everything settled, and Chris gave me his permission to post my progress here.
So since all we have so far is a prepped blank (not interesting), and a finished sketch, I wanted to put up the sketch.
Chris and I are both ridiculously excited about the piece, and I can't wait to get started. I have the wire at home, so maybe this evening after going to the gym I'll find time to sit down and make a monkey! I sure hope so. The monkey will be done in gold cloisonne, and the branch will be in silver. The piece will be set either in silver or gold, and the small circle at the bottom of the sketch is going to be some beautiful fruit-colored gem. It's really going to be spectacular.
I will say that Chris's mom is extraordinarily fortunate to have a son like Chris who cares about her enough to do this for her. There's nothing so cool as getting a gift that was made just for you. She'll be blown away, no doubt.
Keep checking in - this one's going to be A LOT of fun!
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