PROJECT: MONSTERA LEAF PATTERNED PENDANT


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5: ROLL AND TEXTURE YOUR LEAF Place your leaf on top of your texture plate and roll through your rolling mill.


6 8: SOLDER AND QUENCH YOUR


SILVER WIRE AND LEAF Place the textured leaf face down on a heat proof brick. Apply hard solder paste to each flat wire end and hold using reverse action tweezers. Heat the leaf and place the Silver wire onto the back, heating both pieces evenly until the solder flows. Quench the leaf in water and clean in acid pickle.


9 6: ADD YOUR DETAILS AND


SMOOTH EDGES Draw any cut out details on your leaf shape using a pen and using your piercing saw, cut these out. File and sand any rough edges until smooth.


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9: SMOOTH AND BUFF YOUR


7: PREPARE YOUR WIRE Using approximately 25mm of 1.2mm round wire, hammer each end flat against a hard surface, filing the ends round and smooth if needed. Using pliers, curve one end of the wire round and bend the other end back flat. Ensure the hammered ends sit flush on a flat surface when placed down.


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FINISHED PENDANT When the pendant is clean, rinse, dry and remove any surplus solder with emery paper or a silicone wheel on a pendant motor. Use a burnisher to go around the edges of the pendant and add a smooth shiny edge. To finish, gently buff the pendant with an abrasive sponge or wire wool.


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