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9. flipping it over and forming it on the stake shown on the left.
12. Using a special stake (top) that allows me to planish in that one particular area.
19. I got several gem spheres, and settled on this blue apatite one. The color really pops.
17. One of many steps in bending a loop.
18. Mostly finished. Waiting for some gem spheres I ordered to arrive.
16. Silver-soldering the seam.
15. Closing up the longer spiculum shape.
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8. forming a V-trough on a V-shaped stake.
7. Annealing. When the brass has been heated red-hot it becomes malleable again.
5. Continuing that dome shape to the edges of the metal.
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6. As much hammering as can be done without annealing it.