About this Product
Lost wax cast pendant. The moon is sterling silver, patterned with patina to give the appearance of the shadows of the moon, with a crescent of gold that is 18 karat yellow, solder in place and hammer textured. The sun is sterling silver on 99% pure copper. The copper is given a rough finish to help it stand out against the sterling silver. The sterling silver was polished using a radial wheel to a high shine while leaving the radiant star burst patter in the metal. The sterling silver sun was soldered onto the copper.
A simple sterling silver chain is included.
Moon Lit Rose Crafts
Meet the Maker
Rosethorn, as she prefers to be called when working a convention floor, has been crocheting and working on strung necklaces for more than 15 years, selling work as a part of her family's business at fairs. After being laid off pre-Pandemic 2020, she went back to school to learn metalsmith jewelry skills. As declining health in the family has caused the family business to close, Rosethorn is breaking out to be her own Jeweler and crafter. While Metal work is fun, crochet is something relaxing that is being included because everyone in the family but the cats are tired of getting crochet pieces.
Lihirielle has been an artist for over 30 years and is accomplished at mixing multiple mediums together to produce beautiful pieces of art. Recent health issues has made it impossible to work in person shows, leaving a magnitude of completed work ready to sell that Rosethorn is now managing online instead of assisting in person.
It will be fairly obvious which pieces Rosethorn made attempting to learn a technique from Lihirielle just from the difference in precision with a paint brush.
Rosethorn plans on posting more videos of her, and Lihirielle (health permitting), going through their making process on the various Moon Lit Rose Crafts social media pages once all of the ready to sell product pictures are taken and edited.
How it’s Made
This labor of love started as a peice of wax. I initially cast both bases in bronze and created wax injection mold that will also serve as the basis for another line of jewelry. After I had the bases cast in the desired metal, I hand pierced the golden moon and silver sun and filed them to fit into the intentionally carved cavities and soldered them in place, along with some silver jumprings to xonnect them. After I complete this task, I patinaed the silver of the moon, textured the gold of the moon with a chasing tool, and polished the sun to catch the light.
Shop Policies
Ring Sizes are the listed sizes and cannot be altered.
Crocheted items can be made in different colors and yarn types, presuming the color and weight can be found. Lead times varies from peice to peice but will generally include time to aquire yarn color without express shipping the yarn to me.
Items that are lost wax casted will be listed if other metal options are avalible.
Crochetted items will not be refunded if stained or damaged.
There is one free jewelry repair per item peice, exception being damage due to being run over by a car or crushed the disposal. One is better served by going to a jewelry repair specialist and the other will most likely be irreparable. I will inform you if the item is irreparable and eligible for a replacement under other circumstances.
