I recently bought and reviewed Liz Jones' book 'Silver Wire Fusing' and this weekend tried my hand at making fine silver rings. Any excuse to fire up my blowtorch! Great results (as I hope you will agree from the picture) and I quickly turned out what I think are some fairly decent results. I am putting these on sale in Etsy today so will see if anyone else thinks the same. Fine silver doesn't tarnish with firestain at all and remains bright, only needing a light polish. Liz recommends tumbling the finished rings - my budget doesn't run to having a tumbler at the moment as they are priced at about £150. However, hammering the rings does harden them into durable, solid findings.
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