Hello everyone,
I have made a series of dichroic glass pieces that I want to join together to make a cuff bracelet. Currently I have put them together by gluing ribbon to the backs, but I am wondering if there is another more substantial way to hold the pieces together.
Thanks in advance, Mandy
I bought a bracelet blank a few years ago, I think there was a choice of styles, but it had a series of flat metal tabs between links to glue cabs onto. I'd have thought ribbon would very soon flex off?
You could drill holes with a diamond bit, and join them together with wire jump rings.
Or use glue-on bails, either bought or made from wire, and link them together with jump rings.
Or go round the pieces with stained-glass copper foil, wire and (lead-free) solder, like this:
(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7367/13951224744_18c7518701_m.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/nfPF4E)Ceramic fragment (https://flic.kr/p/nfPF4E) by sleepychamaeleon (https://www.flickr.com/people/68837695@N05/), on Flickr
Or make a solid metal cuff from a strip of copper, and attach them to that.
Do show us the result!
Oooh they are good ideas. i don't have a drill, but I like the copper band idea and the links.As soon as real life allows I will fix it and post pics. thank you :D