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After few camera pendants (like this one and that one) I felt that people generally tend to like my creations. So it is only natural that I want to keep doing it to bring more joy. This time I decided to challenge myself with earrings instead of pendant. Making an earring set is astonishingly difficult as two pieces must be identical. Well, to some extent at least.

I always admired stones since I was a little boy. On the rare occasions of walking along a river bank I was all the time looking for odd stones and bringing them home. But I never knew what to do with them. Many years passed and finally I have an idea for my childish passion – making jewellery.

Luckily I happened to have a pair of lovely garnet cabochons and two square rose quartz stones. I spent quite some time staring at them trying to figure out a way to make them even more beautiful. Camera earrings project seems to be a good fit.

The bodywork seemed simple and straightforward. First frame made with silver strip will hold the quartz. It will have two prongs at the back and a bit smaller frame at the front to sit tight. Cabochon will be casted into the round frame made out of few jump rings.

Right after assembling started I discovered that the cabochon frame is a little smaller than I thought and does not touch the outer front frame. Luckily I have enough filigree wire to play around with so I decided to give it a shot. Since there is no big mechanical tension expected in this arrangement, all elements should hold together on filigree wire just fine.

While front frame is taking a pickle bath it’s time to prepare the back side. Essentially this is nothing but a ring made with silver strip and squared to fit the quartz stone. As I am not gonna use any glue in these earrings the cast should fit tightly to the stone. The overall idea is that the cabochon will be supported by a quartz which will be squeezed in its frame and fixed with two prongs.

Even though my earrings do not look exactly like cameras, I must say I am satisfied with the result. Have a look yourself – enjoy the pictures below made by my lovely wife!

This piece is still available for purchase. If you are interested please visit my Etsy Store or send me a DM in my Instagram to talk business

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And one day at work out of the blue she noticed my T-shirt with camera print and made a comment on how much she loves photography and everything related to it. It was a revelation – “This is it!” suddenly popped out in my head. Since that moment I knew what to do.

The journey starts with stone selection. I figured that I’d need one round semi-spherical and a rectangular stone. Striped agate would make a nice back of the camera, while the onyx cabochon will turn into a camera lens.

However, the agate I had was not actually a rectangular but rather a trapezoid shape, which is not perfect for this project. Due to lack of other options I had to reshape this stone a bit with a sandpaper and a lot of patience.

There is no great magic behind this lenses frame – this is just four jump rings soldered together with a smaller one on top to hold the cabochon in place. In addition I added a piece of wire to lower part of the frame and a doubled wire for a future chain loop.

I have all frames prepared for holding the stones and assembling. Main frame is just three agate-shaped wire loops soldered together. Trial stone fitting went well so let’s get straight to soldering.

All silver elements are positioned in place and fixed by some steel wire to prevent misplacement during the heat treatment.

Once all the soldering is done I had this feeling that something is missing. So I decided to add a tiny wire loop in the top left corner – kinda like a lightmeter I remember from a film “Fed” camera my parents used to have.

After all parts are soldered the whole piece went to the pickle solution for half an hour and then through the polishing process. The final and the most satisfying step was definitely the stone setting, where the onyx were first in the lens frame and then the agate sat tightly in the back frame holding the onyx in its place.

Check this article about another camera project I made within these series.

Unfortunately, this item is not available for purchase. If you dream about something similar, please check my Etsy store or contact me through the form or on Instagram and let’s see what I can do

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