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Custom Ordering our Handmade Jewelry Craft
If you know exactly what you are looking for already please contact me at valhallasanvil@yahoo.com or message me on one of the chat sites under the Product Links tab. If you are still not sure of what future ancient artifact I can make for you, please look at the list below to get some ideas on different metals and ways of finishing them off.
Most things can be made from your designs. A crisp clean jpeg copy of the design can be emailed to me and I can work from there. Prices will vary with materials, size and intricacy of design.
If you are a member of a club, organization or Medieval / Renaissance house hold and would like to go in on a group discount to get multiples of the same pieces please contact me for pricing.
Also if you are a retail vendor and would like something made, for you to sell, I also have wholesale pricing available! Contact me for those prices also.
Most things can be made from your designs. A crisp clean jpeg copy of the design can be emailed to me and I can work from there. Prices will vary with materials, size and intricacy of design.
If you are a member of a club, organization or Medieval / Renaissance house hold and would like to go in on a group discount to get multiples of the same pieces please contact me for pricing.
Also if you are a retail vendor and would like something made, for you to sell, I also have wholesale pricing available! Contact me for those prices also.
Metals
Due to the high cost of precious metals I cannot offer gold, platinum etc. unless you are willing to pay for enough that if I mess up I still have enough to finish the piece.
For right now the four metals listed below and some bronze are the jewelry metals I can work in.
For right now the four metals listed below and some bronze are the jewelry metals I can work in.
silver
My favorite metal of all to work with! The only drawback to silver is the price is now over $40 US per ounce. That means the custom piece shown above at the $6 per ounce price sold for $400 back then at today's prices I couldn't get the metal for that!
nickle
Nickle, also called German Silver or Nickle Silver, is my new silver. It is not quite as easy to work with as silver, but it costs less so I don't have to worry as much about ruining a piece. Nickle dulls over time, sort of like a nickle does, but easily polishes to a shine when put to a buffing wheel. Some people have expressed an allergic reaction to nickle. Please find out if you are allergic before ordering.
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copper
My second favorite metal to work with. Copper is easy to work and stays annealed (soft) longer then most metals, but it softens easily under a flame (when soldering) and for some people it turns the skin green. I am told this is due to the bodies need for copper and it taking it straight from the metal. Copper is also said to help with some medical problems.
brass
A beautiful yellow metal that is easily cleaned and polished once it oxidizes. It has a high copper content so it may turn some skins green. It work hardens easily, sometimes to easily, and must be annealed many times while forging and shaping or has a tendency to crack or split. Not as bad as some bronzes though.
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Forming Methods
flat
1/2 domed oval
twisted
piercing
braided
linking
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crescent
full domed circle
full domed oval
acid etching
repousse formed
hand textured
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Ways of Finishing
These are just a few of the ways I have finished my jewelry off. Please email me with questions you may have on other finishing techniques. Sorry I haven't always been able to get pictures of my work as some of my best pieces have been made in the middle of a field at events far from cameras!
hair fork
button
pin
cloak clasp
screw post
ring
buckles & fittings
sheath fittings
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stone settings
hair tie
pendant
bracelet
necklace chains & Torcs
hair stick
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