Little Bit Crafting

Silver Locket!

Posted by Laurel Collins , Saturday, May 5, 2012 11:48 AM

This next project took me around 10 Saturdays to complete, so I think it should take at least two posts to properly show it off.

I took a locket making class at my local university and knew it was going to be for my mother. The perfect Christmas present, right? Well, this one actually took so long to complete that she didn't actually get it until February. *blush*

So here are the pieces after they had been cut out from the sheet metal.

So, the way this worked was I cut two circles from 20 gauge silver sheet metal which would become the outer part of the locket. Then I cut two circles from 26 gauge silver which became the bearing plates for the inside of the locket. As you can see in the piece to the far right, after doming the large pieces and soldering the cut out circles/bearing plates on, you create a place to insert pictures inside the locket!

Here is a close up of the design I chose to put on the front. It is always best to have the design in place before doming or soldering the pieces!


Here is an excellent step by step tutorial for making a locket! Really, I think my instructor must have taught the class from this tutorial!

I just also want to say that you definitely need a good amount of soldering experience before attempting a project like this. I still count myself a soldering beginner and this project was a bit... difficult. At one point, I actually soldered the entire locket together! It was definitely the hardest part in my opinion!

Next time I'll have some pictures of the finished product!