Small changes

There are a few small changes I need to take into consideration when making my piece in platinum. 

The claws are a bit too long so I will need to shorten them. I need to curve the claws before pushing them over to set the enamel as not much pressure can be put onto the enamel. The claws aren't close together like the setting experiment so the edges of each claw can be felt so I will need to file the sharp edges off.

When setting the enamel shifts slightly and this exposes the setting on the side which looks a little untidy as seen in the image below. If the setting is slightly smaller than the enamel, then if it shifts slightly the setting will still not be seen.

For the pin, I used drilled holes instead of using the melted holes I created for the pattern as the pin moves too much but with the drilled holes being the exact same size as the wire means the wire doesn't have wiggle room and is more stable. The pin is also then not very visible from the front. I also need to remember to keep the pin above the centre of the pin otherwise when worn it falls forward.

Bowes, K., (2020). Close up of setting.