Hedgehog, By Request

[akirlu]

Since Lucy said she wanted to see the hedgehog necklace when it was done, I've uploaded a couple of pictures to Flickr, and now I'm going to try to insert one of them into this entry. Wish me luck...!




Edit: Okay, that seems to work.

P.S. - Product photography is a bitch. I had to toss out most of my images for blurriness: inadvertent camera shake during longish exposures, as I was shooting without flash. And, truthfully, I just don't really love this Canon Powershot. Our Kodak just plain takes better pictures, but the macro-focus feature on it is broken. I'm very much looking forward to trying out the Panasonic Lumix Hal just bought, since the gyroscopic image stabilization is supposed to be able to compensate for camera shake. High tech, yo.

Comments

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Ah, thanks for the reminder! I knew American Science and Surplus were a good source for that sort of thing, but hadn't thought about them in a while. Do you recommend the pencil-torch, or the somewhat larger hand-held? Also, is there any way to tell whether your wire is fine silver or not? I mean, absent asking when you buy it?

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

The pencil torch is fine for making sphere headpins, but if you ever want to use a torch for something else, you should get the hand-held.

There really isn't a way to tell fine silver from sterling unless the sterling has tarnished. I buy my wire from http://www.monsterslayer.com and send them my scraps for a discount against my next order.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Ah, that's a good resource to know about too. Particularly for being willing to discount for scraps. I have a small bag that I keep adding bits of silver to, and eventually ought to do something similar with that lot.

[mjlayman.livejournal.com]

Silver is up now, you might want to send it soon. I sent two 2x3" bags and got $42.35 against the order.