Keepsake Necklace with White Oak Cab

The last of the three White Oak Leaf, Keepsake Necklaces:

Sterling Silver Leaf which is sweat soldered to a copper base.  I made a cab out of a piece of salvaged white oak from an old tree and added it to the pendant.  

Because the pendant is so rustic, I decided to compliment the pendant with a mutli-leather, brown necklace with rustic copper hook and eye.  

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Finished, White Oak Leaf Pendant with Cab

Here is the final result of the White Oak Leaf Pendant I was working on.  I made a cab from a piece of White Oak which I formed and covered in epoxy to protect it from water.  

I made the leaf out of copper sheet and sweat soldered it to a plate of sterling silver.  

The pendant measures 1-1/2″ x 1/2″.

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Metal Forming White Oak Leaf Pendant

This project is coming along wonderfully!  Overall I really love the Oak leaf so far!

It still needs a few finishing touches such as rounding out the tips and a couple of 

inside corners before adding the enamel finish.

I will soon be starting the copper Acorn dangle.  

Factoid, White Oak:  The White Oak tree is a large tree than can reach up to 100 feet tall.  

The trunk can span up to 4-feet across.

Oak Leaf Pendant in Progress

I am working on another custom order necklace:  Oak leaf pendant on chain. 

I made a template of a leaf, traced it on copper sheet and cut it out, sanded and shaped it.

I love the look of the leaf as it is (the finish I mean).  I achieved this by annealing and lightly sanding the leaf.  Unfortunately, I will not be keeping the look for this project.  We're going for something much cleaner and shinier.  You'll need to stay tuned for the end results!

After doing all of this work, I realized I had to make the smaller version of the leaf... and I needed to cut down the size.  Not a big deal, but it gave me a bit more work.  

I'll have to post the smaller leaf so you can see the new, smaller version.

Happy Crafting all!