Gold bead

The advantage of being a metalsmith is that you can make your own birthday present and its exactly what you wanted!






About the bead: I fabricated it from 14k yellow gold using hammers and stakes. The fabrication process is called: synclastic forming. It measures about 3.5 centimeters long and its middle width is 1.5.
In the past, I've used this process to fabricate quite a few copper and silver beads, but this is the first one I made from gold.

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