Start by cutting the croissant shape from a sheet of silver …
… sprinkle with bits of gold …
… needs to be 24 karat gold … make sure the pieces of gold are secure, I always use a rolling mill.
Succeeded!
Burn the edges to a nice color …
Flatten the edges …
So far so good …
Start making the shape of the croissant by “rolling” the silver around a stake … I always use a hammer made of raw hide …
Mmmm … it’s getting there …
I forgot to tell , I always make two croissants at the same time …
Et voila … our custom made order for two croissants is ready!
Thank you so much for your commission Mrs X, these sterling silver napkin holders are so much fun to make!
More info and photos of the silver napkin holders “Croissant” here.
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P8ronella // Aug 3, 2012 at 11:11
they look awesome !! Nice to sea the whole process.
Marion Pannekoek // Aug 3, 2012 at 11:28
Thank you Petronella!
We didn’t share every tric, we kept a few secrets to ourselves …
Dawn of LaTouchables // Aug 3, 2012 at 16:21
Wow, I love process pictorals like this. Your works are too beautiful to use as napkin holders!
Marion Pannekoek // Aug 4, 2012 at 14:00
Well thank you Dawn, for some reason there has been a demand for silver napkin rings lately … Strange how these things work … for years we didn’t make one single napkin holder and all of a sudden we have a few orders in a row…