Fly-Pressing Platinum

 

Drawings of Fly-press Motif

I conducted a trial and error process to determine the exact shape I wanted to fly-press for my final Platinum earrings. The last two drawings depict the earrings as a whole, with one side pierced and the other fly-pressed. After careful consideration, I finalized that the very last drawing represents the desired shape and size for my earrings.

Platinum fly-pressed motif

I was initially scared to fly-press platinum, given the limited 20 grams provided. A mistake could end my competition chances. To ease compression, I rolled the plate to 0.4mm thickness, as platinum is harder than silver. I was honestly over the moon when I witnessed my fly-pressed platinum motif was a success the outlining of the shape to the depth of the motif was just what I wanted it to look like and it looked way better than the silver piece.  I had to just pierce around the outline of the shape as well as get the filing to be done very precisely to avoid losing the shape and the amazing depth it has for the final look.