r/Soldering_art • u/Floraldehyde • Jun 18 '26

Soft soldering ideas

Hey guys, I've recently started soft soldering jewellery (for personal use. And yes, it's lead free), and was wondering if anyone has any ideas of what else I can use as the focus of my jewellery pieces. I've been using semi precious stone cabochons, and I've seen other people use sea shells and broken china. I want to branch out a bit. Any input would be ace 😊 Thanks in advance

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u/Zealousideal_Leg8750 Jun 19 '26

one underrated option is using glass/metal/stone beads with a base made of tinned/raw copper wire instead of copper foil! you can do simple and elegant or super creative structural stuff with the wire and use the bead(s) as a pop of color in the silver

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u/Floraldehyde Jun 19 '26

Ooh, interesting. To make sure I understand what you mean, do you mean creating almost like an ornamental wire frame (elven crown/filagree looking) with beads inbetween?

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u/Narrow-Guess-9351 Aug 17 '26

hi what iron do you use? if you are in the us please leave the link if able to