For these I used sterling silver.. I found some beautiful pieces at Salvation Army in Auburn and they also had a 40% off sale.. ten assorted pieces for $2.00 not bad!
Ingredients: Four Silver Spoons, 1 Silver serving fork, 16 gauge silver plated wire, silver chain link, assorted silver beads.
Tools: Dremmel with drill bit ,cut off wheel, and grinder attachments, needlenose pliers, wire cutters, hammmer, piers.
Hammer the spoons flat, I polished them up a bit later as well with the polishing wheel on the dremmel
To hang them I used a serving fork, I didn't like the tines so I cut them off, then drilled holes for the spoons to hang from.
I then used the cutting wheel of the dremmel to form new tines and bent then in opposing directions
Here they are all bent. I then used the grinding attachment for the dremmmel and rounded and finished the corners.
Next drill holes at the top of each spoon
I used 16ga silver plated wire looped through the hole at the top of the spoon and spiraled it with my pliers. I also added a silver spacer bead just for fun to each side
I then added two and a half inches of silver plated chain to the loop spiral and attached it to the hanger with another loop and also added another bead (dragonfly) just for fun.
Hanging
If you click to open the larger version of this photo you can see I crossed wires down the length of the fork, I liked the way this looks and used a loop a the top to hang the chimes, also making a spiral at the base just for pretty factor.
Here is a close up of the connections.
I am very happy with how this turned out and now am in search of more silverware!!
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