Pendants by Sam Patania
These pendants are a Patania Collection piece which I took a basic pendant design of my grandfather’s and and modified it to make it more modern. I wanted a pendant in white with a touch of color. I wanted a pendant which was feminine and petite. An everyday piece which was simple and distinctive.This pendant will be wonderful in turquoise or any colored stone. This is a great birth stone pendant. I make the bezel out of gold for a touch of color.
I have many colored stones I have purchased over the years which I wanted to put in white metal but at the time the only common white metal was white gold. I don’t like most white gold alloys, I do very much love palladium white gold alloy though. Most white gold pieces are plated with rhodium to cover the gold tinge always present in white gold and any solder lines. All gold is yellow, white gold is obtained by adding alloy to it, most common ally is nickle. Nickle white gold is very brittle, in general. I don’t like brittle metal, I love metal which flows, I feel is has more life to it. In general metals with less alloy have more life to them, that is why I love sterling, 18 karat gold and 90/10platinum/ iridium, they are more pure. These pendants are made in Argentium sterling which is a wonderful metal to work in.
I had so much fun making these pendants, I made them with my hydraulic press. I made the forming dies myself and had Dar of Sheltech make me a cutting die set. I press these out of Argentium and cut them out and clam them together. They are hollow. The chain is a permanent part of the pendant as it passes through a piece of tubing at the top. Chain lengths can be customized.
These pendants are available through my studio, please see the “About” page for contact information.
{ 0 comments… add one now }