Bracelets by Sam Patania
The Patania Collection are pieces I make which are classic best sellers. I have the Collection available for retail and wholesale. I have drawn on over 80 years of my family’s designs to make the Collection and adapted the designs to keep the pricing affordable.
The Maria bracelet is a design I made myself a couple of years ago when I was experimenting with my Bonny Doon press. I had just received the old style doming tool set from Lee Marshal and was pushing it to the limit. Some designs can be made with the old doming set that the new one can’t make and the new set created another opportunity to make designs the old one would not allow.
The Maria design is made by forging wire to make the outline of the design then soldering the wire onto a back. The bracelet is then formed in the concave forming tool to push the back through the front. Forming this way gives a repousse’ feel to the bracelet but forming this way is much more consistent and quicker than repousse’. The urethane in the Bonny Doon gives me the ability to produce this kind of work and keep my prices affordable.
I make several variations of the Maria bracelet, three of which are shown. I add turquoise to some, in the picture I have used Bisbee turquoise in two and left the third plain. I also chiseled the central oval wire on one of them to make a rope design. I have many ideas for this design to make them individual and want to make one in 18K gold. I have also made a smaller version of the Maria where I use narrower wire which produces a more delicate bracelet.
I love experimenting with the tools I have. My Bonny Doon hydraulic press is still my favorite tool and I have lots of ideas to make new designs for one of art pieces as well as my Collection work.
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