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Wren@lemmy.today Joined: 2025-11-04

Three smooth rose quarts stones, each encircled with silver solder and loops at the top, on a wooden surface.

I just started messing around with stained glass after getting a bunch of leftover bits and tools from a friend. Since I have a shit ton of rocks, I tried out the same process on these rose quartz to make charms.

I don't really have specialized materials, so I used copper tape, wire and electrosol solder (lead free.) Not sure if I like the silver so I ordered a black patina to see how that goes.

Flux was my best friend, here..I read lots of info saying lead free solder is hard to spread, but with the right flux it flowed nicely over the tape.

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