One of A Kind Laurel Belt
At 12th Night, AS LIX, a friend was given a writ to contemplate joining the Order of the Laurel. The elevation was six weeks later, at Ymir 50. I made this belt rather than a medallion.
The recipient provided an example image, which made my job so very much easier than just guessing. I made the buckle plate three times. The first was wonky soft wax. The second was carved from hard wax and came out well — until I drilled the rivet holes just a little too deep and polished a hole right through it. Five days before Ymir. The third was bronze, which wouldn’t do because I’d already committed to silver.
So I went back to the wonky one. Also, somewhere in all of this I forgot my acetylene tank existed and spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to solder 60 grams of silver with a tiny precision torch. Folks, I was wrong.
The strap end got niello on the face. After everything else that happened, that was a really unexciting process.
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