“Hello! My name is Pin-Pin. I am Tina’s best friend! We love to laugh and play together. She takes me everywhere she goes even where I am not allowed to go. But don’t tell anyone!”
I finally found some time to tell you more about Pin-pin. Actually, to tell you how Pin-pin came to this world.
It all starts with a lump of polymer clay. I make 10 to 15 miniature bunnies, cure them in the oven and align them all on a ruler to select THE one that will become the master.
You can see on the left a picture of some of the rabbits I made at that step.
Once I have selected the master bunny, I make a silicone mold of it and cast the first sterling silver bunny.
That little bunny is now the sterling silver master, to which I solder a jump ring.
After that, I make another mold, from which I can now cast all the little rabbits that will become pendants and charms.
Once a rabbit is cast, there’s still some cleaning to do.
Then, I solder the bail or lobster clasp, pickle, clean, oxidize and polish the piece to a matte finish.
 silicone mold |
 silver master with jump ring |
 wax bunny |
 cast bunny that needs cleaning |
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