I finally conquered the hinge, thanks in part from the wonderful advice and encouragement of my colleague of the
emc team. The result is this pseudo locket which has a hidden star of David inside. I mainly followed the instructions on how to make hinges from Hadar Jacobson's book,
The Handbook of Metal Clay,textures and forms. The book doesn't go into super detail so you just have to go for it and work things out as you go. The hardest part for me was lining up the hinges with the "pin" after everything was fired, but I finally was successful and I was very happy with the result. Check it out in my
etsy shop. I can't wait to make more hinges pieces and as looking forward to incorporating hinges into my mezuzah designs!
Now I wonder, what is the next challenge?
