Impossible to buy for as it is and to find something that would fit in a cracker would be anyone's nightmare! So, I put my degree to use and made a small silver train cutout which can be on display for everyone's pleasure.
This is the image I traced...
What a lovely train!
Anyway, Once I had the measurements, I was able to order the silver.
To keep up my reputation for being eco-friendly, I bought a small piece from the Cooksongold Ecosilver range.
The silver was prepared to be pierced out.
I traced the original image in such a way to retain some detail without making area's of the final piece weak. Holes were drilled for the detail to be pierced out;
and darn! look at the sun shining through them!
Piercing out was a faff...
but golly! Look how it reflects my bench peg!
The edges were filed and a surface finish given.
Oooh and look at the shadow it makes!
ANYWAY! This silver train was going into a cracker so it needed some protection; a small cardboard envelope to stop it from bending perhaps?
It needed to stand up, it couldn't be a flat thing to have in the cabinet, no one would see it! So a teeny tiny stand was made.
Last but not least, I had it Hallmarked.
Lovely!
