Here are 2 first squeezin's from the 50 ton press. I am posting 2 images. One dolphin has been blackened some. The 2nd. one is shiny. You cannot see the details of things like the little fishes in the water unless the surface of the silver is blackened some,which is why I'm showing an as coined shiny one. You CAN see it if shiny,but it takes careful looking and tilting the piece,which a lot of people won't bother to do. Better to have it instantly read well. We know that from long experience in selling jewelry.
The rough outer edges can be filed off,or my wife thinks she may file the edges into a "deckle" edge,like on hand made paper. She will file away the extra edge of the Sun,which was done with and end mill and went beyond the raised border.
We will send one off and see if it can be cast. It may not be possible to keep sufficient detail. In that event,I will have to individually coin every piece,which takes some time.
She thinks perhaps she will just use the dolphin as a necklace rather than a locket. It would be less expensive to sell,though I may have to coin them,as said.
The border where the Sun's rays has touched it a bit will be smoothed off by filing and polishing before blacking, These are just straight out of the press. Some filing has been done on the blackened one to eliminate the Sun's impression beyond the border. Had I known she would want a deckled edge,I would have made the Sun by other means,so it would not go beyond the border. Aesthetic decisions are sometimes made on the spur of the moment.
My artistic concept is: The Dolphin rests upon the surface,basking in the Art Deco Sun. The school of little fishes breaks the surface. The Dolphin says "Hello Bweakfast!" The little fishes say "Our name is not bweakfast,it is Goldie!" Hope the ladies like it!!