Chilli the Cat - Pet Memorial bracelet
A good friend wanted to create a memorial bracelet for his partner when her cat sadly passed away. 'Chilli' loved to play with ping-pong balls so my client wanted to have a little drop on the bracelet to reflect this. 
Customer's drawing at top and my quick sketch at the bottom. Looking to understand the proposed design and how this would work.
Chilli The Cat.
My client sent me a number of pictures of Chilli so I could get an idea of how to proceed with the design, but we didn't have a picture of Chilli in the right position...
...so I created a collage of all the pics to get the right shape of Chilli.
Working through the design, I amended the tail to swoop down instead of being curled upwards as this would, over time, become a week spot on the bracelet.
I created the bracelet out of a multitude of different gauge sheet silver and created two matching hidden jumps on the back of the bracelet to hide the chain connections. The drop was attached with a hidden rivet to allow the chain to move freely. Handmade pin to attach to the potato Pearl drop.
Here it is in its entirety!
Detailed picture showing the different levels of sheet used to create depth to the bracelet. All finished in a high hand polish to flash in the sunlight.