Home Study Diploma Grade 1 Bonus Information

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	This collection of cork clay beads are good examples of what we are looking for. The donuts - also known as end caps - are even and neat and the textures are consistent and well finished.
	The hole in this bead is crooked and uneven with no donut and the texture is too random. It wouldn't pass.

	The donut on this bead is not neat and straight. It wouldn't pass.
	These leaf beads are well finished, and the holes are neat and even.
	The wrapping on this leaf bead is loose resulting in an uneven hole. It wouldn't pass.
	These shell charms show good moulding and neat finishing. The jump rings are well closed.
	This shell charm shows some imperfections on the surface but these could have been on the original shell. That's why we ask you to send us your mould with the shell when submitting your work for assessment. The jump ring has been poorly attached and isn't closed properly. This would mean it wouldn't pass.
	The back of this shell charm has an inconsistent finish. The jump ring is also badly closed. It wouldn't pass.
	These pendants show a number of shapes and designs. All the stones are well set and neat.
	The stone in this pendant is sticking out of the back after firing. It has been set in clay too shallow to take the depth of the stone. It wouldn't pass.
	The stone in this pendant is crooked. There are also small cracks in the surface which suggests the clay was too dry when it was rolled out and textured. It wouldn't pass.
	This stone is set crooked. It wouldn't pass.
	The hole behind the stone in the back of this pendant is uneven and wouldn't pass.
	The bail on this pendant is slightly to one side, not completely central. This will cause the pendant to hang crooked. It wouldn't pass.
	These textured pendants with fold over bails and syringe work are well executed and finished. The syringe work is neat and the textures are well applied.
	These earrings show a number of shapes and textures. The hooks are identical and the earrings match. Always try suspending your earrings side by side to make sure they hang correctly as this is what we will be doing during assessment.
	It's normal for the balls melted onto the ends of Sterling silver wire to be a little wrinked. However, this ball has not been cleaned up in the citric acid for long enough to remove the oxidisation resulting in this blackened look. It should also have been polished.
	The earwire is crooked on this earring. The wire should line up back and front. We positioned this earring hook so you could see the wire is bent and the ball is unpolished. The ear wire wouldn't pass. This earring also wouldn't pass because the hole is drilled off centre so it would hang crooked.
	These ear wires have several areas where they don't match. They wouldn't pass.
	These earrings have had the holes punched in slightly different places. This would make them hang oddly, especially the one with the hole to one side of the centre. They wouldn't pass as a pair.