Making earrings

I started with some aluminum cans

 and cut the rim off the can

 Then cut the side off the can creating a strip of metal

The stip inserts into the disc cutter and with a heavy blow from a brass hammer (orange hammer on side) the disc is created.

 Here are disc created in different sizes using 2 colors of cns.

 The strip created with the can the way it started

 Several disc cut from the strip

 Sometimes I get a little close to the edge and the strip gets stuck

Ready to make lots of earrings. I wash these disc and remove goo from the labels and smooth the edges. Earrings are put together with rivets or eyelets and are coated in acrylic to give them a smooth finish.

This isn't the only shape I work with of course.
Here are some finished earrings.