Metals


Understand the different properties of popular jewelry metals.

Photoetching Metal Using Photocopy Transfer

Photoetching Metal Using Photocopy Transfer

Photoetching metal is simple AND FUN! Etching can be used for printing processes, as an artifact of art, or for...
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How to Make Your Own Locket

How to Make Your Own Locket

Before photography, lockets were decorated with miniature, handpainted portraits -- a luxury few could afford. The advent of affordable photographic...
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Metals Safety Information

Goldsmiths work with metals. Our bodies react to metals, their dusts, salts and oxides. The metals that jewelers come in...
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Carat Gold Solders for Jewellery Making

Carat Gold Solders for Jewellery Making

In many countries, regulations govern the caratage of gold solders used to make jewellery and, with few exceptions, gold solder...
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Dealing with Fire Scale

Fire scale or fire stain is a reddish purple toned 'bloom' or 'stain' that appears on silver/copper alloys such as...
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Metals Suitable for Enameling

Metals Suitable for Enameling

The purpose of this article is two fold. First, we receive a number of inquiries as to whether or not...
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A Replica of the Sutton Hoo Sword

A Replica of the Sutton Hoo Sword

Considered to be one of the richest and most important archaeological finds in Great Britain, the Ship Burial known as...
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Different Coloured Gold Alloys

Different Coloured Gold Alloys

From ancient times, gold has been used mostly in decorative items, and the colour of gold plays an important role...
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Coloring Techniques for Metalsmiths

Coloring Techniques for Metalsmiths

Jewelers are a restless and inquisitive group. Not content with producing sumptuous jewelry, they spray it with chemicals, dip it...
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Platinum Alloys – Features & Benefits

In this presentation I attempted to provide you with information on platinum alloys to help you make an informed decision...
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Enameling on Sterling Silver

Enameling on Sterling Silver

I enamel on various metals making a variety of pieces from post earrings to 5" x 8" framed enamels. The...
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Understanding the Working Titanium

Because titanium behaves somewhat differently than the standard metals in the goldsmith's workshop some special attention to its working is...
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How To Make Leaves from Metal

How To Make Leaves from Metal

A short while back I prepared this short photo tutorial showing how I make leaves from metal. I have use...
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Casting Notes for Silver Lost Wax Casting

Casting of silver can be fairly easy and these notes are the results of my experience through trial and error...
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Metal Salt Etching, Resists and Resist Removal

Metalsmiths and enamelists have used ferric chloride for several years as a safer alternative to nitric acid for copper and...
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Inquartation and Parting Refining Process

Inquartation and Parting Refining Process

The small-medium scale refiner (typically up to 3-4 kg per batch) tends to adopt the Aqua Regia process as being...
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Working With Niobium

Working With Niobium

Niobium has many properties that make it an excellent candidate for fabricated parts. Of particular interest to jewelry manufacturers and...
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Pickling Notes

Jewelers treat soldered objects with dilute acid solutions to remove oxides produced from heating and soldering as well as glassy...
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Platinum Alloy Applications for Jewelry

Platinum Alloy Applications for Jewelry

Today, platinum is enjoying its renaissance. In the U.S., platinum consumption has risen by more than 700% since 1990. More...
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Introduction to Weaving Metal

Introduction to Weaving Metal

Textile techniques are traditionally worked with fibers such as linen, cotton and silk. However, they can also be applied to...
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The Metal Underneath

The Metal Underneath

In this article, I will discuss the basics of metal preparation for the enameling process. Some experienced enamelists may disagree...
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Metal Rolling and Drawing

Metal Rolling and Drawing

Rolling can be thought of as a local, or isolated, deformation process during which thickness is decreased, length increased, and...
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Heat Treating Metals

Heat Treating Metals

Heat treatment changes the microstructure of a metal or alloy. It is a process that may be applied after casting,...
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Platinum Durability vs Scratching

There is a major difference between durability and scratch resistance. Platinum is very durable. When scratched, the scratch actually displaces...
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Argentium Sterling Road Testing

Argentium Sterling Road Testing

Invented in 1996 by Peter Johns, a professor of silversmithing at Englands Middlesex University, Argentium[R] Sterling Silver, like traditional sterling...
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Kliar Vibrant Colors for Metal Jewelry

Kliar Vibrant Colors for Metal Jewelry

Adding vibrant colors to jewelry can involve any number of methods -- from careful enameling by hand to the high-tech...
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Niello Metal Mixture

Niello Metal Mixture

Niello is a deep black metal mixture that is fused onto metal for decorative effect. Though worked on three-dimensional objects,...
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Copper, Brass and Bronze Advanced Etching

This method of etching uses a prepared ferric chloride solution which also contains hydrochloric acid. This 'etchant' is not a...
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Additive Manufacturing in the Jewelry Scene

Additive Manufacturing in the Jewelry Scene

Did you ever imagine you'd see the day when a finely woven mesh bracelet with thousands of tiny links could...
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The Best Jewelry Books: A Comprehensive Reading List For Craftspeople

A selected bibliography list for the jeweler - Metal working, Casting, Plating, Enamelling ,Gem Cutting, Setting, Engraving and Etching, Other...
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Platinum Jewelry Advanced Joining Techniques

Joining is a very important production technique in the field of jewelry production. Therefore it is useful to know, what...
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Optimising Gold Alloys for Manufacturing

Optimising Gold Alloys for Manufacturing

Standard yellow gold alloys which are based on gold-silver copper can be used for many production processes. They could be...
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Hard 22 Carat Gold Alloy

Hard 22 Carat Gold Alloy

The jewellery market is looking for harder high-carat gold alloys that are more resistant to wear and scratching. Current research...
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Gold Jewellery Tarnishing

Tarnishing is superficial corrosion of the carat gold surface and is evident by a usually dark discolouration - the tarnish...
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Introduction to Japanese Alloys

Japanese artists have contributed significantly by using their unique alloys in innovative combinations. Perhaps the best example of this is...
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Refining Gold Jewelry Scraps

Refining Gold Jewelry Scraps

When questions arise about manufacturing quality gold jewelry, manufacturers are eager to talk shop with their peers and industry experts....
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Brief Notes on Shakudo

As with most Japanese metal coloring methods the techniques are metallurgically based rather than solution oriented; in the West we...
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Metal Spinning Part 2: Techniques

Metal Spinning Part 2: Techniques

This article is the second of a three-part series on Metal Spinning by James Seavey discussing the techniques in developing...
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A New Platinum Sterling Silver

A New Platinum Sterling Silver

It took about two months of experimentation to get the formulas for Platinum Sterling Silver just right - Robinson created...
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Bi-Metal Casting to Titanium

Bi-Metal Casting to Titanium

Titanium and the other refractory metals other the metalsmith a new range of exotic colors - colors that are beautiful...
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White Metals and Alloys Testing

White Metals and Alloys Testing

In practice an experienced eye will usually be able to determine by color and luster whether a piece is made...
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Metals For Enameling

The most commonly used metals for enameling are pure copper and fine silver. The fine silver is primarily used for...
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Metal Conversion Chart

Metal Conversion Chart

The metal conversion chart below will help you determine the amount of metal needed to create a piece of jewelry...
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Enameling On Fine Silver Metal Clay

Enameling On Fine Silver Metal Clay

Enameling on pieces made from Precious Metal Clay is a joy! The clay is malleable and will take any shape...
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De-oxidized Sterling Silver Alloys

De-oxidized Sterling Silver Alloys

Sterling silver alloys typically contain about 7.5 percent copper, an addition that not only provides strength to the otherwise pure...
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Reticulation of Shakudo and Shibuichi

Reticulation of Shakudo and Shibuichi

For a number of years I have been exploring the use of the Japanese alloy shakudo in ways other than...
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Working with White Gold

Working with White Gold

White gold jewelry is a hot fashion trend that does not show signs of cooling off any time soon. Manufacturers...
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Metalsmithing Health Hazards

Very little research has been done on the medical problems of artists as a direct result of occupational health hazards....
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Creating Colorful Jewelry Designs

Creating Colorful Jewelry Designs

When most people think of colored jewelry, their minds conjure visions of rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. After all, jewelry makers...
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Gold and Silver – The Noble Metals

Gold and silver have long been esteemed as the king and queen of metals, for good reason. No other members...
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Testing Precious Metals and Alloys

Testing Precious Metals and Alloys

The purpose of precious metal testing is to determine, first, whether a given sample is precious or base, and, second,...
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Causes & Prevention of Defects in Wrought Alloys

Causes & Prevention of Defects in Wrought Alloys

Much of the recent literature on defects that occur in jewellery manufacture is focused on those occurring in lost wax...
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Making Silver Wire

Making Silver Wire

Making silver wire
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Aluminum: Welded and Wearable

Aluminum: Welded and Wearable

The purpose of this paper is to acquaint the reader with the advantages and disadvantages of utilizing aluminum as a...
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Cupric Nitrate Patination of Metals

This patination solution gives you a range of greens, olives, browns, black, turquoise and yellow-greens on many metals because it...
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CAD/CAM Systems for Metals and Jewelry

If you are involved with computers you know how rapidly things are changing, prices are sinking and capabilities increasing. Computer...
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The Metal Corrugation Project

The Metal Corrugation Project

The act of contraction into repetitive wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves. When studying nature forms, corrugation is regularly seen...
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950 Palladium: White Metal Alloys

950 Palladium: White Metal Alloys

Of late, an increasing number of white precious metal alloys have been introduced into the jewelry marketplace in answer to...
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Chain Making Project

This project is for beginners that wish to become silversmiths, part time or full time. Keep in mind that there...
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Steps on Making a T-Fold Boat Fold

Steps on Making a T-Fold Boat Fold

The boat fold branch of T-folds is an interesting avenue. It permits you to have a curving, concave table, and...
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Learning Metalsmithing Process

An art school is in some ways a difficult place to learn to be a metalsmith. Traditional systems of industry...
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Coloring Titanium Sculptures with a Torch

Coloring Titanium Sculptures with a Torch

Adding or changing the color on your sculpture Titanium can breathe new life or change the character of a piece....
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Designing Contemporary Flatware

Designing Contemporary Flatware

No single item is more used yet more neglected than flatware. It is used in one form or another by...
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Choosing the Right White Gold

The popularity of white gold has us all looking to the most perplexing gold we use. Perplexing a variety of...
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Testing the X1 White Gold

Testing the X1 White Gold

When it comes to white gold, my customers want the brightest, whitest white they can get -- and some are...
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Tips for Recovering Precious Metal Particles

Most jewelers know how to handle their precious metal scraps: they separate their scraps by metal, dry out ultrasonic solutions...
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Proper Use of Liquid Metals

Applying liquid gold, palladium and/or silver in the final firing of enamel pieces is something that can frequently raise the...
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Platinum – Sterling Alloy

Platinum – Sterling Alloy

Throughout the history of jewelry making, metalsmiths have strived to perfect not only their artistry, but their materials as well....
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Anodizing Aluminum

Anodizing Aluminum

While I was in graduate school at San Diego State University I became interested in the anodizing process. I had...
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Alloying Gold for Granulation

Alloying Gold for Granulation

An alloy is by definition a mixture of two or more metals to create different strengths and colors. For granulation,...
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Alloys – Look on the White Side

In the jewelry industry, it's rare to have an alloy without drawbacks, particularly when the alloy is not yellow. When...
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The Seven Korean Metalsmiths

The Seven Korean Metalsmiths

Five thousand years of Korean goldsmithing was interrupted from 1913 to 1953 due to the Japanese invasion and the Korean...
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Metal Spinning Part 3: Tooling

Metal Spinning Part 3: Tooling

As skill develops in spinning, it becomes more important to have a sense of what forms can be produced. To...
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Copper Granulation Technique

Copper Granulation Technique

Granulation, a technique used in jewelry and metalwork, is the decorative use of minute metal granules attached to the surface...
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Gold of Africa: Jewellery and Ornaments from Ghana

Gold of Africa: Jewellery and Ornaments from Ghana

Now this is a truly attractive book. One of those coffee table type books dripping with gorgeous National Geographic quality...
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Palladium Q&As

Its no secret that palladium has captured the attention of the industry. In 2005, purchase of palladium for jewelry use...
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Ancient Etruscan Metalsmiths

Ancient Etruscan Metalsmiths

Looking down the long corridors of time, the ancient Etruscans emerge as a powerful people whose economic and social development...
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Debunking Three Myths About Sawing

Debunking Three Myths About Sawing

In thinking about the daily tasks that I undertake at the bench, I realized how easy it is to fall...
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Touchstone Method for Testing Karat Gold Purity

There are a few scientific methods for precisely determining karat gold purity, some destructive (fire assay) and others nondestructive (X-ray...
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Multi-Metal Lamination

Multi-metal Lamination is a type of 'faux' married metal which produces a freer, more 'painterly' effect than the hard-edge, highly...
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Palladium Melt

Palladium Melt

How to use a TIG torch to melt scrap 950 TruPd for an ingot. Follow Ganoksin Guide to Industry Web...
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Cold Forging of Karat Gold Findings

Cold Forging of Karat Gold Findings

Cold forging in the karat gold jewelry industry has sometimes been referred to as stamping, coining and die striking. This...
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Touchstone Method for Testing Purity in Karat Gold

Touchstone Method for Testing Purity in Karat Gold

There are a few scientific methods for precisely determining karat gold purity, some destructive (fire assay) and others nondestructive (X-ray...
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Rendering Design and Process

Rendering Design and Process

This is the second in a series of articles on the art and skill of rendering jewelry and small metal...
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The Creation of White Gold

The Creation of White Gold

White gold presents unique challenges. Who among us has not struggled with white gold at one time or another? Some...
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Creating a Two Tone Ring

Creating a Two Tone Ring

In this issue I'm going to walk you through the creation of a ring with two different colors of gold....
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Electric Kiln Fired Mokume Gane Part 1

Electric Kiln Fired Mokume Gane Part 1

This is the first part of a series on Electric Kiln Fired Mokume Gane. Here we will focus on a...
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Application of Hot Smithing Process to Non-Ferrous Metals

Application of Hot Smithing Process to Non-Ferrous Metals

The motivation for undertaking this research was to establish a more expedient process to achieve volumetric forms in non-ferreous metals....
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Electric Kiln Fired Mokume Gane Part 2

Electric Kiln Fired Mokume Gane Part 2

In this article in the series we will go to billet forging and making a simple wedding band in a...
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Precious Metal Alloys Part 1

Precious Metal Alloys Part 1

In the Middle Ages, alchemy meant the art of fathoming natural substances in an experimental manner. The goal of the...
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Hermann Jünger: German Goldsmith

Hermann Jünger: German Goldsmith

From 1988 to 1989, German goldsmith Hermann Jünger was celebrated in his native country with a major retrospective of his...
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Heat-Induced Web Textures on Anodized Aluminum

Heat-Induced Web Textures on Anodized Aluminum

In late 1981, I began working with anodized aluminum, drawn to its light weight, availability and low cost. In developing...
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The Art of Doublée Making

The Art of Doublée Making

Historically, a wide range of techniques has been used to clad or coat silver or base metals with gold. These...
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Contemporary Metal Furniture

Contemporary Metal Furniture

In cast iron we recognize only the machine-made copy of a copy; in wrought-iron we feel the presence of the...
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North American Sources for Equipment, Materials, etc.

This page offers a list of some useful North American Sources for Equipment, Materials, information, etc that would be very...
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How to Make a Pewter Sake Cup

How to Make a Pewter Sake Cup

Pewter, an alloy of tin, antimony, and copper, dominated European tableware for half a millennium until it was eclipsed by...
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Metal Corrugation Vocabulary

Metal Corrugation Vocabulary

Metal corrugation is a unique roll-formed process whereby a precise and specific repetitive surface pattern is achieved when processing thin...
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Changing Metals Market Pricing

As you may have noticed (Id be astonished if you hadnt), prices for gold and silver, platinum too, are on...
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Shaping Non Ferrous Metals

Shaping Non Ferrous Metals

The motivation for undertaking this research was to establish a more expedient process to achieve volumetric forms in non ferreous...
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Don’t buy fake silver – easy acid test!!!

Don’t buy fake silver – easy acid test!!!

Quick and easy Silver test - WARNING: if you are under 18 or unfamiliar at all with these testing methods,...
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Aluminum & Aluminum Anodizing

Aluminum & Aluminum Anodizing

This article is based on technical information taken from my personal notes and experiences, shared information from the Penland Anodizing...
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Colored Karat Golds for Investment Casting

Colored Karat Golds for Investment Casting

In modern melting and casting technology, the need for products able to front competition in the field of quality and...
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Firescale Prevention During Vacuum Casting

Firescale has been the scourge of sterling silver casters since the first silver was poured into a mold. It has...
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Pouring Sheet and Wire Ingots

Pouring Sheet and Wire Ingots

Jay Whaley demonstrates how to use a convertible steel ingot mold, melting dishes, and a new wire handled ingot pouring...
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Transformation of Metal into Metaphor

Transformation of Metal into Metaphor

The origins of metallurgy are shrouded in mystery, contributing to the mythology that dev eloped around the metalsmith's art. With...
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Wire Fibula Brooch

Wire Fibula Brooch

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. Add some pizzazz to your Wire Fibula Brooch! This is your opportunity to get...
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Contemporary Applications of Area Inlay

Contemporary Applications of Area Inlay

The use of area inlay, called damascening or woven inlay, is common in the ancient metalwork of Iran, India, Japan,...
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Richard Reinhardt: Discontinuous Continuity

Richard Reinhardt: Discontinuous Continuity

Richard Reinhardt's best-known pieces today are silver bracelets, constructed in concave or convex forms that curve smoothly and logically in...
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Cannon Ring

Cannon Ring

Cannon Ring Creator Leigh Wulle St. Louis, MO
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Meditation on Metallurgy

Meditation on Metallurgy Not everything is metal, but metal is everywhere. Metal is the conductor of all matter….And thought is...
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Using Coils To Bend Tubing

Using Coils To Bend Tubing

Many tools sold in model/hobby stores can be used for jewelry making. During a recent visit to a hobby shop,...
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Nickel White Gold Welding

Nickel White Gold Welding

In this article I will be referring to terms that I have defined in previous articles. If you wish to...
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Anodizing Principles Update

Anodizing Principles Update

Although the basic anodizing principles involved in the reactive metals have been discussed in the past, a deeper insight into...
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Master Metalsmith Robert von Neumann

Master Metalsmith Robert von Neumann

This article was completed just weeks before Robert von Neumann's accidental fall and subsequent death on April 23, 1984. Books...
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The Art of Gold

The Art of Gold

'The Art of Gold,' curated by Michael Monroe, is the first major survey of contemporary American goldsmithing. The traveling exhibition...
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Soumak on Metal

Soumak on Metal

Soumak is a textile technique which is commonly found in the weaving of rugs in the Middle East. The technique...
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Metalwork in the 20th Century

Metalwork in the 20th Century

Metalwork in the 20th Century When curator J. Stewart Johnson of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York decided...
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Precious Metal Alloys Part 3

Precious Metal Alloys Part 3

The hardening of gold and silver is now easier than ever before thanks to increased experience in the heat treatment...
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Lamination of Non Ferrous Metals by Diffusion

Lamination of Non Ferrous Metals by Diffusion

We have been interested in Mokume-gane for a number of years. The only information we could find was by the...
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Messages on Jewelry Designs

Messages on Jewelry Designs

As many and varied as the reasons may be to publicize a message or to make a very personal statement,...
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Precious Metal Refining

The principle of this ancient, valued procedure is described here because of its historical interest, and with the thought that...
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Safer Pickle Alternative

Procrastination can sometimes lead to wonderful discoveries. Tom Arnold, owner of Facets Fine Jewelry in Arlington, Virginia, found this out...
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The Metal Shop Tin Men

The Metal Shop Tin Men

Metal shop tin men seem to be as American as L. Frank Baum's tale of Dorothy and company in the...
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Fine Matte on Metal Surfaces

Fine Matte on Metal Surfaces

A micro-waterjet device can be used to achieve fine matt finishes on precious metal surfaces. Parts required for this are:...
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Pat Pruitt’s Stainless Steel Jewelry

Pat Pruitt’s Stainless Steel Jewelry

Pat Pruitt of Paguate, New Mexico, has been working with stainless steel for over a decade. Three years ago, he...
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Master Metalsmith John Prip

Master Metalsmith John Prip

One observation on the career of John Prip (more often called Jack) is the way in which the man and...
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Kinds of Alloys

Kinds of Alloys

This segment from the 2017 MJSA Journal November issue is dedicated to metals, tools, software and more that aids jewelers...
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Casting Gold to Platinum for the Jewelry Industry

The principle of bi-metal casting is really very simple: A wax model is invested, cast and finished. A secondary wax...
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CAD/CAM: Creating a Class Ring – Part 1

CAD/CAM: Creating a Class Ring – Part 1

Advanced Jewelry Technologies (owned by this author) and Rio Grande are introducing a new CAD CAM system designed to make...
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Joseph Trippetti – Cloisonne on Steel

Joseph Trippetti – Cloisonne on Steel

When Joseph Trippetti returned from the Army in 1946, he studied for three years at Philadelphia College of Art and...
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American Holloware Changing Criteria

American Holloware Changing Criteria

The expressions which have come to identify the pre- and post-World War II generations - Me decade, suburban frontiersmen, spoiled...
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Electric Kiln Fired Mokume Gane Part 3

Electric Kiln Fired Mokume Gane Part 3

This last installment of this series on Mokume Gane  will focus on the different Mokume Gane pattern techniques and the...
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Precious Metal Alloys Part 2

Precious Metal Alloys Part 2

A variety of colors stands for zest and happiness. In the case of jewelry, these strong emotions have been expressed...
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Toolmaker’s Tools of the Trade

Toolmaker’s Tools of the Trade

The word "technology" is defined as the totality of the means employed to provide the objects necessary for sustenance and...
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Making 950 Platinum Ruthenium Alloy

Making 950 Platinum Ruthenium Alloy

Filmed at Kraftwerks from PM West, Robert Lumabao demonstrates how one refiner makes beautiful and reliable platinum casting grain. By...
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The Secret Life of Solder

The Secret Life of Solder

Understanding why solders melt and how they flow is fundamental to mastering soldering techniques. The alloys we use every day...
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The Trouble with Pyrite

The first reference that I have that links copperas with the collection of fossils is found in the 'Life and...
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Argentium Sterling Silver

Argentium Sterling Silver

Standard sterling silver is not a perfect material to work with firescale adds extra production costs and the tarnishing characteristic...
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The New MJSA/WGC White Gold Color Index

Have you ever noticed how white gold varies in color? Many folks think white gold is the same color as...
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Discussion on Refiner Methods

Discussion on Refiner Methods

Shawna Kulpa takes a look into the assaying methods refiners use to determine the value of a lot. This article...
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Waste Not, Want Not

Waste Not, Want Not

When it comes to recovering precious metal, nothing is worthless. However, if you walk into many repair shops you will...
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Maximizing Refining Returns

Platinum jewelry manufacturing presents some very different concerns when discussing the collection of materials for refining purposes. The assumption that...
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Towards a New Iron Age Exhibition

Towards a New Iron Age Exhibition

Three weeks before "Towards A New Iron Age" was to open at the Mint Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina, it...
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Platinum Consideration Factors

Jurgen J Maerz of the Platinum Guild International USA outlines factors to consider when adding platinum to your line of...
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Recycling Gold from Electronics

With over 300 tonnes of gold used in electronics each year, end-of-life electronic equipment offers an important recycling potential for...
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Studio Visit – Metalpeople

Studio Visit – Metalpeople

Artist's with shared sensibilities and needs often come together to form co-operative studios in order to reduce overhead, share equipment,...
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Working With Alternative Metals

Working With Alternative Metals

With the high price of gold, jewelry makers are looking to incorporate alternative metals into their lines. I frequently work...
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The Impulse in Contemporary American Metal

The Impulse in Contemporary American Metal

For most of this century, story-telling in art has been considered taboo. From the turn of the century to well...
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Silver refining

Silver refining

A micro-scale experiment explaining some principles related to the refining process of silver.
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Small Scale Double Making Procedures

Double is a German word of french origin meaning rolled gold or gold fill material. I use it for the...
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The Representation in Contemporary Metals

The Representation in Contemporary Metals

My recollection of the first piece of metalwork I owned is of a pin consisting of two poodles connected by...
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Testing Platinum Enhanced Gold

Testing Platinum Enhanced Gold

Following the release of its Sterling with Platinum alloy, ABI Precious Metals in Carson, California, has developed yellow gold alloys...
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The Price of Gold

The Price of Gold

While gold's mystique is indisputable, we must resist being so entranced by its luster that we fail to recognize and...
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Pulse Shaping Test, 14k Ni WG

Pulse Shaping Test, 14k Ni WG

The following is one method of adjusting parameters after altering the pulse shape. This article is not intended to promote...
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Cloisonne Cup – A Noble Chalice

Cloisonne Cup – A Noble Chalice

Who has not dreamt of that nobly shaped chalice, enameled all over with immaculate transparents... maybe just one fine gold...
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Goldsmithing in the Future

This article is a set of predictions for what the jewelers bench and workshop will experience in technological change in...
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Water casting shibuichi

Water casting shibuichi

Casting shibuichi in the traditional japanese way on canvas in water.
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A Legacy in American Metalworking

A Legacy in American Metalworking

A Legacy in American Metalworking It was 9:00 in the morning in Lawrence, Kansas and Carlye Smith was heading for...
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Doneghy Collection of Southwest Indian Silver

Doneghy Collection of Southwest Indian Silver

At a time when the country is still reeling from the vogue for Indian jewelry displayed around the necks of...
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Masterpiece in Metal by Adolphe Himmel

Masterpiece in Metal by Adolphe Himmel

Among the most distinguished known surviving pieces of New Orleans-made silver is this tureen made by Adolphe Himmel. With its...
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Platinum Granulation Process

Platinum Granulation Process

Granulation, a process dating back a lot longer than I can remember, is clearly one of jewelry histories most prominent...
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Ensuring the Best Refining Experience

Ensuring the Best Refining Experience

Today's record metals prices have probably encouraged you to be more diligent than ever about capturing every last bit of...
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Fibula Brooch

Fibula Brooch

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. Create a piece of history! The Greeks and Romans invented the first safety pin...
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Alternative Metalsmith Pat Flynn

Alternative Metalsmith Pat Flynn

There is something of the alchemist's magic in Pat Flynn. Like those artful wizards of long ago, he changes common...
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Susan Kingsley: Enlightened Embranglements

Susan Kingsley: Enlightened Embranglements

Susan Kingsley's work has involved a long, determined struggle with the role of a woman artist in the field of...
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Anneal Your Metal

Anneal Your Metal

Melissa Muir demonstrates and discusses how to properly anneal metal with a torch
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Loop in Loop Chain

Loop in Loop Chain

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. Learn an old technique to create a contemporary look! Make a beautiful chain made...
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Metal Work with the microfold brake

Metal Work with the microfold brake

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. Are you ready to try an innovative, new technique created by Jack Berry that...
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Jonathan Bonner: Whimsy and Vision

Jonathan Bonner: Whimsy and Vision

Jonathan Bonner is a pleasant young man with a quick smile and an easygoing manner. If you saw him in...
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Art Toys for Adult Toddlers

Art Toys for Adult Toddlers

One can get tired of it all and want to be entertained, but the media outlets for distraction can look...
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Casting

Casting

Video showing how the casting process is made.
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Smelting Iron in Africa

Smelting Iron in Africa

Smelting iron from ore by a smith family in West Africa. The only complete, high quality video of iron smelting...
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Mokume Gane Washer Ring

Mokume Gane Washer Ring

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. With your Swanstrom disc cutter, a mallet and a ring mandrel, you can create...
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Gold Refining – Part 2

Gold Refining – Part 2

The latest in "Daniel And Roberts' Demonstration Series" is a two part video. Part one is the preparation and acid...
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The Contemporary American Custom Goldsmithing

The Contemporary American Custom Goldsmithing

About five years ago, Robert Fairbank, John Reynolds and I created a "living entity" called Goldsmiths 3 in Concord, Massachusetts....
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Whaley Studios – Ingot Pouring Preparation

Whaley Studios – Ingot Pouring Preparation

Master jeweler Jay Whaley demonstrates proper technique to prepare and pour an ingot. For more information: http://WhaleyWorkshops.com
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Pollution Control / Metal Recovery

Pollution Control / Metal Recovery

This segment from the 2017 MJSA Journal November issue is dedicated to metals, tools, software and more that aids jewelers...
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Sterling Silver Jewelry by Janina

Sterling Silver Jewelry by Janina

Beautiful collection of Sterling silver bracelets. necklaces and rings by Janina. Made in Denmark
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Alloying Gold and Silver

Alloying Gold and Silver

Alloying your own gold and silver is explained in detail.
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Lois Betteridge: Stretching Material Limits

Lois Betteridge: Stretching Material Limits

The core of life's work in fine artisanry is the unfolding of a personal style within the cultural milieu of...
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Wire Handled Ingot Pouring Device – WHIP

Wire Handled Ingot Pouring Device – WHIP

This video illustrates a simplified method for safely and accurately pouring molten metal into an ingot mold. The tool was...
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Large Scale Fold Forming

Large Scale Fold Forming

this is a video featuring the fold forming process with Large Scaled non ferrous elements. THIS is my first video...
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Part 4 – Pursuit Of Purple Gold Jewelry

Part 4 – Pursuit Of Purple Gold Jewelry

Pursuit Of Purple Gold Jewelry
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Making silver solder

Making silver solder

how to make your own solder
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Martha Glowacki & Fields of Reference

Martha Glowacki & Fields of Reference

Martha Glowacki's works are sculptural abstractions on the theme of landscape. They demonstrate her interest in the imposition of order...
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Coil Metal Corrugation

Coil Metal Corrugation

While researching ancient design I have been fascinated with basic shapes from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, ancient Celts, pictographs and petroglyphs....
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Part 2 – Pursuit Of Purple Gold Jewelry

Part 2 – Pursuit Of Purple Gold Jewelry

Pursuit Of Purple Gold Jewelry
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Second Annual Jewelry Metals Symposium

Second Annual Jewelry Metals Symposium

Second Annual Jewelry/Metals Symposium Seattle, Washington Seattle was recently the host as well as the delighted recipient of the second...
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Alexandra Hart – Crowning Achievement

Alexandra Hart – Crowning Achievement

Putting a spin on tradition, Alexandra Hart of Alexandra Hart in San Diego crafted Broollopskronan, or Bridal Crown, a regal...
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When the Dust Settles

Tips for recovering precious metal particles Most jewelers know how to handle their precious metal scraps: they separate their scraps...
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Gold Refining – Part 1

Gold Refining – Part 1

The latest in "Daniel And Roberts' Demonstration Series" is a two part video. Part one is the preparation and acid...
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Common FAQs for Metals Suppliers

Behold the metals supplier, lord of all things shiny. He fills your crucible with casting grain and makes sure youre...
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Technical Briefs: All About Metals

Technical Briefs: All About Metals

This entry marks the beginning of a new, regular column in Metalsmith. It will deal with technical concerns of interest...
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Anodizing Update

Anodizing Update

Bill Seeley is an independent metalsmith with an M.F.A. from the University of Kansas in metals, particularly titanium. He is...
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Producing Semi-Fabricated Platinum Products

It is also vital to know the basic forms of semi-fabricated Platinum product that are generally available and how to...
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Learning Metalwork from Shumei Tanaka

Learning Metalwork from Shumei Tanaka

I stood on Kawaramachi Street in downtown Kyoto. Kyoto, capital of Japan, home of the emperor from 794 to 1868,...
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Arsenal Metals and Enamels Exhibition

It seems like it was over a year ago, but in fact, The Arsenal Metals & Enamels Exhibition debuted this...
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CAD/CAM: Creating a Class Ring – Part 2

CAD/CAM: Creating a Class Ring – Part 2

These step-by-step instruction manual guides the process (see procedure for making the class ring). With a core product to produce,...
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Gold Alloying with Jewelry Arts Institute

Gold Alloying with Jewelry Arts Institute

www.jewelryarts.com How to alloy 22k gold.
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Daniel and Jurgen discuss platinum alloys –  Part 2

Daniel and Jurgen discuss platinum alloys – Part 2

One fine day at Fine Gold in Ontario, CA, Daniel Ballard (PMWest) and Jurgen Maerz (Dir technical education- Platinum Guild)...
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Jewelry Designs: Raindrops Pendant

Jewelry Designs: Raindrops Pendant

Welcome to Stacey Rhodes Jewelry Designs, where we will detail all of the steps involved in adding a new piece...
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Daniel and Jurgen discuss platinum alloys –  Part 1

Daniel and Jurgen discuss platinum alloys – Part 1

One fine day at Fine Gold in Ontario, CA, Daniel Ballard (PMWest) and Jurgen Maerz (Dir technical education- Platinum Guild)...
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Part 3 – Pursuit Of Purple Gold Jewelry

Part 3 – Pursuit Of Purple Gold Jewelry

Pursuit Of Purple Gold Jewelry
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How to make a silver metal clay pendant

How to make a silver metal clay pendant

Watch this short video from www.mastered.co and learn how to make a silver metal clay pendant. The full course is...
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Spinning

Spinning

Spinning a silver chalice base. Ditchling, East Sussex
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Fold Forming

Fold Forming

A Beads Baubles and Jewels project. Expand your jewelry-making skills and give your pieces stunning dimension with the Rueger Fold...
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