[Jewelry making - Article 00167] - Re: [Orchid] Technique of Daniel Brush?

[Beth Rosengard]

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>       Is anyone familiar with the technique of Daniel Brush who
>     combines gold with steel.  I am interested on how he actual
>     "marries" the two metals together in such an organic way. 

    Hi Steve,  I met someone a while back who claimed to know how this
    was done. He had been at the Renwick (I think it was) when Brush's
    work was on display there and had spent a lot of time talking to a
    guard or docent who was present for a lecture by or about Daniel
    Brush.  (Sorry to be so tentative but this story was third hand to
    begin with, plus my memory of the conversation is a little vague.) 
    Anyway, this guy explained the process as follows.  I do NOT vouch
    for its accuracy. 

    First, Brush drills thousands of tiny holes in the areas of the
    steel which he wants covered with gold.  Then he sinks thousands of
    tiny gold wires into all those tiny holes so they are sticking up
    just a bit.  Finally he hammers the stubs of the gold wires to spread
    out the gold until the gold from one hammered wire meets the gold
    from its neighboring hammered wires.  This technique, time-consuming
    as it is, would certainly give you a lot of control.  And,  if you
    take into account how many thousands of teeny, tiny granules Brush
    uses in his granulation, this technique isn't quite as ridiculous as
    it sounds.  Well, yes it is actually -- but it puts it in perspective
    :-). 

Beth

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