[Jewelry making - Article 00553] - [Orchid] Practical Silver Granulation

[Patrick Storme]

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    We tried fine and 950 silver with different coppersalt solutions,
    but the grains would never fuse without the complete piece being
    melted. The aim of the workpiece is to cover triangular flat surfaces
    with beads around 0,5 mm diameter, but also larger beads stacked to
    form small piramids. My question is primarely if it is best to use
    either fine silver, or an alloy and secondly, which would be the
    most appropriate mixture to bond and melt the granules together. It
    is possible, as Katherine suggests, that our view on the melting
    process was not accurate enough.  Nevertheless, if we know we are
    working with the right alloy and bonding mixture, we can more easily
    concentrate on the fusing moment. Thanks, Patrick.


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