[Jewelry making - Article 00154] - Re: [Orchid] Chasing vs. graving

[Len and Judy Bjorkman]

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    Stephanie, assuming you'd like to try chasing/repousse, try doing
    some research on the process. 

    1.  There's a nice article on chasing and repousse on the Ganoksin
    web-site:  http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/repousse.htm 

    2.  I found a compendium of miscellaneous information on chasing and
    repousse at:  www.artmetal.com/brambush/forging/proj04/page03.htm
    (this was a while back -- am not sure it's still there) 

    3.  If you have access to back issues of Lapidary Journal, the April
    2004 issue, p. 46ff., has an article and project on repousse by
    Valentin Yotkov  (lovely color photos, and see p. 20ff. for a
    discussion by Yotkov). 

    4.  Check a variety of jewelrymaking books out of the  library and
    read what little they  usually have on  this  topic, to see what
    suits you. 

    5.  Kathy Palochak gave me a reference to  the following bit of
    information:   

          Don't have a pitch bowl, but you need to give some form to a
          piece?  Place several pieces of felt  in a pile.  Nail the
          corners of the  felt pile to  a board.  Place your piece on the
          felt, using push pins or brads to  hold it in place.  Use your
          daps to form the metal. 

    I made a simple chasing tool out of brass rod (for chasing on brass).
    In the process of hammering out the end to shape, it hardened the
    metal enough so that it works on  annealed  brass. I use a  chasing
    hammer with it. For one particular leaf design, I hold the sheet
    metal  in place with brads nailed into some medium soft wood. This is
    not high-tech  or high-end,  but  it's straightforward and fun! 

Best wishes,
Judy Bjorkman

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