[Jewelry making - Article 00143] - Re: [Orchid] Books about anticlastic raising, forging

[Chuck Hunner]

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Belinda,

    It's a really fun technique! I'm in love with it because it is so
    much more immediate as compared to lost wax. And in a way, it's as
    elaborate in its technique as lost wax. 

    The elaboration comes in with each pass of the hammer over the
    metal. For lost wax, I carve the wax, gate it, invest, burnout, cast,
    solder and polish. For anticlastic raising, the form just keeps
    elaborating itself as long as I keep hammering and annealing. The
    technique has a lot of continuity in that the metal gets coaxed into
    shape with basically the same tools from beginning to end. Hammer and
    stake and you. 

    It's just so neat to me to not have to invest, burn out, and cast! 

Thanks again for starting the thread!
Chuck in Asheville

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