[Jewelry making - Article 00225] - Re: [Orchid] Books about anticlastic raising, forging

[James Miller FIPG]

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    I have been following the posts regarding "Anticlastic raising" and
    to be  honest I was curious as to whether this was some kind of new
    technique that I needed to learn. I was apprenticed for six years at
    one of Londons most  prestigeous gold and silversmithing companies
    back in the sixties, as a  goldsmith, and I never heard the term
    anticlastic raising until the last  decade. But as it turns out I
    have been doing it for years  when hammering out my flower shapes,
    particilarly when shaping leaves and grasses. I am afraid working
    alone for the past twenty years has meant that I am  a bit behind
    with many of the new techniques and machines available for our trade,
    I am too old to learn new techniques of manufacture,the old ways suit
    me  best, but I am interested to read about new methods and all of
    the queries regarding various available machines,lasers,welders,
    torches and  supplies mentioned on the Orchid digest. May I say to
    anyone just starting, all  you need is a small amount of hand tools,
    an idea on how to use them, some talent, and a design then you can
    make something to be proud of. I can  make a good representation of a
    flower using only a piercing saw, a home made  shaped hammer, a block
    of lead to hammer onto, some home made texturing punches, some doming
    punches and a small oxy/propane torch with a borax cone and water for
    flux. 

James Miller FIPG - An English Goldsmith
Fellow of the the Institute of Professional Goldsmiths 
http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid/jmdesign.htm
http://www.whoswhoingoldandsilver.com/search/portfolio.asp?did=136



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