[Jewelry making - Article 00196] - Re: [Orchid] Anticlastic forming in the studio

[raakhi rana]

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Dear Karen

    For anticlastic bangles you dont necessarily need heavy duty
    machinery....I made a few forged anticlastic bangles in my career and
    they have come out beautifully..(if is do say so myself;-) 

    I was taught this method by a college friend.... 

    Take a piece of wood...either MDF or pine....something
    soft...depending on the width of the bangle, if u are making a bangle
    of two inch width then try a block of wood that is about an inch
    thick and 5 inches wide and about 10 inches long...these dimesions of
    the wooden block are not definates, just s guide, but the thickness
    is the most important aspect of consideration....if u take the block
    longitudinally measure half way between 5 inches and cut a "U" shape
    (or file it, depending on the depth that you want for the braclet)
    and round off the bottom of the "U" with a half round file.....about
    an inch and half down from the base of the"U" cut out a circular hole
    wider than the width of your metal sheet for your bangle....(this is
    for the bangle to pass through as you are forming it).... 

    Now take your silver sheet (or whatever metal you are using, the
    soft the metal the better) and anneal. Place in a swedge block and
    half round the metal to the depth you want your bangle to be... 

    Then put your wooden block into a bench vice with the "U" at the top
    and the hole exposed....place your half curved metal in the "U" and
    use a soft malet that'f head fits into the "U", and hit with a
    "pulling down" action, the plate will start to curve into a
    bangle....asit curves allow it to go through the hole in the wooden
    block and keep hitting....after it has formed a basic bangle shape
    then put it in a bowl of pitch and smooth out the areas that need it
    with a ball punch that is slighlty smaller in diameter than the width
    of the bangle.... 

    It would be clearer if i was to diagram it out for you...but i dont
    have anything on paper for this technique.... 

    Let me know how it comes out... 

Regards
Raakhi Gadodia
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