I am writing about an ancient technique, keum boo, particularly using thinner foils of 24k gold used often for enamelling. It is an ancient technique, but it has many modern applications particularly in jewelry art. Keum-boo is a technique to apply gold to silver or few other metals permanently using 2 key factors, heat and […]
Annealing metal
Annealing metal is one of basic and frequent practices of metalsmithing. I am usually working with non-ferrous metals such as silver, copper and brass and frequently annealing them. A very important point is that while you are working with these metals, you are work hardening them. For example, when you are shaping and forming metal, […]
How to transfer our jewelry design to metal for sawing
I wrote about jeweler’s saw as a necessary tool to make handmade jewelry and how to use it here. There are various methods to transfer the design to the metal so you can cut it using a jeweler’s saw. The basic method is to draw your design on metal using permanent marker. It is usually […]
Using a jeweler’s saw
In the beginning of my journey, the first skill I needed to learn and master in order to work with metal was to use a jeweler’s saw. So, I bought a large aluminum sheet (from Bunnings warehouse!) and started to cut various blanks, shapes and designs. You can punch a hole in area you want […]