[Ganoksin] [Issue #122] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench

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In This Edition:


1. Wire Works! - The Work of Three Contemporary Wire Artists
2. Dreaming in Metal - The Jewelry of Steff Korsage
3. Machine Tool Technology: An Aesthetic Application
4. Japanese Patinas - The Patina Studio
5. Testing Japanese Patina Solutions
6. The Creation of AGTA Spectrum Award Winning Cufflinks by B.
Holman
7. Custom Designed Three Stone Ring Using Foredom Tools
8. Finishing and Setting a CAD/CAM Wedding Set
9. Hand Engraving - The Costs of Learning it
10. Book Review - Ethnic Jewellery by John Mack

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In This Edition of Tips From The Jeweler's Bench
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm

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1. Wire Works! - The Work of Three Contemporary Wire Artists
By Nina Graci

Working on the most meticulous and precise scale, three contemporary
wire artists, Barbara SilverStein, Nikki Feldbaum and Biba Schutz
create jewelry that is broad in appeal and expansive in effect....

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/wire-works.htm

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2. Dreaming in Metal - The Jewelry of Steff Korsage
By Nina Graci

Jewelry artist Steff Korsage followed her own determined path to find
her own distinct voice, making hollow forms from metal - as individual
beads and elements in eye-catching jewelry. One night in 1992, Steff
Korsage had an auspicious dream. She dreamed of metal, geometric pieces
of metal, filling the sky with their fascinating shapes. Instead of
rolling over and going back to sleep, Korsage did what any sensible
metalsmith would do.....

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/steff-korsage.htm

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3. The Metalsmith Papers (1978)
Machine Tool Technology: An Aesthetic Application
By Gary S. Griffin

This paper is initiated with the reference that one selects process
because of aesthetic need. The premise of technology as an end in
itself insures the triumph of the means (process) over the ends
(aesthetic). Only ones aesthetic ends deserve a primary position in
this hierarchy. This paper is submitted not as a redundant recital of a
machine tool technology already supported by vast volumes of technical
literature; rather, it seeks to nourish one's aesthetic vocabulary
which consequently may demand the use of that technology. The title,
"Machine Tool Technology: An Aesthetic Application", is the result of
these thoughts....

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...technology.htm

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4. Japanese Patinas - The Patina Studio
By Eitoku Sugimori

It is impossible to pretend that a single description of tools,
materials, and equipment will suit all needs. Obviously these elements
will depend on the scale of the work you do, the layout of your studio,
and the resources at your disposal. A sculptor working in large-scale
bronze castings will have different needs from a jeweler....

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/patina-studio.htm

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5. Testing Japanese Patina Solutions
By Eitoku Sugimori

It is important to understand that many variables will affect patina
results. Our tests were made on smooth, rolled metal. Textures will
change the color, and cast metal has a different structure that can
also influence color. These samples include no solder, and because
solder is a different alloy, it will react to the solutions
differently. Changes in temperature, length of exposure, climate, and
strength of the chemicals wilt all influence colors....

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...as-samples.htm

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6. The Creation of AGTA Spectrum Award Winning Cufflinks by Bill Holman
By Mark B. Mann

These cufflinks designed by Bill Holman were award winners in the AGTA
2004 Spectrum design competition. They are 18-karat yellow gold and
feature Drusy agates with a 24-karat deposition layer over the exposed
crystal formation. The small gemstones are 1.50 millimeter diamond-cut
round sapphir es. In this article, Holman shares the details of his
approach for making these award-winning cufflinks and how....

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/bill-holman.htm

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7. Custom Designed Three Stone Ring Using Foredom Tools
By Mark B. Mann

This three stone ring designed by Barney Jette has two flush set
trillion sapphire side stones with a total weight of 0.81 carats and a
1.05 carat round brilliant diamond center stone. Jette prepared the wax
using build-up techniques and cast it in 14-karat yellow gold. Rod
Smith, Jette's shop manager completed and....

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/barney-jette.htm

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8. Finishing and Setting a CAD/CAM Wedding Set
By Mark B. Mann

Computer aided design (CAD) was used to develop three designs in
multiple views to show the customer. After the design was selected, the
wax was milled and the ring was cast, pre-finished, set and polished.
Foredom tools, equipment and accessories were used to make the process
more efficient.. ..

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/wedding-set.htm

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9. Hand Engraving - The Costs of Learning it
By Brian P. Marshall

When you've made the decision to learn hand engraving, you have
basically 3 options: Spend little or no money but lots and lots of
time. You can get by spending very little on one book and the most
basic hand tools. Hammer & chisel or hand pushed burins were all that
was available for the past couple of hundred years, and some
astonishing work was done with them and is still being done by that
method.....

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...-engraving.htm

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10. Book Review - Ethnic Jewellery by John Mack
By Nina Graci

For those of us who get our sustenance from books about jewelry, Ethnic
Jewellery is an excellent feed. Its 170 photos of delectable jewelry,
commentaries, and maps quickly wafted this reader into daydreams about
the bejeweled tribes that left us this priceless legacy. Editor John
Mack, Senior Keeper at the British Museum, tackled the daunting task of
documenting the traditional jewelry of non-European countries. He did
this by inviting eight professors, curators, and trailblazer Oppi
Untracht to explain the materials, techniques, and themes
characteristic of the region in which the jew elry was made. Mack chose
well....

Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ic-jewelry.htm

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