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[Ganoksin] [Issue #127] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench
The Ganoksin Project
S i n c e 1 9 9 6 Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Techniques http://www.ganoksin.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imagine a world in which every person has free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That's what we're doing. And we need your help. Take action now and ensure that we can continue to provide the same level of service you and thousands of people each day have come to appreciate. With your financial support, the Orchid community will continue to flourish and grow! Please consider setting up an Orchid subscription account. Donate: Safe, easy, secure! http://www.ganoksin.com/donate Thank You! Hanuman ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition: 1. David Secrest - The Man with X-Ray Vision 2. The TAO of Bur 3. Innovative Approaches to Small Shop Success 4. Finding and making your own wax carving tools 5. Introduction to Japanese Alloys 6. Manufacturing a Sterling Silver with Platinum Bracelet 7. Manufacturing a Double Domed Pendant 8. Studio Visit - Tom Joyce ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition of Tips From The Jeweler's Bench http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. David Secrest - The Man with X-Ray Vision By Barbra Brady David Secrest is to the manor of craftsmen born. Coming from a family of creative people - his father a potter, his mother a painter, his brother Peter now a respected contemporary glass artist - he notes that his training derived from hands on observing and assisting, rather than through formal education. His father and brother Phil built and operated a ceramics studio in New York State, which Secrest considers his primary training ground. His uncle later opened a small gallery and studio in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, where Secrest worked during summers while in high school.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/david-secrest.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The TAO of Bur By John Shanahan Bur Goodtip, a legendary bench jeweler shows how sometimes a tool is not just a tool... We are taking a break on the back porch of his home and studio. I have spent the last five days up here with Bur, one of the great-but-largely-unknown repositories of bench jeweler arcana, and in that time I have found that Bur takes upward of a dozen breaks during his six-hour daily work routine.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/tao-of-bur.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Innovative Approaches to Small Shop Success By Suzanne Wade When most of us talk about innovation, we're talking about new tools and techniques. But innovation isn't exclusively about technology: it's about the way technology is used. A look behind the scenes in many small shops proves that new technology is often a response to innovative impulses, rather than a source of them. The result of such questioning may be new tools, merchandise, or techniques. In almost all cases, though, being innovative for these small companies means changing the way they do business to be more efficient, creative, and productive.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/shop-smart.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Finding and making your own wax carving tools By Charles Lewton-Brain Casting is the most important method of commercial jewelry production. Even for small workshops, lost-wax casting is often the fastest method for creating a jewelry piece, especially if there is any complexity to it. However, one of the things that jewelers forget when carving wax models for lost-wax casting is just how different wax is from metal. They often use techniques and tools designed for working with metal for carving wax, even when it does not make sense to do so. By approaching wax as wax, not metal, jewelers can come up with new and faster ways of creating wax models for cast ing.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...er-carvers.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Introduction to Japanese Alloys By Eitoku Sugimori Japanese artists have contributed significantly by using their unique alloys in innovative combinations. Perhaps the best example of this is mokume-gane, a lamination process in which layers of various alloys are manipulated to create a rich pattern. In addition, Japanese work of many periods shows highly skilled inlay techniques where, again, the complex pallette of Japanese alloys is used to achieve subtlety and a controlled use of color.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ese-alloys.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Manufacturing a Sterling Silver with Platinum Bracelet By Mark B. Mann To demonstrate how pulse-arc welding performs on sterling silver, this bracelet was cast, finished and assembled without the use of a torch. The six links immediately adjacent to the clasp on the bracelet are made with a common sterling silver alloy and the other five are made using the new sterling silver alloy developed by Marc Robinson of ABI Precious Metals that contains platinum. This article highlights pulse-arc-welding techniques used for making this sterling silver bracelet.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...r-platinum.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Manufacturing a Double Domed Pendant By Mark B. Mann This article covers techniques for making an 18-karat double domed yellow gold pendant. The front side will have a bezel set round brilliant tsavorite garnet. The back side is open and pierced. Tack- and pulse-arc welding technology were used to make the finished piece.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/domed-pendant.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Studio Visit - Tom Joyce By Ellen Berkovitch The anvil anchors his studio. Rows of hammers and tools along one long wall communicate with the storage of rolling stock on another. Hung from the ceiling, a forged iron spike pierces a fluted-edge home of newspaper. That is a Joyce sculpture, exploring the confluence of the long-lived and the temporal. Two Piranesi prints of Roman ruins appear to have taken on the aura of the studio-ash and patina being by-products both of the particular and the universal realm of ideas Joyce mines at the anvil.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/tom-joyce.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Put an Orchid on your Bench Join the most popular online community for jewelers, The Orchid forums at http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The Ganoksin Project (http://www.ganoksin.com) is the largest virtual single information source for searchable archived content for jewelry and metals in the world. Its 5200 Orchid members foster sharing, support community, enhance productivity and encourage studio safety, by promoting education in the jewelry and metal arts worldwide. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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