If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
[Ganoksin] [Issue #96] 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ganoksin is run by a group of people who believe in and love what they're doing. If you enjoy our efforts, then please feel free to show your support! purchase the official Orchid Pin. http://www.ganoksin.com/shop ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition: 1. Cut Loose - Wax Carving Basics: Part 1 2. Working With Niobium - A Primer in the Semiprecious 3. Reticulation - Ridges and Ripples 4. Ornamental Chasing and Repousse 5. Enameling, Then and Now 6. Alloys - Look on the White Side 7. Casting Gold to Platinum 8. Sprues, Feed Sprues and Gates 9. Judith Hoyt - The human figure in metal and mixed media 10. Keith Lewis - From Propagandist to Humanist 11. Book Review - Art and Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives 12. Studio Visit - Garry Noffke 13. The Silicates - An Introduction 14. Uncommon Sorosilicate Gemstones - The Epidote group ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Sumner Silverman; A master sculpture of wax and gold repousse, offers ten exquisite orchid pins / pendents, recreated in perfect detail. Sumner's recent travels to Brazil, offered a real life look at exotic and rarely seen species. He is on the faculty of Metalwerx and a regular contributor to the Orchid Forum. Sumner's exotic orchids are "epiphytse", which exist by clinging to branches and trunks of host trees. They thrive on the humidity rising from the jungle floor and on the meager nourishment obtainable from old leaves and other debris collected in the branches of the trees. Wear it proudly, proclaim your support and membership in our global community of committed jewelers and metal artists. All the profits for these items goes right to support the Ganoksin projects ongoing costs and development. Purchase the official Orchid Pins and Pendents.... http://www.ganoksin.com/shop ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join the most popular online community for jewelers, The Orchid forums at http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In This Edition of Tips From The Jeweler's Bench http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/tip_sear.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cut Loose - Wax Carving Basics: Part 1 If you are accustomed to working in this additive fashion, the subtractive process of carving wax may be daunting to you at first. It challenges you to find a form, such as a ring, that is trapped in a block of wax. You must get an image of the piece in your mind's eye, and then remove excess material until you have created that image. Sound tricky? Well, it doesn't have to be..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ing-basics.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Working With Niobium - A Primer in the Semiprecious Niobium has many properties that make it an excellent candidate for fabricated parts. Of particular interest to jewelry manufacturers and designers are niobium's hypoallergenic nature, formability, and the broad range of anodized colors that can be rendered on its surface. It is considered hypoallergenic and safe to wear for even those most sensitive to metal allergies..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...um-working.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Reticulation - Ridges and Ripples Reticulation is not difficult, but it does take practice, concentration, and a deft torch hand. Also, the pattern and appearance of a reticulated piece is not predictable; you probably won't get the same results twice.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ticulation.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Ornamental Chasing and Repousse Working on the front of the piece only is called chasing. Repousse is the combination of tracing the design on the front of the piece using liners (tracers), raising a relief by pushing from the back using different punches, and finally working the details on the front of the piece. This method is the classical repousse technique. There is also a "direct" repousse in which the design is drawn or transferred on the back of the piece, and the relief is raised directly from there, thus eliminating the initial tracing of the design.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...d_repousse.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Enameling, Then and Now Through the years, a variety of enameling techniques has been developed. Some involve how the metal is prepared and some involve how the enamel is applied. The following defines the most prevalent, but by no means all, techniques.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...an-and-now.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Alloys - Look on the White Side In the jewelry industry, it's rare to have an alloy without drawbacks, particularly when the alloy is not yellow. When designing alloys, there are a number of hurdles to jump. First, color is absolutely critical. Unfortunately, we alloy designers have a relatively limited palette to work with. Gold and copper are the only two metals that are truly "colored;" all others are varying shades of gray. So when we design a white alloy, we dont make it "whiter," we make it "less yellow." .... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/white-alloys.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Casting Gold to Platinum The principle of bi-metal casting is really very simple: A wax model is invested, cast and finished. A secondary wax is created, which is going to become part of this piece. The wax is attached to the first casting, re-invested and the metal is cast on, thus creating a piece that is made with two metals. It is recommended that mechanical fastening devices, such as plugs, tracks etc. be worked into the design. The piece is then finished as usual.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...o-platinum.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Sprues, Feed Sprues and Gates A very high percentage of investment casting defects can be directly or indirectly attributed to the design of the sprue system feeding metal to the pattern. Defects such as incomplete pattern filling and shrinkage porosity are easily identified as directly related to poor sprue design. Gas porosit y might be caused by a poor burnout but it could also be caused by casting at a higher than necessary temperature. And the elevated temperature could be necessary for complete pattern filling through an inadequate sprue system; this is an example of the sprue system indirectly causing a defective casting.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/wgc-sprues.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Judith Hoyt - The human figure in metal and mixed media For more than 20 years Judith Hoyt has parsed the human figure in metal and mixed media. Beginning with a salvaged scrap of metal, wood, a book, or other material with a history, she fashions solitary or paired figures, often with a surprised or pensive mien, She is a metallist to the extent that fabricated metal forms provide a ghostly surface on which opaque paint is sparingly applied..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/judith-hoyt.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Keith Lewis - From Propagandist to Humanist Possibly the most controversial jewelry artist now working in the United States, Keith Lewis Is undergoing a transition from propagandist to post activist artist. Defiantly 'out,' queer, gay, and male, Lewis has spent the past decade or more dividing his time between teaching, lecturing, and making art.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/Keith-Lewis.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Book Review - Art and Design in Modern Custom Folding Knives This book is not only very good, it is important. In the introduction, author David Darom, who is a marine biologist, photographer and collector of knives, describes becoming aware of a gap between the exquisite work he saw in shows and a general perception of folding knives primarily as practical tools. As a successful author of 20 books on a wide range of subjects, Darom took what was for him a logical route to close this gap; he made a showcase book to exhibit what he calls a Hall of Fame of leading knifemakers..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...ing-knives.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. Studio Visit - Garry Noffke Remote by design, the home and studio of Gary Noffke do indeed take you to that 'other place.' Once you have cleared the formidable driveway, you are on a rise that resonates with the echoes of the active creek below. The smell of fresh ginger in the garden, combined with the cool provided by the numerous shade trees of all varieties, almost makes you believe you are not in.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nena...sit-noffke.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. The Silicates - An Introduction Silicates comprise about a quarter of the known minerals and almost 40% of the common ones. The basic unit of structure of all silicate crystals is the tetrahedron. There are four oxygen atoms, one located at each apex of a regular tetrahedron. A single silicon atom is located at the center of the tetrahedron. This silicon atom has a valence charge of 4, meaning that it is looking to acquire four electrons through sharing with other atoms to complete its outermost energy shell, known as the valence shell..... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/silicates.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Uncommon Sorosilicate Gemstones - The Epidote group With the exception of orthorhombic zoisite (tanzanite and thulite), discussed in the first article on the sorosilicate class of minerals, the members of the epidote group form in the monoclinic crystal system. Allanite, clinozoisite (the dimorph of zoisite), epidote, hancockite, mukhinite, and piedmontite are members of this group.... Complete Story: http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/Sorosilicate.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Put an Orchid on your Bench Join the most popular online community for jewelers, The Orchid forums at http://www.ganoksin.com/orchid ------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are here to build a strong pool of information for the benefit of Web's jewelers and craftsmen - and those interested in jewelry and gemstones. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy Hanuman |
Ads |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
[Ganoksin] [Issue #109] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench | Ganoksin | Beads | 0 | October 16th 04 06:36 PM |
[Ganoksin] [Issue #103] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench | Ganoksin | Beads | 0 | July 14th 04 01:41 AM |
[Ganoksin] [Issue #101] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench | Ganoksin | Beads | 2 | June 10th 04 10:30 PM |
[Ganoksin] [Issue #98] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench | Ganoksin | Beads | 0 | April 29th 04 03:49 PM |
[Ganoksin] [Issue #96] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench | Ganoksin | Beads | 0 | March 20th 04 09:20 AM |