By Jane Dickerson
Metalsmiths display new findings in jewellery trends!
Following up their best-selling publication Handcrafted twine Findings, Denise Peck and Jane Dickerson provide jewelers extra concepts, extra (and varied) findings, and extra suggestion. Handcrafted steel Findings positive factors 30 step by step tutorials for steel findings that require basically uncomplicated jewelry-making abilities. operating with precut steel blanks and thin-gauge sheet steel, Denise, Jane, and a number of other contributing artists have created great-looking findings―head pins, bead caps, bails, charms, connectors, cones, and more--all with out a lot of effort.
All the metalwork should be performed with easy tools--no saws, no flex shaft, no oxy/acetylene tanks. steel items are hole-punched, dapped, hammered, textured with stamps and instruments, colorized, oxidized, and patinated. development ideas comprise easy soldering with a micro torch and chilly connections corresponding to riveting. accomplished gallery items that contain a number of the findings supply extra suggestion during this concept- and information-packed book.
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Texture sheets: steel Clay provide. cash: Joel Anderson. Buttercup Bead Caps through Jane Dickerson those are fairly enjoyable, speedy, and simple bead caps to make. the completed bead caps could be patinated, enameled, or scrubbed with a brass brush for a matte end. fabrics • 26-gauge dead-soft sterling silver, copper, or brass sheet instruments • Disc cutter set • Plastic circle template • Fine-point Sharpie marker • Ruler (metric/U. S. ) • 1. eight mm steel hole-punch pliers • 100/180 coarse-grit salon board or steel dossier • Alcohol swabs • Tube-Wringer • Dapping block and punch set • Ball-peen hammer • Chain-nose pliers • Pro-Polish pad • Brass brush (optional) • Liver of sulfur (optional) • Midas brass, bronze, and copper oxidizer (optional) • Rotary tumbler with combined chrome steel shot (optional) entire measurement • Varies 1. utilizing the disc cutter, lower a 5⁄8" (1. five cm), 3⁄4" (2 cm), or 7⁄8" (2. 2 cm) circle from the sheet. counting on the intensity of your doming, those discs will yield a entire bead cap diameter of approximately 12. eight mm (5⁄8" disc), 15. five mm (3⁄4" disc), and 17 mm (7⁄8" disc). 2. position the disc contained in the corresponding circle at the plastic circle template. utilizing the strains at the facets of the template, draw a mark at the disc on the 4 facets (north/south/east/west) with the marker. Use a ruler to attach the strains like a move to discover the guts. three. utilizing the hole-punch pliers, punch a gap on the intersection of the strains, within the middle of the disc. four. soft the burrs from the punched gap at the again of the disc with the salon board or dossier. get rid of the marker at the different part with the alcohol swab. five. snatch the sting of the disc within the Tube-Wringer with the filed (scratched) part down. whereas keeping the 2 handles firmly in a single hand, flip the T-handle to move the disc throughout the device (Figure 1). it can be oval formed whilst it comes out (Figure 2). determine 1 determine 2 6. position the disc filed (scratched) part up within the corresponding melancholy of the dapping block and dome (Figure 3). word: you must create the dome speedy to maintain the corrugated texture, so don’t over-hammer the punch, yet simply enough to create a dome. movement the disc to a smaller melancholy within the dapping block and dome it extra if wanted. determine three 7. snatch the sting of the disc with the end of the chain-nose pliers and use a twisting motion to create a rippled impact (Figure 4). Repeat round the fringe of the disc as wanted (Figure 5). determine four determine five eight. not obligatory: Oxidize in a liver of sulfur answer for sterling silver or copper (or Midas blackening agent appropriate for brass or bronze), rinse, and dry. Polish with a Pro-Polish pad, or texture with a brass brush, or tumble within the rotary tumbler with combined stainless-steel shot for a excessive shine. you can even scan with alcohol inks and teeth so as to add colour. assets: Plastic circle template: Staples. Pepe instruments disc cutter, hole-punch pliers: Beaducation. Sheet steel, dapping block and punch set, Tube-Wringer, Pro-Polish pad, brass brush, Midas patinas: Rio Grande.