Friday, December 30, 2011

Jewelry Making Using Metal Folding

        Creating jewelry using metal forming or fabrication uses a varied of different techniques such as sawing, filing, shaping, hammering, and other techniques used to form metal piece(s) into a desired shape. There are endless possibilities to creating jewelry using these techniques.

Metal Heart Pendant Workshop 
Thurs. January 12 at 6:00pm
Instructor: Brea Moser
For instance, the Metal Heart Pendant workshop, new for January features a technique called metal folding. In this workshop students fold a piece of metal and cut out the desired shape such as a heart. They will then anneal and hammer the piece of metal with texturizing hammers to form a personalized pendant. After forming the metal into the desired shape they will then smooth out the edges by using a dremel tool. Also in this workshop, students will also learn how to do a torch patina and have the option to add chain, jumprings, and clasp to the piece.




See a sneak peek of the Metal Heart Pendant Workshop
 by clicking the video below!








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