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Introduction Cutting designs in metal has always been a popular form of creating simple yet elegant jewelry pieces.  People often cut the shapes of countries, states, animals, and other items that have personal meaning.  An area that many metalworkers ignore is the metal behind stone settings, but this area is perfect for cutouts.  Some stones [...]

Introduction In an earlier post I said “every piece has its buyer” which means that for every piece someone in the world will want to buy it.  The challenge is finding that person who wants to buy the piece, but in theory items should never be pulled.  This is not always true; sometimes a piece [...]

Introduction 24 gauge silver sheet is pretty thin.  Actually it is about as thin as you can easily work with.   At about 26 gauge and higher the metal is so thin it kind of becomes like tin foil.  I know some amazing artists who work with very thin gauge silver and produce really amazing work.  [...]

Introduction One thing that every metal worker has in common from the high-end goldsmith to the steel worker is what to do with left over scrap metal.  The first thing is never throw away scrap!  Ok, maybe copper scrap can be tossed but for silver and most certainly gold keep every possible piece, fleck or [...]

A quick guide to 14, 18, 20, 22 and 24 gauge silver sheet and its different purposes.