Introduction Cuttlebone casting is a wonderful and easy casting method. If you are planning on making small pendants or parts, cuttlebone casting can be done in a small studio in an apartment. Other methods of casting, such as lost wax and larger cuttlebone casts, require much more equipment and larger space and are not the [...]
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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 [...]
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Introduction Sometimes things go wrong in the mail. There is nothing we can do about that. Items get damaged in the mail for countless reasons. Now the questions is what to do if an item reaches a customer and they say it has been damaged? Remember if you selling in a real world shop items [...]
Metal smiting and being green is difficult to do. Part of the problem is metal smiting requires the use of a lot of chemicals and flammable gases. Now there a few simple things a metal smith can do that will reduce the environmental footprint of the studio. First, use banana peels, orange peels or a [...]
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 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 [...]
