[Issue #173] Tips From The Jeweler's Bench
Hanuman
S i n c e 1 9 9 6
Jewelry Manufacturing Methods and Techniques
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In This Edition:
1. Linda Threadgill: Conceptualizing Ornament
2. Collaboration With Gemstone Cutter
3. Jewelry Photography Made Easy: Lighting
4. Liver of Sulfur 101
5. Myth Buster: Magnesia Blocks are Superior Soldering Surfaces
6. Chris Smith's Amazing Adventures with Tanzanite
7. Studio Visit: Jack and Marilyn da Silva
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1. Linda Threadgill: Conceptualizing Ornament
By Glen R. Brown
Threadgill's keen interest in ornament undoubtedly arises from her
longstanding practice of etching motifs into the surfaces of her
works, a process that she began perfecting as early as her
graduate
student days. In 1984, after studying the manner in which printed
circuit boards were mass-manufactured, she developed a smaller and
more portable version of industry's spray-etching machines. Armed
with this technology, easily applicable to a photo-resist
technique,
she deftly created bas-relief patterns on thin metal plates that
could be incorporated into larger and more complex works....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/linda-threadgill.htm
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2. Collaboration With Gemstone Cutter Takes Tom Dailing to New Heights
By Gerry Davies
Tom Dailing works in metal and Richard Homer in stone, but
otherwise
they are very much in sync. Dailing's jewelry designs win
prestigious awards. So do Homer's cut gemstones. Both have a
passion
for exploration and innovation. Both love to spend hours pondering
their next creative direction-preferably to somewhere no one has
been....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/two-minds-one-design.htm
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3. Jewelry Photography Made Easy: Lighting
By Wayne Emery
The goal of this guide is to help you create images of your
jewelry
that you can be proud of, whether for simple record keeping
purposes,
for appraisal work or for advertising locally or on the Internet.
Buried in here is a guide to a simple setup that works, and it
works
every time. It's buried because I want you to read a little to
uncover it; you'll be learning on the way....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/jewelry-photography-lighting.htm
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4. Liver of Sulfur 101
By Holly Gage
Liver of sulfur, a stinky jewelry studio standby, can be used to
create beautiful patinas on Silver, Silver Precious Metal Clay or
Art Clay....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/liver-of-sulfur-101.htm
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5. Myth Buster: Magnesia Blocks are Superior Soldering Surfaces
By Ann Cahoon
Myth: Magnesia blocks are superior soldering surfaces to charcoal
blocks: A topic that seems to raise a fair amount of spirited
discussion and strong opinions is what is the best soldering
surface:
firebrick, charcoal, magnesia, solderite-the list goes on.
Charcoal
is a very traditional choice, but it is seen as having limitations
in
terms of both longevity and safety. I was curious to see if any of
the practices out there served to really mitigate these issues,
and
how charcoal compares to magnesia, another popular choice.....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/magnesia-blocks-myth.htm
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6. Chris Smith's Amazing Adventures with Tanzanite
A year ago, there wasn't much new to be said about tanzanite, the
oven-blued zoisite found only in its namesake country of Tanzania.
Known to be benignly heated from brown to blue since its discovery
in the mid-1960s, tanzanite was one of the gem world's safer, most
worry-free precious stones.
Then, last summer, this gem suffered its first major gemological
scandal. Dealers started seeing lots of melee and calibrated goods
with exceptional color rarely seen in smaller sizes---as well as
larger single stones with remarkably uniform color. Working with
goods submitted by dealers, American Gemological Laboratories and
AGTA's Gem Testing Center jointly discovered that some stones were
being coated with cobalt to give them their stellar color. Once
detected, the labs quickly devised a regimen of easy tests to
ferret
out suspect goods....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/tanzanite-adventures.htm
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7. Studio Visit: Jack and Marilyn da Silva
By Jennifer Cross Gans
Most jewelers and sculptors are quite satisfied to have one studio
of
their own. Between them, Jack and Marilyn da Silva have four --
each
have one for their day jobs, Jack's Metals Design Studio in El
Sobrante, California is a third, and then there is their favorite
place of all, affectionately known as The Shed."....
Complete Story:
http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/da-silva.htm
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