July 2018
How to clean pitch quickly
This is a small tip for you to clean the pitch quickly.
After you did a pitch work, you need to remove it from the piece. Usually, I think, you dip it in some thinner and leave it for a while. But it takes long time. This is my trick to do it quickly. Prepare the piece, some lacquer thinner(or acetone or whatever organic solvent) in a bottle, and a super sonic washer.
Art Nouveau style openwork akoya pendant necklace
This is the making process of "Art Nouveau style openwork akoya pendant necklace"
As usual I draw some sketches first. This is the final one. At this point a round openwork component behind the center pearl is geometric. But I changed my mind soon. The sketches are always black and white so colors are not expressed here. But of course there are colors in my mind. I think the center openwork should be black and the others are all gold. So I have to make the openwork component separately and fix it at the final step. Again I will use a support ring and rivets.
Making process of "Amethyst Art Nouveau style thistle pendant"
This is the making process of "Amethyst Art Nouveau style thistle pendant".
Everytime I start from drawing some rough sketches like this. they don't need to be precise because I make the piece by myself and the details often change accidentally. Of course when it's a custom order and I need to show my customer how the piece will be, I draw better sketches.
As usual I make the bezel and the fundamental frame. The reason why I make a frame is that I will insert a Keum Boo panel in it and fix it by a support frame later.
The making process of "Art Nouveau style golden blossoms necklace"
This is the making process photos of "Art Nouveau style golden blossoms necklace"
First I make the outer frame as usual. This frame is made of two layers of sterling silver sheet.
One is 07mm thick and the other is 1.2mm thick. They are soldered and filed. The smoth rounded surface is very important for this design.
The "wall" is built along the edges. The height should be a bit higher than the total of the support ring height and Keum Boo panel thickness.
Here it is 3mm. 2mm high ring and 0.7mm thick panel.
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