Metal forming

In case you missed last week’s meeting where we distributed the 2013 schedule (subject to adjustments), click HERE to see it. We shared our favorite tools (list below of those I remember..) and you should be sure you have your PMC-working tool kit ready to bring to meetings this year! Favorite Tools - many are common, household items or easily found at a "Dollar Store" or garage sale. My hands - the best tools we all have My eyes Clay shapers - Gale Schlagel ( available online or Creative…

Since the earliest civilizations, the leaf shape has been an inspiration for jewelry. Here is a step by step tutorial of how to make a forged leaf brooch.

by Staci Louise Smith It is spring in the studio and lots of things are going on. I am prepping for new shows this spring......which is always fun for me. I also have work in the Spring show at Bethlehem House Gallery- a contemporary art gallery in the heart of Bethlehem, who has featured my work on and off for the last couple years. While at the opening of the Spring show, I fell in love with the work of Dominick Naccarato. You can view his work for sale on the galleries website…

Last week I had requests to show more detail on the hydraulic press made of Faux Bone so here are some more photos. This is a bezel I made from 24 gauge Bronze sheet. The first thing you need to...

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These unique miniature stakes are specially created by Bill Fretz for smaller-scale shaping and forming that can be difficult or even impossible using full-sized stakes. Versatile and easy to use, the shapes and sizes of these stakes allow you to precisely shape smaller bezels for rings, bracelets and pendants.

160K views · 4.2K likes | Lynette N Andreasen on Instagram: "Well, I’m about a week behind but determined to cross the finish line! Here’s #marchmeetthemakerday26 One really cool thing you can do with metal is texture it in a rolling mill. A rolling mill is a machine kind of like a pasta roller. It has two hard steel rollers and you pass your metal through them. You can roll the metal with soft materials like feathers, pressed leaves or flowers, lace, paper, etc and create beautiful…

Lola Brooks, “four&twenty” (2015) Stainless steel, 14-karat gold solder, and champagne rose-cut diamonds (4 1/2 x 5 x 2 1/4 in.) (photo by Sienna Patti) How Female Sculptors Are Pushing the Bounds of Metal as a Medium

A hydraulic press is used to form and shape sheet metal with a very strong compressive force. It's great for production work to create a shape over and over and it keeps your pattern from being distorted while doming the...

Metalsmithing tools, stakes

How to Make Any Shape Out of Metal - Maker Monologues In today's tutorial I'm going to walk you through some very simple steps that once you hone the skills you can make just about anything when it comes to sheet metal. This project is perfect for the novice jeweler! I'll admit, working with sheet metal is not my favorite, I prefer to work with wire. But I've learned a thing or two about how to saw out virtually any shape you want out of sheet metal to make pendants, rings or just charms.

Red Bench Jewelry on Instagram: "✨️ Working my magic turning sheet metal into feathers. #redbenchjewelry #goldenfeatherearrings #feathers #coloradoartist #metalsmith #desertgirl #riojeweler"