Looking for a short and fun weekend activity with the chance to craft your own custom made jewellery? Our 1/2 day workshops might be a great match for you!
This Saturday at Jewel Envy we ran our 1/2 day cuff-making class where students learn to texture metal in a variety of techniques and apply them to their own hand-forged cuff. You can make your cuffs using a combination of silver, copper, and brass.
Today both of our students applied a ball pein hammered texture and used stamps for their cuff designs.
Snippets of the process:
Looking at metal selections and sample textures. Students have the chance to test out a few textures before deciding which one(s) to apply to their cuff!
Testing out different stamps.
Using the rolling mill to emboss textures and/or imagery. Textures can be imparted from several different materials such as textiles, metals, sandpaper, and even dried leaves! Your choice of texturing material is layered on top of your metal and are rolled through the mill together. The pressure of the mill imprints the texture from the material.
Touching up the form of the cuff using a soft mallet to prevent damaging the design on the cuff.