Recommended Tools & Supplies:
Safety Glasses;
Ring Clamp;
Charcoal Block;
Flux;
Pliers Set; and,
Butane Torch
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In this video, Professor John Ahr of the Online Jewelry Academy demonstrates how to create granulation jewelry from silver.
When you think of granulation, you usually think of gold pieces with surface decoration composed from hundreds or thousands of tiny gold spheres. The reason why gold is used for granulation is because gold naturally resists forming oxides on its surface. But gold is expensive. But, if you like the look of granulation, why not try to use silver.
You're silver granulation piece is bound to develop fire scale. But, you can always hide it by either "frosting" the surface through depletion plating or plating the piece with gold or silver.
In this video, Professor John Ahr of the Online Jewelry Academy has a discussion with Los Angeles based jewelry designer Claudia Endler concerning pearl jewelry for the new millennium.
Pearls have been worn by women for centuries. In the 1950's the "add a pearl" necklace sought to put an iconic strand of pearls into every little girl's jewelry box. But, times have changed and so has pearl jewelry. In this video we explore the various options that are available to today's woman.
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