Rob Martin Learns Silverworking From Greg Horner
Wrap it up with wrap around rings.
Feels like as fast as it started it is fast coming to a end. Nothing like finishing the apprenticeship with wrap around rings. With this we do some more metal forging. Take some half round thick gage wire and hammer it on each side with two different hammer elongating...
I want to make a belt buckle.
Ok,Let’s make a belt buckle. I had some extra silver from the pendant I cut out in 18 gauge that I normally use for bracelets. Thought yeah I can do another pendant. Or I can turn this big piece of precious metal into a belt buckle. Yeah, let’s do it. I have never...
Halibut pendant
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Stylized face
Wow, so this was quite the project and jump in skill level. Went from a Tin’aa to doing a humanoid like face. I have so much respect for anyone who does this line of work. You have to put countless hours over days, weeks or months depending on the project. Below will...
Chasing and Repousse
Learning the skills and art of Chasing and Repousse. What is Chasing and Repousse? Chasing is creating art from strategically hitting the front side trying to form the design you want. Repousse is the same thing except from the backside. Possible to use just one or...
Getting out of the shop.
This month was a bit of a short month. Well before Greg and I decided to take on the apprenticeship we had scheduled a intermission from mid May to late July. With the time we had available we got to melt some more silver and make a couple trips out of the shop. Greg...
Overlay and melting precious metal.
Overlay This month started with overlay. A technique where you take once piece of material and solder in onto another. I been pretty excited to try because of all the things you can do with it. Started out with some copper harts I cut out. Some was textured while...
Making rings
Rings. As a jewelry artist, rings, is one of the most sought after request I get from potential buyers. With this apprenticeship I’ve been lucky enough to learn the progress of making rings. For the last month our focus has been rings, meeting twice a week at either...
Making Rings
This month Greg and I concentrated on making rings. I learned how to cut the metal, shape it, join it and problem solve.