“ are internal tokens (with no value in dollars) that allow members to receive credit for help they provide to non-profits or individual Simbi members, without having to exchange talents directly.
Handmade fine jewelry lessons
25
1 hour lessons discussing tools, techniques, projects, materials, and development in making fine jewelry using hand tools, sheet, and wire.
Advice, research, or references at a lower rate and in half-hour intervals.
Techniques that can be demonstrated:
Jeweler's saw cutting and form
Silver soldering / brazing
Fluxing
Ring fabrication and sizing
Earring fabrication
Pendant fabrication
Bracelet fabrication and sizing
Project design
Smithing
Raising and sinking
Repousse and chasing
Pickling
Bezel forming and setting
Riveting
Patination
Inlay
Fusion
Chain making
Loop-in-loop chain making
Polishing
Clasps, findings, and closures
Filigree
Techniques that can be instructed on or advised:
Mokume-Gane
Etching
Anodizing
Reticulation
Enameling
Casting (sand, lost wax, cuttlefish)
Boxes and lockets
Tool making
Alloying
Training & Qualifications
I'm an independent metalsmith with 3 years of university study and 3 years of independent work and research.
I've learned a few of the more difficult, and unapproachable-seeming, techniques like mokume-gane, fine filigree, fusion, and working with unusual metals like steel and aluminum as well as the basics: copper, brass, silver.
Availability & Preferences
I'm free Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and any day after 9:00pm
