Project Goal: Learn to use a jeweler’s saw by cutting both the exterior shape and interior negative space of a metal object. Things to do: 1. Take only 1 or 2 pieces of metal. 2. Trace your metal on paper and design in that space. HINT: the metal is actually a little smaller. 3. Show […]
Category Archives: Pottery & Sculpture
Copper Rings
Project Goal: Create a ring design that alters the edge shape by filing and that etches the surface with an original design. Target 1:File down the inside edges to make the ring wearable Target 2:Sharpie the design onto your ring and file down the edges to meet your design Target 3:Place a thick black final […]
Clay Charms
A charm bracelet is an item of jewellery worn around the wrist. It carries personal “charms”: decorative pendants or trinkets which signify important things in the wearer’s life. The wearing of charms may have begun as a form of amulet or talisman to ward off evil spirits or bad luck.[1] During the pre-historic period, jewellery charms would be made from shells, animal-bones and clay. Later charms were made […]