Goldsmithing Workshop

It is the art of crafting objects, whether ornaments or utensils, from precious metals or their alloys. Metalsmiths typically work with a variety of materials such as gold, silver, copper, and bronze to create their pieces.

This workshop is designed for people with no prior knowledge in this field. The techniques taught are:

Wirework, internal piercing, external sheet-metal piercing, single and multiple soldering, making rings, forming simple volumetric textures, and learning to polish them. This is a preview so students can experience working in the workshop, how precious metals behave, handling the tools, and getting familiar with the technical vocabulary.

Annealing: As the name suggests, the metal is heated and reheated so it becomes more malleable.

Hammering: The metal is heated until red-hot and hammered into shape.

Casting: This process came into use with the invention of closed furnaces. The metal is heated until it becomes liquid and then poured into a mold.

Repoussé: A traditional craft technique in which sheets of metal, or other materials, are worked to create a raised design.

Piercing (fretwork): Perforations are cut into the metal to create any design.

Granulation: A technique for creating beads or shapes from nearly imperceptible grains, especially with gold and silver.

• Jewelry pliers.
• Locking pliers.
• Mandrel.
• Drill bits in various sizes.
• Dremel.
• Jeweler's saw frame.
• Saw blades.

• Files.
• Safety glasses.
• Polishing compounds.
• Torch.
• Wedge and clamp (vise).
• And more.