What I’m Working on Now

Silver leaves bracelet

I’ve been using this time at home to explore new things and to revisit some jewelry techniques.  I’ve been working a lot on repousse’.  When life gets back to something approaching normal, I will have improved my skills.   A few years ago I took a number of classes in a high relief approach to…

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Jewelry Designs using Chasing and Repousse’

  My repousse’ jewelry starts with a totally flat sheet of metal like this one. I create all my designs on paper and rework them until they are exactly what I want to use. The design is then transferred to a blank sheet of flat silver, copper, or other metal using tracing paper or some other…

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Chasing and Repousse’

I’m always learning new things and my latest new thing for jewelry is chasing and repousse’.   This copper hand was a practice piece and I have almost completed all the elements for a pendant which I’ll write about next. I’m planning to get started soon on the small pendant and earring size hands that people have asked for,…

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Repousse’ Hand

This is my first project – this piece made me realize that I can easily do covers for electric light     switches, etc.    What fun!   The hand is copper sheet, 24-26 gauge.

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Chasing and Repousse’ & Blog Additions

I’m hard at work learning some useful new techniques.   I see Chasing as a new route to texturing and design since I don’t own or have access to a rolling mill.   Repousse’ will add dimension and texture to pieces for an entirely new look.  Right now I’m doing pieces in copper.   I’ve also discovered some new…

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