Adventures in Goldsmithing

Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week-Lynn Slutsky.   These two beautiful bracelets came out great due to some artful reticulation and some well done soldering.  Let’s talk about both. Traditionally reticulation (decorative melting) is done on an alloy with increased levels of copper to maximize the hills and valleys.  However, sometimes the goal […]

 Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week- Tamra Stoller. Tamra went to Rome and was inspired by the motif she saw on a column.  She came home and worked long and hard to make this beautiful piece.  She worked with one of our most talented instructors, Louise Parrish,  who has since passed away.  Louise specialized […]

Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week- Sheila Uniti.  This ring is a more advanced version of the one featured a few weeks ago by Alice Finklestein.  Sheila made a sleeve for her braid and used a faceted stone.  Both of these differences make the need for the right bezel height even more crucial, […]

 Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week- Beth Sugarman.  Although my personal motto is “Too much is never enough.” this ring illustrates how beautiful simplicity can be.  It also illustrates how it isn’t so easy to make something simple.  Many students want to make rings with their bezels sunk down into the shanks but […]