{"id":202,"date":"2011-03-15T18:15:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jewelryartsinstitute.userblogs.ganoksin.coms\/?p=193"},"modified":"2011-03-15T18:15:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T23:15:15","slug":"jewelry-arts-institutes-student-of-the-week-sheila-uniti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/jewelryartsinstitute\/2011\/03\/15\/jewelry-arts-institutes-student-of-the-week-sheila-uniti\/","title":{"rendered":"Jewelry Arts Institute&#8217;s Student of the Week- Sheila Uniti."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_194\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 500px\">\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewelryartsinstitute.com\/studentworkoftheweek.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194\" src=\"http:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/jewelryartsinstitute\/files\/2011\/03\/sheilauniti3.jpg\" alt=\"22k gold with opals and peridot\" width=\"500\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/jewelryartsinstitute\/files\/2011\/03\/sheilauniti3.jpg 500w, https:\/\/userblogs.ganoksin.com\/jewelryartsinstitute\/files\/2011\/03\/sheilauniti3-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">22k gold with opals and peridot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week- Sheila Uniti.\u00a0 Last weeks Student of the Week work\u00a0was modern and monochromatic so I thought this week&#8217;s piece should be a riot of color with lots of detail work.\u00a0 Granulation on a curved surface is a tricky business so I thought we could discuss a few tips for getting it done.<\/p>\n<p>If you are familiar at all with granulation then you know that a plating of copper or application of cupric oxide is applied to the granules or smaller objects.\u00a0 The backsheet is depletion gilded or enriched,\u00a0 which means that the backsheet is heated and pickled repeatedly,\u00a0 leaving a layer of pure or fine gold at the surface.\u00a0 The copper and fine gold melt together at a slightly lower temperature than 22k gold fuses to 22k gold.\u00a0 Using this method is what gives your piece a beautiful,\u00a0 \u00a0delicately fused look rather than a flooded,\u00a0 overdone look.\u00a0 That is,\u00a0 if you can get those darn granules to stay in place on the way to the kiln.\u00a0 The first key element is the size of your granules.\u00a0 When working on a curved surface,\u00a0 the smaller the better.\u00a0 Gravity is not your friend.\u00a0 We will use glue to hold them in place on the way to the kiln but first they are arranged with a fine brush and only water to begin.\u00a0 If glue is used when setting the granules up,\u00a0 the result is too much glue which can bubble up in the burning off process with disastrous results.\u00a0 It can also leave a funny residue which can interfere in fusing.\u00a0 At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewelryarts.com\/\">JAI <\/a>we use one drop of hide glue (also known as wood glue for fine furniture) to 12 drops of water.\u00a0 For a curved surface we also add one drop of liquid Batterns flux to the solution.\u00a0 This tiny bit of flux holds the granules in place after the glue has burned away in the kiln,\u00a0 vital in curved surface granulation.\u00a0 Sheila used all of these techniques to great success\u00a0 in her piece.\u00a0 Job well done and happy granulating!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our latest Student of the Week- Sheila Uniti.\u00a0 Last weeks Student of the Week work\u00a0was modern and monochromatic so I thought this week&#8217;s piece should be a riot of color with lots of detail work.\u00a0 Granulation on a curved surface is a tricky business so I thought we could discuss a few tips 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