Metal forming

Since the earliest civilizations, the leaf shape has been an inspiration for jewelry. Here is a step by step tutorial of how to make a forged leaf brooch.

Lanny Bergner is a mixed media sculptor who uses stainless steel mesh to create vessels and art and torches to create color on his pieces.

Learn how to make a leaf from copper using chasing techniques on steel and rubber surfaces.

In case you missed last week’s meeting where we distributed the 2013 schedule (subject to adjustments), click HERE to see it. We shared our favorite tools (list below of those I remember..) and you should be sure you have your PMC-working tool kit ready to bring to meetings this year! Favorite Tools - many are common, household items or easily found at a "Dollar Store" or garage sale. My hands - the best tools we all have My eyes Clay shapers - Gale Schlagel ( available online or Creative…

Metal Forming Pliers (Set of 4)

Inspired by animalistic forms both living and extinct, artist Mylinh Nguyen welds alien creatures from brass, bronze, and silver. Using a variety of machining techniques each creature takes form over several weeks, originating first as haphazard sketches in a notebook before evolving into permanent metal forms. Nguyen is a master of articulating even the most minute skeletal details of imaginary beings with metal, such as her seed-pod-meets-jellyfish series Meduses or her 2012 series of…

using the sand and sea as an organic canvas, london based designer max lamb has formed 'pewter desk' from molten metal laid into the surface of the earth.

Watch how to use a doming block to form gentle curves, bowl shapes or deep half round domes in sheet metal for your handmade jewellery designs