And Sometimes I Make Jewlery

[coronasunrise]

I finally got to take a class in granulated jewelry taught by the ever wonderful Lillian Jones.   This is what I made.  I’m not thrilled with my work, but it wasn’t bad for my first attempt.

Comments

[mangokulfi]

That is really intricate. Nice work C.

[coronasunrise]

Thanks. I had alot of fun in the class and I learned a bunch too.

The best quote from Lillian was. "It's hard to make jewelry with this technique that doesn't look like it belongs in the British Museum.” Our response was, “Is that a problem?”

[mangokulfi]

LOL! Not a problem for me either. I love antiquy stuff.

[leelust]

Looks good. Must be hard to make?

[coronasunrise]

Granulation is a bit touchy and tedious. One article I read describing the techniques said, “The best way to achieve this look is to use wax beads and have the piece cast”. I wanted to be able to use the fusion methods and having to cast at the scale of production I do is cost prohibitive.

With granulation you are working really close to the melting point of the sliver so you are in danger of melting the piece. You can kind of tell in the picture that the outer side of the braid got melted a bit. Also, making and sorting the little balls is tedious. It is a lot of fun once you get the techniques down.