24 Easy Metal Textures: With No Rolling Mill Required

24 Easy Metal Textures: With No Rolling Mill Required - Paperback

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24 Easy Metal Textures: With No Rolling Mill Required - Paperback

24 Easy Metal Textures: With No Rolling Mill Required - Paperback

by Bradford M. Smith
$21.53
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Book Overview

Incorporating textures into your jewelry designs adds complexity and elegance. It's easily done with a rolling mill, but many makers lack the space or budget for this larger equipment.

Easy Metal Textures details twenty-four different techniques for adding texture without the need for heavy equipment. Each makes use of common tools and materials around the shop - like hammers, stamps, punches, and tool bits for the Dremel or Foredom.

Each texturing technique is explained in detail with:
  • Description and pictures of the technique
  • Procedures for creating the texture
  • List of tools needed to apply it
  • Options for modifying and personalizing

In addition, the author details how to make simple modifications to common tools that specialize them for creating new and fresh textures. In one example, learn a fast way to create custom texturing hammers. And in another, discover a novel way to make a set of mini-texturing tools from items found at a local hardware store or flea market.

Appendices are included to provide hard to find sources and useful bench tips for working with steel.
ISBN9798987391501
Author Bradford M. Smith
PublisherWhimsey Wylde
GenreHobbies & interests
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2022
LanguageENG- English
Pages68
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Bradford M. Smith

Brad Smith is a studio jeweler, lapidary, and jewelry instructor in Santa Monica, CA who enjoys working with silver, gold, exotic woods, bone, fossil ivory and meteorite. A long-time member of the Culver City Rock Club, Brad has taught lapidary skills, led field trips, organized gem and mineral shows, and served as club President. As a member and Vice President of the Metal Arts Society of Southern California, he has worked on their Board of Directors and organized workshops with visiting artists. He taught Advanced Jewelry in the Los Angeles school district for eight years, and since 2009 he has taught both beginner and advanced jewelry at the Santa Monica Adult-Ed Center.

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