[TheForge] jewellery for blacksmiths

[keporter at comcast.net]

-Bruce
It was for the twisted wire section that my original copy of Metalwork and Enamalling was bought. However, I kept the book after leaving the ornamental ironwork business, and have found it an excellent leveler every since. For instance, my beginning jewelry teacher had a friend who taught classes in her own 'secret' advanced method of brazing minute  gold particles to jewelry for a mere four hundred bucks--tilt! Marion described the method in intimate detail in two parragraphs, which would equal about a nickel's worth of the book. 
Mike P.

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> I consider Maryon's book worth the money for two illustrations alone. These are 
> plates that show the twisting of wires. Although done in small scale, any of 
> these could be scaled up for use in blacksmithing. For example, this plate 
> would show the effect of twisting two sqare and two round wires together. A 
> blacksmith might substitute 1/4" square and round for the wires. The beautiful 
> effects achievable are amazing. Of course, it might be best to do some of these 
> twists cold, and it would be helpful to have a hefty twisting tool, like, maybe, 
> a converted pipe threader, to provide the muscle. 
> 
> Bruce 
> NJ 
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> >>> keporter at comcast.net 7/26/2005 8:36:48 PM >>> 
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> 
> > Justin, it sounds to me like you need a book that covers a bit of a lot 
> > of jewelery topics. I'd suggest this one as being very practically oriented: 
> > 
> > The Complete Metalsmith by Tim McCreight 
> > 
> > Steve 
> Steve 
> For about ten bucks you can buy a used copy of Metalwork and Enamelling (English 
> spelling) by Herbert Maryon. What you would learn in jewelry classes, or from 
> the books written by their teachers is nothing more than a few of the many 
> methods carefully laid out in this tome. I have both books and consider The 
> Complete Metalsmith to be fluff. Maryon was a master craftsman who restored the 
> most difficult pieces in the British Museum, often reinventing long lost 
> technics in order to do so. He was knighted for his work, and his book was 
> reprinted for about eighty years. So, you can "pan for color" from authors like 
> McCreight or go straight to "the mother load" by learning from Maryon. I would 
> suggest the latter. It's what knowledgeable jewelers have been doing for close 
> on a century (his published articles on jewelry technics preseeded the book). 
> Mike P. 
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