Keum Boo Techniques Online Workshop with Joe Korth

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Add the ancient technique of keum boo to your jewelry toolbox! With the help of accomplished metalsmith Joe Korth, you will learn the art of keum boo from start to finish so you can apply gold foil to silver jewelry with success.

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Specs

Designer: Joe Korth Difficulty: Intermediate Categories: , , SKU: Q0521

Description

Learn the history behind the ancient technique keum boo and how to incorporate gold foil design into your jewelry designs with this online workshop! You’ll get to learn tips for how to roll your own keum boo foil using a rolling mill, pointers for how to add stunning keum boo designs, how to prepare sterling silver for keum boo with depletion gilding and so much more. Advance your keum boo techniques today in this workshop-version of Joe’s popular video.

Lesson Breakdown:

Introduction:

  • Meet Joe Korth
  • Joe’s Top 5 Tips
  • Tools & Materials

    Keum Boo Techniques:

  • Rolling Your Own Foil
  • Design for Keum Boo
  • Sterling Earrings
  • Fine Silver Earrings
  • Texturizing and Finishing

    Techniques Covered:

  • Making keum boo with a rolling mill
  • Annealing
  • Design considerations
  • Making a brass template
  • Depletion gilding for sterling silver
  • Cutting foil
  • Adhering foil to silver
  • Adding texture
  • Finishing, patinas, etc.

    Workshop Includes:
    Discussion board & Gallery: The discussion board is a great way to interact with other users in the course. It’s an open forum for you to ask questions, share your thoughts, express your inspirations, and share images of your work.

    Optional Quizzes: Short optional quizzes to test your knowledge as you progress through the lessons.

    Run time: ~110 minutes

    About the Instructor:
    Joe Korth is a jewelry artist and metalsmith from Denver, Colorado. He has devoted himself completely to jewelry since 2004. Joe has been an instructor at the Clear Creek Academy in Denver as well as the Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, where he was an Artist-In-Residence from 2011-2012. Additional teaching credits include the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, Rio Grande, and Bead Fest events. He served as the President of the Colorado Metalsmithing Association from 2013-2014 and was a Saul Bell Award Finalist in 2014. Joe currently has work at the Aaron Faber Gallery in New York, and Karats Gallery in Vail.

  • Additional information

    Product Type

    Online Workshop

    Project

    Earrings

    Difficulty Level

    Intermediate

    Author/Designer

    Joe Korth

    SKU

    Q0521

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