Chased and Enameled Pendant Project Download

Description

Create a fine silver piece enhanced by brilliant color.

Skills: Layout, chasing, sawing, enameling

Materials:
• 22 gauge fine silver sheet: 2″ X 3″
• Thompson Enamels:
  #2020 Clear for Silver
  #2222 Lime Yellow (Back)
  #2510 Cascade Blue (Front)
• Klyr-Fire
Tools:
• Layout: Light box, pencil and paper, circle and oval templates, copier, hi-gloss label sheet, scalpel, ruler, scissors, black marker
• Chasing: Pitchpot, hot air gun, ceramic tile, pam, paper towels, acetone, long nose pliers, screwdriver, ice cubes, blocks of wood, chasing tools including nechamkin chasing tools, chasing hammer (nechamkin chasing hammer — preferred), fretz smallest chasing hammer
• Hand and fabrication: Nylon mallet, sandbag, 4” steel bench block, blue painters tape, small wood block, small urethane mallet, green lion saw, blade, nylon mallet, rice bag, center punch, drill bit
• Annealing: Torch, large tip, striker, copper tongs, white soldering brick, quench, pickle, soda bath, rinse
• Enameling: Kiln, trivet, stainless steel mesh firing shelf, ceramic tile, glossy magazine sheets, plastic cups, tweezers, paint brush, sifter, stainless steel firing fork, dust mask
• detergent, 6” file, jewelers files, 400-grit sandpaper, 3m tri-mite imperial polishing papers (600, 800, 1200, 4000, 8000 grits)
Originally Published: How to Enamel Jewelry, 2017