Ganoksin Gem and Jewelry making Blogs Master Site Feed Comments http://ganoksin.com/blogs Shows all posts, comments, and pages from all blogs on Ganoksin blog network Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:26:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en by: jason http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/4YYkthaOb-c/ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:26:29 +0000 http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/08/reclaiming-argentium/#comment-8 I haven't experimented much without the charcoal when melting fusing argentium yet. During her workshop, and in her DVDs Ronda Coryell is very specific about using charcoal, so I have been sticking to it. In the future when I have more time to play with it I'm going to have to try some different conditions, including standard soldering boards and bricks. I haven’t experimented much without the charcoal when melting fusing argentium yet. During her workshop, and in her DVDs Ronda Coryell is very specific about using charcoal, so I have been sticking to it.

In the future when I have more time to play with it I’m going to have to try some different conditions, including standard soldering boards and bricks.


]]> http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/08/reclaiming-argentium/#comment-8 by: martyandersen http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/MvOLw_93f4A/ Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:17:21 +0000 http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/08/reclaiming-argentium/#comment-6 My experience has shown that a reduction atmosphere is not needed. In fact, I have found that I get much cleaner results using no charcoal or reducing flame. Because of the affects of the Germanium, Argentium Sterling Silver seems to prefer an oxygen rich environment. Whenever I work with AS, I only place flux in the area I intend to fuse or solder. If you simply melt the AS on a clean soldering board (not charcoal or flux), you should find the resulting balls to be very clean and bright. Marty Andersen Using Argentium® Sterling Silver - Casting, Fabrication, Fusing and More http://andersen.ganoksin.com/blogs/ My experience has shown that a reduction atmosphere is not needed. In fact, I have found that I get much cleaner results using no charcoal or reducing flame. Because of the affects of the Germanium, Argentium Sterling Silver seems to prefer an oxygen rich environment. Whenever I work with AS, I only place flux in the area I intend to fuse or solder. If you simply melt the AS on a clean soldering board (not charcoal or flux), you should find the resulting balls to be very clean and bright.

Marty Andersen
Using Argentium® Sterling Silver - Casting, Fabrication, Fusing and More
http://andersen.ganoksin.com/blogs/


]]> http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/08/reclaiming-argentium/#comment-6 by: georgeingraham http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/QreC95fPpU8/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:53:04 +0000 http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/gemstone-cabochon-tutorial/shaping-forming-low-dome-cabochon-for-gemstone-jewelry-desing/#comment-3206 Well the application that forwards blog entries from my Wordpress blog did not bring with it all the video clips that were suppose to show up here. If you would like to see the video clips that go along with this blog entry, you can visit <a href="http://taogem.com/" rel="nofollow">TaoGem.com</a> Maybe I will see in the meantime if I can add them to this post. Well the application that forwards blog entries from my Wordpress blog did not bring with it all the video clips that were suppose to show up here.

If you would like to see the video clips that go along with this blog entry, you can visit TaoGem.com

Maybe I will see in the meantime if I can add them to this post.


]]> http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/gemstone-cabochon-tutorial/shaping-forming-low-dome-cabochon-for-gemstone-jewelry-desing/#comment-3206 by: Michael Johnson http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/LrIX1m5-yWQ/ Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:36:00 +0000 http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/uncategorized/advantages-of-working-with-reputable-gemstone-jewelry-designer-silversmith-metalsmith/#comment-3191 Hey, thanks George. I am way behind on my blogging, so I haven't been checking up on the blog scene like I should. What a pleasant surprise to see my work and such great praises. However, a bread is only as good as its ingredients no matter what the skill of the baker is. :o) Keep on making those beautiful cabs. Hey, thanks George.
I am way behind on my blogging, so I haven’t been checking up on the blog scene like I should. What a pleasant surprise to see my work and such great praises. However, a bread is only as good as its ingredients no matter what the skill of the baker is. :o) Keep on making those beautiful cabs.


]]> http://taogem.ganoksin.com/blogs/uncategorized/advantages-of-working-with-reputable-gemstone-jewelry-designer-silversmith-metalsmith/#comment-3191 by: heatherskowood http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/fh4dq_ClQ_Q/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:13:51 +0000 http://heatherskowoodjewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/13/25-things-that-inspire-me-to-create-jewelry-22-music/#comment-3015 Thanx Gail! Rachel kinda reminds me of Tori Amos a little. What do you think? Thanx Gail! Rachel kinda reminds me of Tori Amos a little. What do you think?


]]> http://heatherskowoodjewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/13/25-things-that-inspire-me-to-create-jewelry-22-music/#comment-3015 by: heatherskowood http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/UfzNkl9p4_A/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:12:27 +0000 http://heatherskowoodjewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/26/25-things-that-inspire-me-to-create-jewelry-24-pre-columbian-art-architecture/#comment-3014 An amazing book indeed, I'd love to see those etchings! Where did you live in South + Central America? Must have been brilliant experiences. Do share more! An amazing book indeed, I’d love to see those etchings! Where did you live in South + Central America? Must have been brilliant experiences. Do share more!


]]> http://heatherskowoodjewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/26/25-things-that-inspire-me-to-create-jewelry-24-pre-columbian-art-architecture/#comment-3014 by: heatherskowood http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/1sW9SmcWBQ4/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:09:30 +0000 http://heatherskowoodjewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/12/16/recycled-materials-plastic-pull-tab-bracelet-from-milk-cartons/#comment-3012 don't mind at all if you promote using recycled materials in jewelry using this example! Please leave me your blog address so I can check you out too! Thanx! don’t mind at all if you promote using recycled materials in jewelry using this example! Please leave me your blog address so I can check you out too! Thanx!


]]> http://heatherskowoodjewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/12/16/recycled-materials-plastic-pull-tab-bracelet-from-milk-cartons/#comment-3012 by: Brittany http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/y9ZmHjTMRRk/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:10:24 +0000 http://heatherskowoodjewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/12/16/recycled-materials-plastic-pull-tab-bracelet-from-milk-cartons/#comment-3007 Would you mind if I spread the word by putting this on my blog? It would be great! All credit goes to you! Would you mind if I spread the word by putting this on my blog? It would be great! All credit goes to you!


]]> http://heatherskowoodjewelry.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/12/16/recycled-materials-plastic-pull-tab-bracelet-from-milk-cartons/#comment-3007 by: Glyn Mitchell http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/oiN0uQgbYV4/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:27:10 +0000 http://lynneglazzard.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/07/flora-and-photo-polymer-plates/#comment-96 Looking like you are really making the most of being a residency artist, dont they get fed up with you kipping over!!!!!! Looks good keep up the good work. Looking like you are really making the most of being a residency artist, dont they get fed up with you kipping over!!!!!! Looks good keep up the good work.


]]> http://lynneglazzard.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/07/flora-and-photo-polymer-plates/#comment-96 by: kaytaylor http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/kCPXtBpjHwo/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:32:06 +0000 http://alberic.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/08/a-bibliographic-note/#comment-18 That is soooo FUNNY! From one who has so many jewelry/art books, that there's piles waiting for bookshelf space. And you can't learn it all from them. That is soooo FUNNY! From one who has so many jewelry/art books, that there’s piles waiting for bookshelf space. And you can’t learn it all from them.


]]> http://alberic.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/08/a-bibliographic-note/#comment-18 by: Kay Taylor http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/n_oJMFJ0aIg/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:28:13 +0000 http://shelbyvision.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/08/frog-on-a-lotus-leaf-hammer-formed-brass/#comment-861 Steve, thanks for sharing your wonderful work and the process in photos. Lucky daughter! Steve, thanks for sharing your wonderful work and the process in photos. Lucky daughter!


]]> http://shelbyvision.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/08/frog-on-a-lotus-leaf-hammer-formed-brass/#comment-861 by: Kay Taylor http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/p5rjHHwHgl0/ Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:25:56 +0000 http://cosmicfolklore.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/08/ode-to-the-lapidary/#comment-2468 Stones move me and speak to me. Your jewelry & George's stones are lovely and the settings make them THE focal point! Stones move me and speak to me. Your jewelry & George’s stones are lovely and the settings make them THE focal point!


]]> http://cosmicfolklore.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/08/ode-to-the-lapidary/#comment-2468 by: jason http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/K-uAdpsDGAI/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:39:55 +0000 http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/08/reclaiming-argentium/#comment-5 The post has to do with student skill level reclamation of argentium. Many of the students in the school don't use enough silver to have to worry about reclamation, and those that do reclaim it fairly infrequently. Consequently the quality of the ingot suffers from lack of experience/practice. I'm hoping that the argentium adds sufficient leeway in melting to aid the inexperienced. The post has to do with student skill level reclamation of argentium. Many of the students in the school don’t use enough silver to have to worry about reclamation, and those that do reclaim it fairly infrequently. Consequently the quality of the ingot suffers from lack of experience/practice. I’m hoping that the argentium adds sufficient leeway in melting to aid the inexperienced.


]]> http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/08/reclaiming-argentium/#comment-5 by: Helen Hill http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/ZfDPaj7NZ6Q/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:29:20 +0000 http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/08/reclaiming-argentium/#comment-4 Was this post specifically to do with Argentium sterling? If so I apologise. I regularly collect solderless regular sterling scrap together and melt it into quite large balls, which are then pickled, hammered flatter until they'll go through my rolling mill and then rolled to the desired thickness - all with regular annealing. This way I can produce sometimes quite large sheets, or smaller ones if I want them to remain quite thick, say 1-2 mm thick. They often do start to crack just at the edges after a few passes through the rolling mill, but the portion I want in the middle has always been unscathed and has acted exactly the same as sterling which I've purchased. I pretty much always make cufflinks this way. It's a great tool in the toolbox. Helen Hill Was this post specifically to do with Argentium sterling? If so I apologise. I regularly collect solderless regular sterling scrap together and melt it into quite large balls, which are then pickled, hammered flatter until they’ll go through my rolling mill and then rolled to the desired thickness - all with regular annealing. This way I can produce sometimes quite large sheets, or smaller ones if I want them to remain quite thick, say 1-2 mm thick. They often do start to crack just at the edges after a few passes through the rolling mill, but the portion I want in the middle has always been unscathed and has acted exactly the same as sterling which I’ve purchased. I pretty much always make cufflinks this way. It’s a great tool in the toolbox.

Helen Hill


]]> http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/08/reclaiming-argentium/#comment-4 by: Theresa http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/HGZxBBxQ1T0/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:59:06 +0000 http://meevis.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/04/10/a-carved-rose-quartz-spinning-ring/#comment-2705 What a fun ring and so cleverly designed. I don't have anything pink to go with it but really like your color combination. Nice! What a fun ring and so cleverly designed. I don’t have anything pink to go with it but really like your color combination. Nice!


]]> http://meevis.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/04/10/a-carved-rose-quartz-spinning-ring/#comment-2705 by: Trish http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/W0_A_Xu645I/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:44:56 +0000 http://meevis.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/04/10/a-carved-rose-quartz-spinning-ring/#comment-2697 Love it! Absolutely gorgeous! Great work! Love it! Absolutely gorgeous! Great work!


]]> http://meevis.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/04/10/a-carved-rose-quartz-spinning-ring/#comment-2697 by: Tanya Boden http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/5HlxcplfN58/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:51:38 +0000 http://meevis.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/04/10/a-carved-rose-quartz-spinning-ring/#comment-2695 Hi I would like on of these please.Can you email me and we can set up an order? Thanks heaps Tanya Hi
I would like on of these please.Can you email me and we can set up an order?
Thanks heaps
Tanya


]]> http://meevis.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/04/10/a-carved-rose-quartz-spinning-ring/#comment-2695 by: reclaiming Argentium http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/w4IVTN3tyu4/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:25:07 +0000 http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/27/argentium-and-keum-boo-bookmark/#comment-3 [...] in this, I took the bits left from the piercing out of the benzene ring in the last post, and tossed them on a compressed charcoal block with the adhesive and paper on them still.  Using [...] [...] in this, I took the bits left from the piercing out of the benzene ring in the last post, and tossed them on a compressed charcoal block with the adhesive and paper on them still.  Using [...]


]]> http://jasondeck.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/06/27/argentium-and-keum-boo-bookmark/#comment-3 by: Susan Thornton http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/f1jV_WYvvNE/ Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:02:39 +0000 http://ceid.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/07/ultimate-spiculum-hammer-by-longhi-eid-and-fretz/#comment-381 I am so glad that this is coming into reality. I appreciate the work you have done to make the book. I can't wait to see it. These techniques are the ones I use every day in the studio. Thanks again !!! I am so glad that this is coming into reality. I appreciate the work you have done to make the book. I can’t wait to see it. These techniques are the ones I use every day in the studio.
Thanks again !!!


]]> http://ceid.ganoksin.com/blogs/2009/07/07/ultimate-spiculum-hammer-by-longhi-eid-and-fretz/#comment-381 by: Cynthia Eid http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GanoksinGemAndJewelryMakingBlogsMasterSiteFeedComments/~3/QMhMI0Ff5gQ/ Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:20:31 +0000 http://ceid.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/11/10/workshop-forging-bracelets-brooches-and-rings/#comment-380 Thanks! Yep, two days. It was a particularly magical workshop, somehow. The people, and the teaching, all clicked. Sure, I'd love to teach at Revere again! Cynthia Thanks!
Yep, two days. It was a particularly magical workshop, somehow. The people, and the teaching, all clicked.
Sure, I’d love to teach at Revere again!
Cynthia


]]> http://ceid.ganoksin.com/blogs/2008/11/10/workshop-forging-bracelets-brooches-and-rings/#comment-380