MATERIALS USED
- Reclaimed copper sheet, wire, pipe, & tubing
- 999 fine silver, 925 sterling, and Argentium 935 & 940 silver sheet, wire, and solder
- 999 fine silver, sterling, and copper bezel cups
- Vintage silver-plated-brass or -copper platters
- Vintage sterling silver dishes
- Thompson lead-free vitreous enamel (glass melted onto metal)
- Silver solder (Johnson's IA-423)
- Raw or finished semi-precious gemstones and cabochons
- Microcrystalline wax
- and much more...
TOOLS USED
Paragon SC2 kiln, old Craftsman drill press (and other drills and presses), JoolTool, Cavallin rolling mill, Pepe rolling mill, Potter Rincon 20-ton manual hydraulic press, 1-ton arbor press, various vices, flex shafts, Meco Midget oxy/propane torch, HotHead propane torch, Blazer butane torch, bench shear, jeweler's saw, metal shears, bench vise, steel bench blocks, rawhide and various mallets and hammers, tube cutting jig, grinder, file, sander, buffer, doming block, dapping punch, bezel setting punch, burnisher, pancake dies, pattern plates, Donegan OptiVISOR, pickle pots and hot plates, various punches, Marcato Atlas 150 Plus Pasta Machine (for intaglio prints), and many more tools, and an electric engraver to sign work.
I saw, melt, hot forge, cold work, fuse, roll, press, solder, weld, hammer, grind, buff, texture, etch, burnish, drill, twist, rivet, enamel, and various other skills of the trade - including an occasional scream.
