Ring
Ring
Earrings
Earrings
Cup
Cup
Course - ME14AX - Design for Silver and Bronze
Duration - 3 weeks, September 2018
Materials - wax, bronze, silver
Skills - investment casting, raising, planishing, annealing, brazing, piercing, polishing

As an Arts Intensive program assistant, I helped manage this 3-week summer course for 13 students to study and practice silversmithing. Meanwhile, I also had the opportunity to learn this craft through three main projects: a ring, a pair of earrings, and a cup. My goal was to design beautiful, unique pieces that I could use regularly. 

To create the ring, earrings, and cup handle, I created a series of sketches, carved the desired shapes out of wax, performed lost-wax casting, and polished the final pieces. I formed the cup from a bronze plate under the guidance of three artisans from the Comité Colbert association. After brazing the handle to the cup, the teacup was sent off to be silver-plated. 

Overall, this was an extremely fun and sweat-inducing experience. I deeply respect artisans for the skill and labor required by these traditional metal forming techniques. 
Superhero Ring
natural lighting
Doorway Hoops
shoelace display
Wishbone Tea Cup
Handle sketches
Handle sketches
Wax carving
Wax carving
Fresh casting
Fresh casting
Raising process
Raising process
Raising / planishing / annealing
Raising / planishing / annealing
Brazing handle to cup
Brazing handle to cup
Bronze cup, silver handle
Bronze cup, silver handle
Silver-plated cup
Silver-plated cup
manufacturing process

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