Metalsmith Essentials: Forming Hollow Rings, Plain and Inlaid (HD Video Download)

Create larger, dimensional forms that are lightweight, comfortable, and less expensive as you explore the basic construction techniques that make hollow rings possible.

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Join master metalsmith and toolmaker Bill Fretz in 6 watch-and-learn lessons for everything you need to know to transform flat metal sheet into 3-D shapes by hammering.

Boost your jewelry-making skills with how-tos for 5 unique hollow-ring projects. Create larger, dimensional forms that are lightweight, comfortable, and less expensive as you explore the basic construction techniques that make hollow rings possible. Plus, discover expert how-tos for annealing, soldering, setting stones, texturing, and much more.

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Discover hammering and forming techniques to create curves only possible in metal.
Create a unique rotating design with a spinning band over a concave textured ring.
Incorporate stones into your pieces with expert setting instructions for a dazzling domed ring.
Form a perfectly planished inlaid ring with endless design capabilities.
Learn to create complex looking designs by understanding the simple logic for each step.
And much, much more!

Table of Contents

Introduction
Tools for Hollow Rings
Floating Pair: Convex on Concave
Fixed Pair: Rounded Square on Comfort
Domed with Stone: Pattern and Bands
Domed with Stone: Bezel and Solder Together
Inlaid Ebony Ring

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About the Author

BILL FRETZ fell in love with jewelry making his junior year in high school, trained at the School For American Craftsmen at R.I.T in Rochester, New York, and taught at the Cleveland Institute of Art before opening his first workshop in 1970. Bill and his wife, Marian, moved to Kennebunkport, Maine, in 1974, the same year both were in the World Silver Show in Mexico City. Over the past decade, Bill turned his love of silversmithing tools into a business that has grown from a small line of jeweler’s stakes to a complete line of stakes and hammers manufactured by his son Jordan’s workshop in Vietnam. Bill can also be seen in his two additional DVDs, Basic Jewelry Hammering and Forming and Jewelry Hammering and Forming Jewelry, Volume 2.

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Author/Speaker/Editor: William Fretz

Format: High Definition Video Download