Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Second Semester - Day 13 Box or Locket

http://www.judithhoffman.net/tutorials/makingtoothicon/htmlpages/makingtoothicon.html





Jewelry II- Fabricating a box  
  • Think about what this box could hold.
  • What do you want to show the world on the outside?
  • What do you want to keep secrete or hidden on the inside?
  • How can you connect the two?  
  • Work on your a Locket/Box Design with a lid and be sure to include feet.  
    • Look through Chapter 1 Building a Box in the Box and Lockets book pg. 8-22
      • You will be filing a groove to make sharp corners for a square/rectangle box.  
      • You will include a basic hing pg.46-50  and page 57-58
    • Start sawing out your box and any piercing/designing the surface that you want to include in your design
    • File to fold your metal.  

Friday, October 19, 2018

Day 35 My Life is... Forging

http://artfiredup.blogspot.com/2010/11/gaelic-forge-featured-artfire-artisan.html

Hollow Forms Link -Divide your paper into 5 rows with 4 columns. 

Learning Objective- You will be able to create your own person forged design jewelry piece about your life.  This can be a ring, sculpture or pendant.  


Language Objective- Write down the following definitions.

Vocabulary -
  • forging-  can be defined as the controlled shaping of metal by the force of a
    hammer. This technique lends itself to graceful transitions from plane to plane
    and appealing contrasts of thick and thin sections. It is equally appropriate
    for large and small work. Gold, sterling, and copper forge very well. Low-zinc
    brasses can also be forged but require frequent annealing.
    plane- a flat, two-dimensional surface.
    anvil- a heavy steel or iron block with a flat top, concave sides, and typically a pointed end, on which metal can be hammered and shaped.
    It is a sign of good forging to require very little filing. Force and control
    must work together. 
    Control in forging comes from the cross-peen. Its wedge
    shape can push the metal in only two directions. This push can be directed
    along the axis to increase length or outward from the axis to increase breadth.
    Forging Tips
    • Sit or stand close to the work in a posture you can comfortably maintain.
    • Work on a smooth, hard, stable surface.
    • Keep your fingers and thumb wrapped around the hammer handle, not pointing along it.
    • Anneal as needed; don’t press your luck.
    • Keep the hammer face polished.
    • The hammer must make solid contact with the anvil; don’t strike with a“jelly wrist.”
    • Don’t hold the work piece where you intend to hit it.
https://www.beatrizfortes.com/products/hawk-eye-5-sterling-silver-necklace



                                   
Demonstrate competency in traditional and new art media
Exemplary
4
Advanced
Accomplished
3
Proficient
Developing
2
Partially Profi

cient
Beginning
1
Unsatisfactory
Evidence Outcome:
Create works of art representing traditional subject matter that use new media
Excellent care and craftsmanship shown in the work. Your design has included all three forging techniques in an experimental way, (twist, taper, loop). Your design is original  and unified.  You can see the meaning of the work by looking at the piece, (my life is…), no cliché images were used. The piece is wearable, no sharp edges or points, or free standing and sculptural.  You have used other jewelry techniques, (soldering, piercing, riveting, linking, etc.)  to complete the piece.  Proper filing has left the edges completely smooth. Surfaces are smooth or neatly textured and   you’ve used patinas correctly and neatly on every surface. 
Proficient/satisfactory care, craftsmanship and skill shown in the work. Your design has included all three forging techniques, (twist, taper, loop). It is original no cliché images were used. The meaning may not be obvious. Piece is wearable, no sharp edges or points, or free standing and sculptural.  Proper filing has left the edges mostly smooth The design is unified. Surfaces are mostly smooth or neatly textured and you’ve used patinas correctly and neatly on every surface. 
Developing care, craftsmanship and skill shown in the work.  Your design includes two of the three forging techniques. You may have used cliché images for the design. The piece has some sharp edges or points, but is wearable or free standing.  Filing has left the edges smooth in some areas. The design isn’t unified. Surfaces are not smooth or  textures are uneven. You may have    used patinas incorrectly or not at all. 
Beginning care, craftsmanship and skill shown in the work.  
Your design includes one of the three forging techniques. You may have used cliché images for the design. The piece has  sharp edges or points, and isn’t wearable or free standing.  No Filing has taken place. The design isn’t unified. Surfaces are not smooth or textures are uneven and not deliberate. You may have    used patinas incorrectly or not at all. 


Agenda-
  • Twist 
  • Tapper 
  • Loop

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Day 10 - 25: SAFETY & Metal Beads

   
https://themetalspot.com/2014/05/
https://themetalspot.com/2014/05/

Metal Bead Making

Warm Up - Think about how you would like to hang you bead.  

Learning Objective:  Students will learn advanced soldering techniques to create unique one of a kind beads. 

Language Objective - Students will learn Bead Making Vocabulary through writing the words down and making beads.  
Agenda - 
  • Take notes for the Safety Quiz on Thursday!  (Everyone must get a 100%)
  • Create your bead designs. Come up with 5 solutions.  You will be making three beads.  
  • Be sure to include to design beads and concept for wearing the beads.  (Chain work, ring, other). 
  • Include Cutout, wire design, and or texture in your plan.
  • Today you should be done with cutting out beads using the Disc Cutter. 
  • Metal beads with chainwork -  Due this Friday, Oct. 12th.  20118

Texture the metal 1st If you are planning a texture that changes the shape of the metal, (hammer, rollermill, acid etch),  
or

Die cut the metal 1st If you choose to do a wire design or cutout 

Solder Wire to your Bead after soldering the bead together.   

Bead Making Vocabulary 

Anneal -  The process of using heating and cooling to produce the softest state in a metal and to reduce its internal stress. A hard metal may be annealed to soften it and make it more malleable and less prone to fatigue or cracking and breaking.  
Dapping block-  is usually a cube or flat rectangular block of steel in which various half-sphere impressions, called “dies,” are cut.
Dapping Punch- are cylindrical steel rods with a spherical bulb on one end. Die sizes are not marked on the block, but the diameter of the punch sphere is stamped in millimeters on the shank. 
Disc Cutter- A steel  tool used to cut perfect circles.  Metal is slipped between the two blocks and      the die or round cutter is placed in the circle and hammered. 

MRHS Student work


Step by Step Instructions:

  • Draw 5 different Designs.
  • Texture your metal
  • Cut your circles the same size using the disc cutter tool. 
    • Try to use one firm hammer stroke per die until the last two steps, where more strokes are needed. Anneal again after dapping every two steps.
  • Design the bead using piercing or solder wire design. 
  • File triangle shapes on the upper sides of the discs, or drill center holes in each disc. Even if you want a larger hole in the final bead, realize that during doming, the hole will stretch from 20-gauge to about 18-gauge, or 1 millimeter. If the hole is drilled smaller than #68, doming will close the hole; if larger, the hole will over-stretch and warp out of shape.
  • Dome your discs.  Start with annealed discs.  Start with the large wooden block and pear shaped hammer. Then move to the dapping blocks. Dap them as round as you want them.  
  • File the edge flat on each side of the bead.
  • Fit the two sides together, using binding wire if needed.
  • Solder your bead together using easy or extra easy solder.

Friday, August 17, 2018

Day 2 - 8 Metal Bead Making

https://lisaliddy.wordpress.com/tag/jewelry/

Learning Objective:  Students will learn advanced soldering techniques to create unique one of a kind beads. 

Language Objective - Students will learn Bead Making Vocabulary through writing the words down and making beads.  
Agenda - 

  • Create your bead designs. Come up with 5 solutions.  You will be making three beads.  
  • Be sure to include to design beads and concept for wearing the beads.  (Chain work, ring, other). 
  • Include Cutout, wire design, and or texture in your plan.




Texture the metal 1st If you are planning a texture that changes the shape of the metal, (hammer, rollermill, acid etch),  
or

Die cut the metal 1st If you choose to do a wire design or cutout 

Solder Wire to your Bead after soldering the bead together.   


Bead Making Vocabulary 

Anneal -  The process of using heating and cooling to produce the softest state in a metal and to reduce its internal stress. A hard metal may be annealed to soften it and make it more malleable and less prone to fatigue or cracking and breaking.  
Dapping block-  is usually a cube or flat rectangular block of steel in which various half-sphere impressions, called “dies,” are cut.
Dapping Punch- are cylindrical steel rods with a spherical bulb on one end. Die sizes are not marked on the block, but the diameter of the punch sphere is stamped in millimeters on the shank. 
Disc Cutter- A steel  tool used to cut perfect circles.  Metal is slipped between the two blocks and      the die or round cutter is placed in the circle and hammered. 

MRHS Student work


Step by Step Instructions:

  • Texture your metal
  • Cut your circles the same size using the disc cutter tool. 
    • Try to use one firm hammer stroke per die until the last two steps, where more strokes are needed. Anneal again after dapping every two steps.
  • Design the bead using piercing or solder wire design. 
  • File triangle shapes on the upper sides of the discs, or drill center holes in each disc. Even if you want a larger hole in the final bead, realize that during doming, the hole will stretch from 20-gauge to about 18-gauge, or 1 millimeter. If the hole is drilled smaller than #68, doming will close the hole; if larger, the hole will over-stretch and warp out of shape.
  • Dome your discs.  Start with annealed discs.  Start with the large wooden block and pear shaped hammer. Then move to the dapping blocks. Dap them as round as you want them.  
  • File the edge flat on each side of the bead.
  • Fit the two sides together, using binding wire if needed.
  • Solder your bead together using easy or extra easy solder.