Cooksongold Jewellery Making Supplies Forum | Jewellery Making Forums | Craft Forums - Tutorials, Bench Tips and Step By Steps http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/ Got a tutorial? Then please share it with the community :) en Thu, 23 May 2013 21:44:31 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/images/misc/rss.png Cooksongold Jewellery Making Supplies Forum | Jewellery Making Forums | Craft Forums - Tutorials, Bench Tips and Step By Steps http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/ <![CDATA[Forum member goldsmith gave me a tip i thought i should share as it's brilliant!]]> http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5021&goto=newpost Sat, 11 May 2013 23:08:52 GMT I don't know whether everyone already knows this but after asking him his advice Goldsmith gave me this tip that i hope he doesn't mind me sharing :respekt:

"do you know about using a rouge paste mixture to protect earlier solder joins when doing multiple solderings on the same piece. This is just rouge powder mixed with water into a thick paste and when painted onto earlier solder joints it solidifys when heated and protects the earlier solder joins, then after soldering it is washed off under a running tap before pickling, otherwise you will end up with red pickle"

Big thanks James you are a legend!
Tasha x ]]> Tutorials, Bench Tips and Step By Steps http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5021 One of my flower spray specimens, along with piercing patterns http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5000&goto=newpost Mon, 06 May 2013 15:38:11 GMT This is one of my flower sprays, it is a pair of Chrysanthemums with trailing Ivy made from 18ct gold and hard fired enamels, set in a carved rock... This is one of my flower sprays, it is a pair of Chrysanthemums with trailing Ivy made from 18ct gold and hard fired enamels, set in a carved rock crystal vase with a guilloche enamelled base. The whole piece stand 11 inches tall.
The photo shows the finished flower group and my copper and brass piercing shape patterns.

James

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