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bustagasket
29-07-2009, 03:24 PM
I know its probably a very daft question, but just before the college broke up at the end of the term, a girl finished a piece she had been working on all term, and she had made a toggle clasp which was quite rugged looking and nodular and i was told the technique she used was fusion. It went right over my head, but as if to make everything clear the tutor produced another piece of work that she had just tumbled for another pupil in a different class and said that Fusion had been used to make this piece too. Ok so i didnt like it personally but i was intriqued by the technique as she said it was a way of using the scrap pot.

Could anyone enlighten me about how it works, in laymens terms? Pretty Please (flutters eyelashes - yes we definately need that smily)

:confused:

ps_bond
29-07-2009, 03:30 PM
Could anyone enlighten me about how it works, in laymens terms? Pretty Please (flutters eyelashes - yes we definately need that smily)


Stack pieces where you want them. Heat them until they shimmer. A bit of flux helps... It's welding (without any additional filler metal).

Haven't done all that much with silver, done quite a bit with steel though.

julie
29-07-2009, 03:34 PM
fusing your scraps together people do this to use up their left overs solder with flux still i think ??? but not really sure if people just melt the silver together :confused::confused:... not tried it how did it look ???

ps_bond
29-07-2009, 03:38 PM
A bit blobby. Very organic, but I prefer reticulation.

Here's a good article on the process - http://www.ganoksin.com/borisat/nenam/fusing.htm

julie
29-07-2009, 03:45 PM
i have seen it in books i think it looks like it is left overs ?? messy but never seen it in the flesh .. now reticulation thats better :Y:

julie
29-07-2009, 03:49 PM
shame they show a gold & silver brooch with a B&W photo :'(

julie
29-07-2009, 03:59 PM
and yes a flutters eyelashes smile would be nice :Y:

ben b
01-08-2009, 09:03 PM
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